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I’m a huge fan of pumpkin seed oil for a number of reasons. It’s an inexpensive oil that’s easy to find at many suppliers’ shops. It has a nice balance of oleic and linoleic fatty acids with some nice levels of Vitamin E. It has a decent shelf life, and doesn’t have a strong smell....
Let’s continue our look at Erika’s question about fatty acids from this post…Then, I look at other fatty acids in each of the oils and additional confusion sets in, with the function, or mechanism of other fatty acids contained in those oils.Another example, coconut oil. It contains a lot of lauric acid (47.5%) But, so...
Yesterday we took a look at a question Erika posted in the fatty acids post on the blog. Let’s take a look at more of that fantastic question! Then, I look at fatty acid profiles of oils high in oleic acid I find…olive oil (78%) high oleic sunflower oil (74%)hazelnut oil (66 to 85%) avocado oil (75...
Erika asked a very good and very long question in this post, fatty acids, and I thought I’d do my best to try to answer it. I’m breaking it up into smaller bites so I can try to cover it all over the next few days… I’m so confused!! I’m going in circles and about...
I’d like to talk to you for a few minutes about soy bean oil. It’s not a sexy oil or one that’s trending in beauty products, but it’s one of the most inexpensive ones you can find and it’s packed full of all kinds of neat stuff, like tocopherols (anti-oxidants), phytosterols, and isoflavones in addition...