There’s a lot of talk around omega-6 fatty acids right now, with buzzwords like seed oils, inflammation, toxins and even cancer often thrown into the mix. Part of the confusion may stem from the fact ...

Soybean oil is a vegetable oil that’s extracted from the seeds of the soybean plant. Between 2018 and 2019, around 62 million tons (56 million metric tons) of soybean oil were produced around the ...

Poor cardiometabolic health may increase a person’s risk for cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle factors such as diet can also impact a person’s ...

New research is challenging widely held beliefs about the dietary benefits of unsaturated fats, showing that some types long considered healthy, such as corn and safflower oil, may actually harm ...

Eating more foods rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, such walnuts and seeds, could lower the risk of developing 14 different cancers, a recent study has found. The two nutrients are types of fat ...

As a runner, you don’t want to eat anything that has the potential to cause inflammation (since too much can lead to injuries or even arthritis in the long run). Omega-6 fatty acids, a type of ...

More critical thinkers generally recognize that these are multifactorial diseases, and interventions must occur at multiple levels and across various fronts. These include medications, lifestyle ...

(UPDATED) Higher levels of the omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) linoleic acid are associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease events, particularly reductions in mortality and ...

A high omega-3, low omega-6 diet with fish oil reduced the prostate Ki-67 index by 15% in prostate cancer patients. The CAPFISH-3 trial involved 100 men on active surveillance for grade group 1 or 2 ...