Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 The following I picked out of a text posted here from a thread to do with wine and liver cirrhosis. However, It makes for interesting reading and I am concerned out the mention of linseed oil and the EFA as being toxic. From all the reading that I have endured, it has always been suggested that these EFA are not produced naturally by the body and hence must be derived from the food. What is this groups conclusions on so-called EFA and do you think linseed oil is dangerous? S Essential fatty acids (EFA) are, according to the textbooks, linoleic acid and linolenic acid, and they are supposed to have the status of " vitamins, " which must be taken in the diet to make life possible. However, we are able to synthesize our own unsaturated fats when we don't eat the " EFA, " so they are not " essential. " The term thus appears to be a misnomer. [M. E. Hanke, " Biochemistry, " Encycl. Brit. Book of the Year, 1948.] These toxic oils are sometimes called the " essential fatty acids " or " vitamin F, " but this concept of the oils as essential nutrients was clearly disproved over 50 years ago. Those fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which are found in linseed oil, soy oil, walnut oil, almond oil, corn oil, etc., are essential for the spontaneous development of cancer, and also appear to be decisive factors in the development of age pigment, alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, obesity, stress-induced immunodeficiency, some aspects of the shock reaction, epilepsy, brain swelling, congenital retardation, hardening of the arteries, cataracts, and other degenerative conditions. They are possibly the most important toxin for animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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