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Could omega-6 fatty acids help us live longer?

20-Mar-2018

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Higher blood levels of linoleic acid tied to lower risk of death.

Linoleic acid is the most common polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid.

Omega-6 fatty acids may also promote low-level inflammation.

But also promotes anti-inflammatory compounds.

Finnish study analyzed data from nearly 2,500 men over 20 years.

43 percent lower risk of death between those with highest and lowest blood levels.

The study was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Jyrki Virtanen

Associate professor of nutritional epidemiology at the University of Eastern Finland.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN)

Journal delivering informaton in the field of nutrition.

University of Eastern Finland

Public multidisciplinary university

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