Will major health bodies recommend limiting linoleic acid intake before 2050?
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Biochemist William Lands argued from the 1980s onward that the massive rise in dietary linoleic acid (the dominant omega-6 fat in soybean, corn, and sunflower oils) is a major driver of chronic disease, via competitive enzyme dynamics between n-6 and n-3 fatty acids.
- He proposed an upper safe limit of roughly 2% of energy.
- This idea underpins the popular "seed oils are bad" movement.
- Mainstream nutrition science disagrees.
- The AHA recommends 5-10% of energy from omega-6 PUFAs.
- Meta-analyses of 150+ cohorts find higher omega-6 associated with lower CVD and mortality risk.
