Increasing dietary linoleic acid does not increase tissue arachidonic acid content in adults consuming Western-type diets: a systematic review
Numerous studies showed that there is no relationship between dietary linoelic acid intake (which the primary PUFA we consume) and tissue arachidonic acid content (the highly unsaturated PUFA from which the harmful prostaglandins are derived from). Several studies actually found an inverse correlation between dietary linoleic acid intake and tissue arachidonic acid content....
Furthermore, one study found that in just 7 days of consuming .50 grams of AA from eggs/white meat (which have about .08 grams of AA each, which means around 6 eggs daily), tissue AA content increased by 52%.
So these studies show that eating eggs and lean meat while avoiding other sources of PUFA actually massively increases tissue PUFA content. Damn.
EDIT: Reading closely, however, what DID help consistently was a low-fat diet. So instead of avoiding PUFA, it might be best to avoid all fat in general and up the carb-intake.
Numerous studies showed that there is no relationship between dietary linoelic acid intake (which the primary PUFA we consume) and tissue arachidonic acid content (the highly unsaturated PUFA from which the harmful prostaglandins are derived from). Several studies actually found an inverse correlation between dietary linoleic acid intake and tissue arachidonic acid content....
Furthermore, one study found that in just 7 days of consuming .50 grams of AA from eggs/white meat (which have about .08 grams of AA each, which means around 6 eggs daily), tissue AA content increased by 52%.
So these studies show that eating eggs and lean meat while avoiding other sources of PUFA actually massively increases tissue PUFA content. Damn.
EDIT: Reading closely, however, what DID help consistently was a low-fat diet. So instead of avoiding PUFA, it might be best to avoid all fat in general and up the carb-intake.
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