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According to self nutrition data, 1 avocado has 3,7 grams of polyunsaturated fat and 10 olives have 0,3 grams of PUFA. I would say the olives are ok for daily comsumption( based just on PUFA amounts), but the avocados I would eat more sparingly. Maybe substituting something very dense in calories for it could work( dried fruit, potato chips made with hydrogenated and refined coconut oil, gelatin made with fruit juice and sugar etc.)
I thought that what mattered more was the saturated fat: polyunsaturated fat ratio. Also, @Amazoniac posted a study in which after a certain amount of PUFA, the ratio didn't matter anymore, and diseases in the group of rats that received PUFA oils were as bad or even a little better than in the group of rats receiving tallow plus PUFA oils.2.7 g of PUFA relative to 21 g of total fat is relatively nothing though and most of the unsaturated fat is MUFA...
The PUFA:non-PUFA ratio is actually pretty close to that of butter/milk
I thought that what mattered more was the saturated fat: polyunsaturated fat ratio. Also, @Amazoniac posted a study in which after a certain amount of PUFA, the ratio didn't matter anymore, and diseases in the group of rats that received PUFA oils were as bad or even a little better than in the group of rats receiving tallow plus PUFA oils.
Yeah, @tca300 posted Ray's response when he asked what was the best way to keep PUFA from accumulating with age. Ray said that PUFA has to be kept really low( 0,5 grams per day) and also overall fat intake has to be low too. I'm not sure if he also said that one needs to be in a caloric deficit as well, or if it's enough to just not eat beyond your daily energetic requirements. I wonder if eating an excess of calories could be good in this scenario, since I read( I think it was in an article from Peat) that when the mitochondria wastes energy(uncoupling)they protect us against PUFAs.PUFA to saturated fat ratio does matter a lot, but I am not personally convinced that that means one should still disregard total PUFA intake.
I think thats what Ray Peat's general view is too. Have a link to the study?
Is it o.k. to eat an avocado and olives (five to ten) every day? Since these are fruits that grow in warm climates?
They're unadulterated whole foods.
I crave avocado some days but not others. I don't enjoy olives.
If you crave them then EAT them. Your body knows better than any researcher, any dogmatic fame-seeking practitioner, any incomplete piecing together of knowledge that might appear logical at face value.
Our understanding of the human body is in its infancy but many behave as though it's remotely close to being complete. Correlation almost never equals causation when it comes to diet, they're more just reflections of current needs.
If you enjoy them and crave them, eat some ******* olives :)
Both foods have plenty of "good" attributes when it comes to nutritional profile. If you really need something to focus on then focus on those facets.
They're unadulterated whole foods.
I crave avocado some days but not others. I don't enjoy olives.
If you crave them then EAT them. Your body knows better than any researcher, any dogmatic fame-seeking practitioner, any incomplete piecing together of knowledge that might appear logical at face value.
Our understanding of the human body is in its infancy but many behave as though it's remotely close to being complete. Correlation almost never equals causation when it comes to diet, they're more just reflections of current needs.
If you enjoy them and crave them, eat some ******* olives :)
Both foods have plenty of "good" attributes when it comes to nutritional profile. If you really need something to focus on then focus on those facets.
If you crave them then EAT them. Your body knows better than any researcher,
Of course food combinations taste better. Coconut oil and rapeseed oil are equally disgusting eaten plain IMO.I used to eat them every day. I recently remembered that plain avocado didn't even taste good to me. Whenever I ate a plain avocado I stopped after a few spoons and a had a similar reaction to this.
Only when I added salt and lemon or vinegar, could I eat larger amounts like a whole or two avocadoes.