Andrew Huberman· PhD
So it's actually omega-3s and omega-6s that just happened to have a trans instead of cis-isomer. - And these healthy trans fats would be found in ruminant cheese and milk and butter from ruminants and the meat-
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So it's actually omega-3s and omega-6s that just happened to have a trans instead of cis-isomer. - And these healthy trans fats would be found in ruminant cheese and milk and butter from ruminants and the meat-
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So a naturally occurring trans fat comes from ruminants. So ruminants, think of like cows and the rumination in the different stomachs can change your omega-3 and omega-6 to trans-linolenic and trans-linoleic fatty acids.
So there are healthy trans omega 3 fats, which are formed in the stomach of grass fed and finished ruminants.