Quote from BMJ OpenHeart Study on Omega-6 vegetable oils source:
In other words, cholesterol was protected from oxidation if bound to saturated fat but susceptible to oxidation when bound to linoleic acid. Again, this suggests is that eating more linoleic acid increases the oxidation of cholesterol within LDL particles further increasing atherosclerosis formation and the risk of coronary heart disease.
Cholesterol bound to fat is safe, cholesterol bound to linoleic acid is not.
But I thought the process of binding it to linoleic acid was oxidizing it? It’s possible to bind LDL to linoleic acid without oxidation?
The second statement follows logically that consuming more linoleic acid can increase atherosclerosis. The wording is a little wishy-washy with this suggests which weakens the case from DOES to simply CAN, which isn’t terribly clear to me as the clause following says linoleic acid increases the oxidation … and risk of coronary heart disease and makes for sticky quoting.
BMJ: OpenHeart Study on Omega-6 vegetable oils
Carved from raw notes on the study.
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