pufa

  1. D

    Pasteurized milk, and questions surrounding PUFA

    When milk is pasteurized, it is heated to 60-70 degrees, celcius. If PUFA is dangerous to us in its raw form, does it become more dangerous if it has become heated? So, the milk is about 70 degrees, celcius. Meat might be anything up to 200 degrees, celcius. If PUFA is just bad anyway...
  2. J

    PUFA In Breast Milk Influenced By Mother's Diet

    Breast milk composition: fat content and fatty acid composition in vegetarians and non-vegetarians.
  3. J

    PUFA Inhibits Vitamin E Absorption

    Some people want to use vitamin E to reduce the bad effects of PUFA, but apparently PUFA makes intestinal absorption harder. Link
  4. W

    Intake of unsaturated fatty acids and HDL cholesterol levels

    Intake of unsaturated fatty acids and HDL cholesterol levels are associated with  manifestations of atopy in adults. Schäfer T, Ruhdorfer S, Weigl L, Wessner D, Heinrich J, Döring A, Wichmann HE, Ring J. Department of Social Medicine, University Lübeck, Germany. BACKGROUND: The increase in...
  5. H

    PUFAS

    Things going well for me but with a holiday weekend, we end up getting invited out and I end up eating PUFAS. I always bring something I can eat (carrot salad that hardly anyone else touches) and I eat some good quality protein before I got. But we end up staying longer and I eat something...
  6. S

    unexpected sources of PUFA

    I've been eating paleo for a while. What are some sources of PUFA I may be missing? I didn't realize bacon. I've been eating tons of it for years (about as long as I've been on paleo). What else might I be missing?
  7. haidut

    The fish oil scam may have been planned from the start

    Again, the truth we all know is slowly coming to light. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/po ... -1.2637702 "...1970s study didn't actually measure heart disease rates of Greenland Inuit, researcher says." "...A popular study from the 1970s that helps sell millions of dollars' worth of fish...
  8. L

    Conversion of saturated fats to polyunsaturated fats

    Andrew Kim has stated that,under certain some circumstances,the saturated fats we eat can get converted into polyunsaturated fats.How does the mechanism work?
  9. Suikerbuik

    Fish oils NO benefit for CAD.

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-05/ehs-ifs050114.php Investigators find something fishy with classical evidence for dietary fish recommendation New study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology questions the validity of original Bang and Dyerberg study; finds Eskimos have coronary...
  10. M

    omega 6/3

    I know we're trying to avoid PUFA. BUt we get it from everywhere. My question is how to at least get a good ratio of the PUFA we get?? I've been looking at cronometer and I see that right now, in the middle of the day/late afternoon. I've got .2 omega 3 and 2.2 omega 6, and the ideal ratio is...
  11. lvysaur

    Pastured Chicken/pork - Safe Or No?

    I have access to pastured chicken (the real free range, although chickens don't survive on grass alone). Does anyone know what this means, regarding the fatty acid content of the chicken?
  12. Peata

    Foods That Prevent Aging Skin

    This is revisiting a topic on Foods & PUFA and skin health (and whole body health of course). Original thread is here. The first article from Beauty Editor is The Real Cause of Skin Aging Why polyunsaturated oils are the REAL cause of skin aging—and how they make you look older, saggier and...
  13. N

    Stored PUFA related to serum cholesterol.

    Different types of fat accumulate a bit differently. PUFA seems to be stored more in thigh and butt, while SFA are stored more at abdomen. Peat talks about how cortisol is linked to abdominal fat also, and also mentioned how he lost inches around his waist when starting coconut oil, without...
  14. Blossom

    pufa storage

    I was reflecting on the idea of pufa stored in the body and I had a thought that I wanted to present to the forum for input. The situation when I started a peat inspired approach was a year and a half prior on a very low carb ketogenic paleo diet. In hind sight I'm sure many new problems...
  15. W

    PUFA stories

    Hi all, The content below is well known by all of us thanks to RP. However, I found the second paragraph interesting. Polyunsaturated Oils Increase Cancer Risk Introduction Up to the 19th-century, fat was relatively expensive and butter was a luxury. The poor lived mainly on potatoes and...
  16. M

    Pufas

    Hey everyone I was wondering if anyone could help me with this question? There are numerous studies showing positive effects from intake of fish oil and omega3s there is even a study undertaken on pregnant women which show omega 3s result in healthier babies. How could these studies be wrong...
  17. S

    Heart surgeon speaks out against PUFA

    http://www.tunedbody.com/heart-surgeon- ... t-illness/ So... a little misleading cause he also speaks out against refined carbs. Which brings me to question whether refined sugar is really something to be used in any sort of quantity. Can anyone share why the below statement is not accurate?
  18. natedawggh

    Too much Unsaturated Fats in Beef?

    So... I've been buying beef under the belief that it was higher in saturated fat, but at Albertsons the other day and today at trader joes I looked at the nutrition info and ALL the beef is labeled as containing less than 50% saturated fat (for instance the ground beef was 17 grams total fat and...
  19. S

    A Reply To Ray Peat On Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency

    I'm not smart enough to understand why the author of this article (VP at WAP) is wrong and RP is right... can anyone clarify? http://www.apinchofhealth.com/low-carb/ ... ciency.php
  20. S

    PUFA In Bacon

    Bacon is one of my favorite foods. I eat it often and cook with the fat. I'm getting into PEATing and I realize that it's potential bad for two reasons: 1) PUFA 2) High Phosphate/Low Calcium How much PUFA is in bacon and how bad is bacon? All my other meat is grassfed.
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