Turning Bad Into Good Fats, AHA Style: How the American Heart Association (Ab-)Uses Scientific Research According to Their (Hidden?) Agenda
As a diligent student of the SuppVersity, you are well aware that the absolute and relative overabundance of n-6 fatty acids (also known as omega-6 or linolic acid) in Western diets literally lies at the heart of heart disease. It is thus dear to my heart to turn your attention to the recent advances of the American Heart Association Nutrition Subcommittee of the Council on Nutrition to reestablish the myth of the heart-healthy omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Image 1: You better watch out, other than the American Heart Association wants you to believe , one of the "better fat sisters" (Poly, the one in the middle) turns out to have a very dark six-times unsaturated side ;-) Back in 2009, already, the American Heart Association had published an article (AHA. 2009 Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease), the putative intention of which was "to summarize the current evidence on the consumption of omega-6...