52electrons t1_iqsvl3t wrote on October 2, 2022 at 9:06 PM

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52electrons t1_iqrrrrx wrote on October 2, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Reply to comment by aaronespro in High-fat diet induces depression-like phenotype via astrocyte-mediated hyperactivation of ventral hippocampal glutamatergic afferents to the nucleus accumbens - Molecular Psychiatry by Meatrition

They fed the rats soybean oil and pig lard which is a higher linoleic acid content animal fat. All in approximately 13-14% linoleic acid makeup. I’ll take their word for it but I would honestly like an independent source to validate that as I’ve seen sources testing modern lard at 20% linoleic acid alone (plus the soybean oil) so I’m not sure how this % is so low on their data sheet.

52electrons t1_iqrrb5h wrote on October 2, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Reply to High-fat diet induces depression-like phenotype via astrocyte-mediated hyperactivation of ventral hippocampal glutamatergic afferents to the nucleus accumbens - Molecular Psychiatry by Meatrition

I would recommend understanding the contents of said diet to better understand that ‘high fat diet’ doesn’t just mean animal fats. There’s soybean oil and pig lard (also higher in linoleic acid than tallow) as the main energy sources.

I’m tired of these crap designed scientific studies lumping all fats as bad sources of energy. Break it down people, test it with and without linoleic acid and seed oils and then show us the results. Repeat this study with a diet of pure tallow for fats and show me the results.