Omega-6 Seed Oils: Top Reasons to Avoid Especially if You’re Low-Carb
High Intensity Health with Mike Mutzel, MS
Mike Mutzel
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🗓️ 16 April 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Evidence suggests diets rich in omega-6 seed oils increase LDL susceptibility to oxidation, which is known to initiate the process of atherosclerosis leading to heart disease.
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Industrial seed oils make your LDL more prone to oxidation.
2:00 Omega 6 linoleic acid is from vegetable oil.
3:20 The half life of linoleic acid in fat tissue is about 2 ½ years.
5:30 There is a link between consuming omega 6 vegetable oils and heart disease.
6:30 Linoleic acid is in higher concentrations in people with coronary artery disease.
6:45 LDL must be oxidized for the development of atherosclerosis.
8:25 Oxidation of LDL is initiated by the oxidation of linoleic acid contained within the LDL particles.
9:25 Oxidized LDL is toxic to endothelial cells of your cardiovascular system and more.
10:20 A diet higher in oleic acid, decrease LDL susceptibility to oxidation.
11:00 Oxidized LDL creates secondary product that that causes damage within the vessels.
11:08 When saturated fat plus trans fat is replaced with omega 6 vegetable oils, there is an increase in all cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality.
13:05 Exposure of the endothelium to linoleic acid is an initial step in the creation of atherosclerosis.
13:30 Consuming more linoleic acid increases the amount of linoleic acid within the aortic plaques.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Evidence suggests that consuming vegetable oils rich in omega-6 |
| 0:03.0 | linoleic acid is linked with heart disease, |
| 0:05.3 | and the process known as atherosclerosis. |
| 0:07.7 | In today's show, we're going to take a deeper dive into this literature |
| 0:10.1 | and explore the connections between consumption of these industrial seed oils |
| 0:13.9 | from soybean, canola, grape seed, and all the other cotton seed and so forth |
| 0:18.5 | that are found in processed foods and how |
| 0:21.7 | high consumption of these foods actually oxidize your low-density |
| 0:24.9 | lipoproteins known as LDL, your LDL cholesterol |
| 0:28.1 | that initiate the process known as atherosclerosis |
| 0:31.2 | that is linked with the occlusion or narrowing of your coronary arteries |
| 0:35.3 | and therefore increasing your risk of major cardiac associated events. |
| 0:39.3 | So the title of the paper that we're going to talk about today is titled |
| 0:42.8 | Omega-6 Vegetable Oils as a driver of coronary heart disease |
| 0:46.6 | the oxidized linoleic acid hypothesis. |
| 0:49.2 | I want to thank a past podcast guest, Dr. James Tnickl Antonio |
| 0:53.2 | and James O'Keefe for publishing this amazing paper. |
| 0:55.6 | I would highly recommend and encourage you to download this |
| 0:58.8 | to read it, especially if you've worked with your health care professional |
| 1:01.4 | and they've told you that your LDL cholesterol is high, |
| 1:04.0 | you may want to consider going on a lipoloring medication |
| 1:06.8 | because it's not just the LDL cholesterol being high. |
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