Paul Saladino· MD
The amount of literature in both humans and animal models suggesting massive harm from excess linoleic acid is enormous and presents an essentially incontrovertible argument against this PUFA.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
The amount of literature in both humans and animal models suggesting massive harm from excess linoleic acid is enormous and presents an essentially incontrovertible argument against this PUFA.
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why would you want the excess on oleic acid it's causing problems for us
the pieces are really coming together here and i think that the clear takeaway the high level is do not eat excess linoleic acid