Consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), specifically omega-6, leads to their incorporation into cellular membranes, which impairs efficient energy production.

“when we consume more of the polyunsaturated fats and we can just keep it at Omega 6 as first we will incorporate more of them into the structure of our cells the different you know they're referred to as the membranes and that's not only you know that's the plasma membrane the entire cell but also inside the mitochondria themselves and this has a really dramatic effect on our capacity for efficient energy production and I think this is more so at play than any other mechanism when it comes to the impact of these po unsaturated fats on our health”

“when we consume more of the polyunsaturated fats and we can just keep it at Omega 6 as first we will incorporate more of them into the structure of our cells the different you know they're referred to as the membranes and that's not only you know that's the plasma membrane of the entire cell but also inside the mitochondria themselves and this has a really dramatic effect on our capacity for efficient energy production”

“all of those polyunsaturated fats populate your cell membranes and your mitochondrial membranes and so the hypothesis that I would suggest is that when you eat more and more linolic acid over time you poison your mitochondria and we know in animal studies because this has never been studied in humans that the more polyunsaturated fats there are versus saturated fats you actually develop a proton leak in the mitochondria”