Paul Saladino· MD
many plant seeds are also quite high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 PUFA which appears to be signaling your fat cells to grow.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
many plant seeds are also quite high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 PUFA which appears to be signaling your fat cells to grow.
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Hypothesis: linoleic acid acts as an evolutionary signal to our fat cells that they should grow. Historically, we would have eaten more of this during times of scarcity. This is nature telling us that "winter is coming."
We are essentially giving our bodies the evolutionary signal that "winter is coming" every day we consume large amounts of linoleic acid.