Tag: PUFA
High-fat/low-carb diet causes systemic inflammation, impairs gut barrier, aggravates inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Another “controversial” study, which adds even more evidence to the hypothesis that low-carb diets (and by extension,…
PUFA is incompatible with and directly toxic to mammalian mitochondria
This is one of the few studies that presents direct and largely indisputable biochemical evidence for the…
Linoleic acid (an omega-6 PUFA) confirmed as direct driver of many (all?) cancers
It looks like medicine is finally starting to wake up to the fact that PUFA is anything…
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…