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Five studies I'd like to see.

Imagine money is no object.

Imagine you wield absolute control over the scientific community

and can direct it to run whichever study you desire.

If you can dream it up, they'll get the subjects, produce the money, and make it happen.

All you need to come up with is the overarching design.

What would you choose?

What do you wonder?

What questions do you want answered once and for all?

Here's what I'd choose.

Number one, omega-6 from seed oils versus omega-6 from nuts and seeds.

Linolaic acid isn't linolayic acid.

In nuts and seeds, the fragile omega-6 fats have a home.

They have cellular walls and antioxidant compounds protecting them from

these oxidative stressors. In theory, eating nuts is far different than consuming an equivalent

amount of omega-6 through seed oils. In a seed oil, omega-6 fats are adrift like storm-tossed sailors, subject to oxidative stressors

like heat, light, and oxygen with little protection. To make matters worse, the refining

process often strips them of what few endogenous antioxidant compounds remain. They tend to

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