Gadsie
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Kind of a bait title, but I'm somewhat serious. I've always wondered if there is a threshold above which avoiding PUFA has rapidly diminishing returns. It's more of a gut feeling than based on science, although there is the study of Clement et al. that shows these diminishing returns with regards to PUFA and tumorgenesis:
Anecdotally, I've been relatively low PUFA for the past 5 years (about 4g/day, averaging closer to 2g/day lately), and I feel like I've visually aged normally. I think we can all agree that the aging on the outside (wrinkles etc.) corresponds to aging throughout the body; it would be weird if the body exclusively ages in the skin. I've wanted to try a <1g/day PUFA diet for a while now, but I'm not sure my relationship with my girlfriend will survive that.
I always think it might be similar to jumping out of a building: it doesn't matter whether you jump from the 20th or 10th floor, both will kill you. There will only be a difference between the ground floor up until the 3rd floor or so.
Anecdotally, I've been relatively low PUFA for the past 5 years (about 4g/day, averaging closer to 2g/day lately), and I feel like I've visually aged normally. I think we can all agree that the aging on the outside (wrinkles etc.) corresponds to aging throughout the body; it would be weird if the body exclusively ages in the skin. I've wanted to try a <1g/day PUFA diet for a while now, but I'm not sure my relationship with my girlfriend will survive that.
I always think it might be similar to jumping out of a building: it doesn't matter whether you jump from the 20th or 10th floor, both will kill you. There will only be a difference between the ground floor up until the 3rd floor or so.