A question which I have not been able to get an answer to:
Does eating peanuts, which have significant arachidonic acid (AA)
content promote inflammation?
I have read that omega-6 vegetable oils supply the body with linoleic
acid to make arachidonic acid, but does direct consumption of AA also
fuel inflammation?
Dr. Barry Sears of Zone diet fame recommends a macimum consuption of
only 3 egg yolks becuase of their high AA content, yet he recommeds
eating peanuts.
Can someone shed some light on this seeming contradiction?
If AA in peanuts is a problem, what is a reasonable intake limit?
Thanks in advance...
John Sankey - 20 Sep 2006 14:07 GMT
"Dr. Barry Sears of Zone diet fame recommends a maximum
consumption of only 3 egg yolks because of their high AA content,
yet he recommends eating peanuts."
According to the USDA, dry-roasted peanuts contain no detectable AA.
David R. Throop - 29 Sep 2006 20:38 GMT
>A question which I have not been able to get an answer to:
>Does eating peanuts, which have significant arachidonic acid (AA)
>content promote inflammation?
Peanuts do NOT have a significant arachidonic acid content. They have
a significant arachidic acid content. Arachidonic acid is
polyunsaturated, omega-6. Arachidic is saturated.
Whether arachidonic acid causes inflammation is a matter of dispute.
See the article "Inflammatory Markers in Healthy Italian Adults: Are
n-6 PUFAs Pro-Inflammatory?" at
http://fatsoflife.com/pufa/article.asp?nid=1&edition=last&id=332 for
recent findings. (They found that AA was generally
anti-inflammatory.)
DRT
Oh yeah, for those who love to read about omega-3, the September
issue of Fats of Life's "PUFA Newsletter" was just posted to the
website:
http://fatsoflife.com