Captain_Coconut
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I read these papers recently and it really made me stop and think about the reality on the potential merits of avoiding PUFA. How is avoiding PUFA going to help health if the body seemingly insists on repleting it? The more I have read about biology, the more this membrane fluidity seems to be a function of ambient temperature which is not really negotiable. I absolutely am not here to argue that PUFA in large amounts has any value to our health, but I am starting to question the reality of the supposed merits that avoiding its intake will offer much in the way of protection from cellular stress.
What if the advantages of avoiding PUFA stem from avoiding nutrient depleted processed foods, gmo, pesticides, chemical solvents in oils etc. What do you all think??
It seems like simply not letting your fat mass get too high may be of more value than trying to explicitly eliminate all the pufa from ones system. I read things about muscle meat and saturated fat contributing to inflammation and then my head really starts to spin... The more I look at it the more it seems that chronic stress will break down our bodies no matter what since the PUFA will always be there waiting to fire off all those free radicals.
Where can I see studies showing longevity associated with low PUFA in other animals with similar systems, e.g. chimpanzees or pigs? I'm not sure such studies exist. I am starting to doubt the key to health is really that intertwined with PUFA,,,, the PUFA thing may be more so an associated marker of malnutrition stemming from elsewhere....
Polyunsaturated fats, membrane lipids and animal
longevity
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...xt=smhpapers&usg=AOvVaw2DQFvEUr82ydD9eRJkDX9-
And
Fatty acid composition of membrane bilayers: Importance of diet polyunsaturated fat balance
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...4c8f91b&pid=1-s2.0-S0005273612000156-main.pdf
Help me out here guys, my head is starting to spin!
What if the advantages of avoiding PUFA stem from avoiding nutrient depleted processed foods, gmo, pesticides, chemical solvents in oils etc. What do you all think??
It seems like simply not letting your fat mass get too high may be of more value than trying to explicitly eliminate all the pufa from ones system. I read things about muscle meat and saturated fat contributing to inflammation and then my head really starts to spin... The more I look at it the more it seems that chronic stress will break down our bodies no matter what since the PUFA will always be there waiting to fire off all those free radicals.
Where can I see studies showing longevity associated with low PUFA in other animals with similar systems, e.g. chimpanzees or pigs? I'm not sure such studies exist. I am starting to doubt the key to health is really that intertwined with PUFA,,,, the PUFA thing may be more so an associated marker of malnutrition stemming from elsewhere....
Polyunsaturated fats, membrane lipids and animal
longevity
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...xt=smhpapers&usg=AOvVaw2DQFvEUr82ydD9eRJkDX9-
And
Fatty acid composition of membrane bilayers: Importance of diet polyunsaturated fat balance
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...4c8f91b&pid=1-s2.0-S0005273612000156-main.pdf
Help me out here guys, my head is starting to spin!