aaronespro t1_iqrq97b wrote on October 2, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Reply to comment by seekknowledge4ever in High-fat diet induces depression-like phenotype via astrocyte-mediated hyperactivation of ventral hippocampal glutamatergic afferents to the nucleus accumbens - Molecular Psychiatry by Meatrition

Yeah, I can see how lots of saturated fat could cause inflammation related depressive symptoms, which is why the whole Mediterranean thing emphasizes fish and vegetable oils

52electrons t1_iqrrrrx wrote on October 2, 2022 at 5:01 PM

They fed the rats soybean oil and pig lard which is a higher linoleic acid content animal fat. All in approximately 13-14% linoleic acid makeup. I’ll take their word for it but I would honestly like an independent source to validate that as I’ve seen sources testing modern lard at 20% linoleic acid alone (plus the soybean oil) so I’m not sure how this % is so low on their data sheet.

BafangFan t1_iqrxf0p wrote on October 2, 2022 at 5:36 PM

The soybean oil industry acknowledges that soybean oil causes obesity - and they made a genetically modified soybean oil that causes less obesity than regular soybean oil.

https://www.genengnews.com/news/gmo-sourced-soybean-oil-causes-less-obesity-than-conventional-oil/#:~:text=Long%2Dterm%20tests%20in%20mice,of%20diabetes%20or%20fatty%20liver.

Conversely, full fat dairy products are more protective against obesity when compared to low fat or fat free dairy products

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/full-fat-dairy-may-reduce-obesity-risk/#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20current%20popular%20wisdom,HSPH)%20nutrition%20expert%20Walter%20Willett.