Paul Saladino· MD
Linoleic acid is the most significant oxidizable lipid in the human diet.
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Linoleic acid is the most significant oxidizable lipid in the human diet.
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if you take a bottle of linoleic acid which is 18 carbon omega-6 polyun touch with fatty acid and you put it next to a bottle of a saturated fat like palmitic or stearic acid you can look for indices of oxidation in those two oils over time with pressure heat whatever light and the linoleic acid will oxidize much more quickly than a stearic acid a palmitic acid which are saturated fats