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Are Oils Healthy? Part IV

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Continuing from the last post, my hypothesis was that refined oils are detrimental because they are stripped of their nutrients as compared to a whole food.  If this is correct, than nuts (a high-fat whole food) should lead to better vascular function than oils.  Is this the case?

Yes, as a number of studies show.  Here is one: “flow-mediated dilation (FMD) was worse after the olive oil meal than after the walnut meal.”  And another one: “Endothelial function significantly improved after consumption of a walnut-enriched ad libitum diet…”.  And another one: “Consumption of a hazelnut-enriched diet significantly improved FMD (56.6%)…”.

On to part 5…


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