Not sure if this has been posted before. Seems highly relevant given the Covid-19 pandemic...
CONCLUSIONS:
Increases in unsaturated serum acyl chain ratios differentiate between healthy and seriously iII patients, and identify those patients likely to develop ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome). Thus, the serum acyl ratio may not only prospectively identify and facilitate the assessment of new treatments in patients at highest risk for developing ARDS, but may also lead to new insights about the pathogenesis of ARDS.
Some quotes from Peter at Hyperlipid:
- "If you are a Standard American on the Standard American Diet, or anyone else in the world poisoned by a cardiologist-promoted PUFA based diet, any weight loss through illness will release significant amounts of linoleic acid from your adipocytes. That might just trigger ARDS in the aftermath of a viral pneumonia."
- "If you are in an ITU and need parenteral calories you are going to get Intralipd, intravenous soy oil, literally mainlined."
CONCLUSIONS:
Increases in unsaturated serum acyl chain ratios differentiate between healthy and seriously iII patients, and identify those patients likely to develop ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome). Thus, the serum acyl ratio may not only prospectively identify and facilitate the assessment of new treatments in patients at highest risk for developing ARDS, but may also lead to new insights about the pathogenesis of ARDS.
Some quotes from Peter at Hyperlipid:
- "If you are a Standard American on the Standard American Diet, or anyone else in the world poisoned by a cardiologist-promoted PUFA based diet, any weight loss through illness will release significant amounts of linoleic acid from your adipocytes. That might just trigger ARDS in the aftermath of a viral pneumonia."
- "If you are in an ITU and need parenteral calories you are going to get Intralipd, intravenous soy oil, literally mainlined."