Tag: PUFA
PUFA/endotoxin cause Alzheimer Disease (AD), the plaques beta-amyloid/tau are protective
One of the biggest failures of medicine to date is prevention and treatment of AD. As I…
PUFA causes autism
Another study causally linking PUFA with a chronic, debilitating disease. Namely, it appears that PUFA is capable…
Vitamin E supplementation may prevent lung disease (COPD)
An interesting study, considering vitamin E’s benefits are thought (by medicine) to be mostly related to its…
PUFA can cause male infertility by inhibiting oxidative metabolism (OXPHOS)
The study looked at one of the members of the PUFA family that even mainstream medicine is…
Fish oil (omega-3) causes, not prevents cardiovascular disease (CVD)
A rather damning finding, and it was based on one of the largest studies to date examining…
PUFA intake during pregnancy is neuro-, cardio, and hepato-toxic to offspring
So much for the recommendation to increase PUFA intake during pregnancy, which is a mantra virtually all…
PUFA peroxidation can cause heart failure, latter can be reversed
The mainstream view on heart failure is that in most cases (when it is not congenital) it…
Blocking prostaglandins restores (glucose) metabolism, reverses brain aging
It is rare to find a study like the one below that combines so many crucial topics…
PUFA (linoleic acid) is hepatotoxic and carcinogenic; MUFA/SFA are not
A neat little commentary in the Cell journal on a study in Nature. Not very surprising for…
Fat increases estrogen synthesis, even in menopausal females; glucose lowers it
A fascinating study, which provides a number of important findings and insights. First, the study shows that…