Paul Saladino· MD
the fatty acid composition of our body mirrors what we eat
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the fatty acid composition of our body mirrors what we eat
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if you are eating more linoleic acid your fatty acids your your cell membranes will be enriched in linoleic acid
our body stores these oils you can look at an adipose tissue so a fatty acid fatty acid a fatty tissue Depot like the butt or the glute or behind the tricep and you can see how much linoleic acid is in the fat and that's a pretty good indication of how much linoleic acid someone has been eating
it accumulates in every cell in our body and especially in our fat tissue because as humans we can't get rid of poly andat fatty acids easily
but we know about humans that's different than other animals is that when humans eat linoleic acid it gets stuck in our membranes we store it so especially your fat cells which is really the only way to look at your stores as a reflection of your consumption of linoleic