Giraffe
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From a book called "Fatty Acids in Foods and Their Health Implications" (google online)Steffi said:post 100727 It is very hard to eat lots of PUFA. Unfortunately the food lobby only declares SFA on the label and nothing about the MUFA/PUFA ratio - which in my opinion is the important information. Or just PUFA would be fine.
But when you look it up, PUFA is in most cases a rather small fraction of the total fat. It is hard to eat any significant amounts.
English walnut - lipid 67.4 % of which PUFA 70.5 %
Strawberry - lipid 0.4 % of which PUFA 72.1 %
If minimum "requirements" for "EFA" are less than 0.5 % of the total calories this means that less than 3 g English walnut or 462 g strawberries are sufficient based on a 2,400 kcal diet.
Also see other treads about PUFA:
Required levels of PUFA are highly exaggerated
haidut's Summary of PUFA
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