Re: Coconut Oil Benefits?


I know "arachide" means peanut in French (they also have another word, which I forget right now), and I assumed (especially because Adele Davis said so) that peanut oil was the richest source of arachidonic acid.

Ever since I heard Nicholas Perricone say it was involved somehow in inflammation I've been chary of it, and avoided peanuts.

Can you point us to fount of information on these fatty acids and the foods that contain them?



Knack wrote:
AA is an n-6 PUFA that is found mostly in the following cooking oils
(in decending order): safflower, grape seed, sunflower, corn, soybean,
sesame, peanut, canola, almond. Although olive oil may possibly contain more AA than coconut oil, it is not regarded as a significant source of
AA. In fact, AA is so low in olive oil that it is usually not included in an assay.

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