Polyunsaturates

At present, the American diet tends to be high in polyunsaturates, which is fine for people who eat a low-fat diet. ❋ Dr. Eric C. Westman (2010)

If you opt for sunflower oil, you can get either high-oleic sunflower oil, which has monounsaturated levels of 80 percent and above, or the more common linoleic sunflower oil, which is high in polyunsaturates or linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid. ❋ Keri Gans (2011)

To get the most monounsaturated fats and minimize your consumption of polyunsaturates, of which we already get plenty, make salad dressings with olive oil—use the extra-virgin type—and canola oil. ❋ Dr. Eric C. Westman (2010)

Mediterranean diets are low in those fats but rich in monounsaturates (mainly from olive oil) and in polyunsaturates from fish. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the information has become so diffuse and seemingly contradictory -- does anyone remember whether mono or polyunsaturates are the good kind? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The cell membranes of both young and old honey bee queens are highly monounsaturated with very low content of polyunsaturates. ❋ Unknown (2007)

* We do not need to add polyunsaturates in the form of cooking oils to our diet. ❋ M.A. Judith Shaw (2004)

Now we know that the large-scale manufacturing and marketing of polyunsaturated cooking oils and the widespread use of polyunsaturates—as corn for stockyard feed animals used to eat grasses that contain omega-3 fatty acids, as the fat of margarine, and as the raw material for hydrogenated oils—has tampered with the exquisite balance of human cellular synthesis. ❋ M.A. Judith Shaw (2004)

These large infusions of polyunsaturates as feed have upset the fatty acid balance of our bodies, interfering with cellular function and good health. ❋ M.A. Judith Shaw (2004)

Most nut oils are made up primarily of monounsaturated fatty acids, and have more polyunsaturates than saturated fats exceptions are coconuts with a large dose of saturated fat, and walnuts and pecans, which are predominantly polyun-saturated. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)