The global beef industry is currently challenged with improving production efficiency while fostering judicious use of limited natural resou
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To be clear, Omega-6 fat is an essential nutrient for human health. The problem lies in excess consumption and what it does. First up, we make a few endocannabinoids from it. One of them makes us hungry, same as pot giving us the munchies. It also mobilizes certain stem cells to become fat cells. This is the nasty bit they are talking about in the article above.
Omega-6 fat is also the substrate of most inflammation in the human body. The more overdosed we become on Omega-6, the more likely we are to develop a chronic inflammatory disease like arthritis, asthma, allergies, diabetes, depression, etc...
5 gm / day, is near the top of the healthy range for large humans like myself, and it is not all that simple to do. Like wheat, they put it in most industrially processed foods because it is slow to go rancid. I could make more sinister accusations, but they weren't that smart when they started doing it, though they clearly are now.
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