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Are You Pouring This on Your Food - and Into Your Fat Cells?
It's promoted as heart-smart and waistline-friendly, but this everyday oil may be sending signals to your cells to multiply fat - even if you're eating clean and counting calories.
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I love organic goat yogurt, which also provides pentadecanoic acid, also known as C15:0 or simply C15. It's a saturated fatty acid with 15 carbon atoms and no double bonds. Good sources of C15:0 include full-fat dairy products, ruminant meat, and fatty fish. C15:0 may be a potentially valuable nutrient for overall health. Dr. Mercola has referenced this fatty acid. https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/26/dairy-fat-benefits.aspx (2023).-
Together with C15:0's previously demonstrated abilities to target longevity pathways, hallmarks of aging, biomarkers of the rate of aging, and core components of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, our results support C15:0 as an essential nutrient with activities equivalent to or superior to those of leading candidate compounds for enhancing longevity. C15:0 deficiencies (≤0.2% of total circulating fatty acids) may increase susceptibility to ferroptosis, dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and NAFLD. Furthermore, evidence is provided that C15:0 supplementation can reverse the described C15:0 deficiency syndrome, including key components of ferroptosis. Given the declining dietary intake of C15:0, especially among younger generations, comprehensive studies are required to understand the potential magnitude of Cell Fragility Syndrome in different populations.
1) Anti-inflammatory properties. C15:0 fatty acids had significant anti-inflammatory effects, reducing markers such as MCP-1, a protein that attracts immune cells.
2) Improves cardiometabolic health. In a larger observational study exploring data from over 15,000 people, higher blood levels of odd-chain fatty acids, including C15:0, were associated with lower levels of LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B, and other cardiovascular risk markers.
3) Protection of liver health. An observational study of 237 children and adolescents revealed that higher dairy fat intake and higher levels of certain fatty acids, including C15:0, were associated with lower liver fat levels.
4) Reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. C15:0 promotes glucose uptake into muscle cells and improves insulin sensitivity without affecting insulin-dependent pathways.
5) Cellular health and longevity. Dr. Venn-Watson points to the potential of C15:0 to prevent cell damage and death associated with aging by promoting cell membrane stability and mitochondrial repair.
Unfortunately, industrial agricultural practices have altered the nutritional content of dairy and meat products, reducing the natural levels of C15:0 in these foods. Furthermore, most nutrition authorities currently do not recognize C15:0 as a nutrient.
According to Dr. Venn-Watson, research from human, animal, and laboratory studies indicates that most people need 100 to 300 milligrams of C15:0 daily to achieve and maintain healthy blood fatty acid levels. Yogurt, C15:0 content per 3/4 cup (170 grams):
• Whole cow's milk Greek yogurt: 80 to 100 milligrams
• Whole cow's milk yogurt: 70 to 90 milligrams
• Whole goat's milk yogurt: 60 to 70 milligrams
Cheese, C15:0 content per 1 ounce (28 grams):
• Swiss (Emmenthaler): 70 to 90 milligrams
• Parmesan: 70 to 90 milligrams
• Goat's milk: 65 to 85 milligrams
• Cow's milk mozzarella: 50 to 80 milligrams
Milk fats, C15:0 content per 1 tablespoon (14 grams):
• Heavy cream: 50 to 60 milligrams
• Butter: 50 to 60 milligrams
• Cream cheese: 45 to 55 milligrams
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4607 (2023) .--
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64960-y (2020) .--
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/7/355 (2024) .--
https://keto-mojo.com/es/article/c15-fatty-acid-health-benefits/ .---
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211601X15000255?via%3Dihub .---
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As mentioned in the comments of an another article, if the Memory is Working the body when reaching a tipping point of too much body fat, the fat begins to produce signals to consume even mor calories and then the fat just keeps growing. This new information seems like Olive Oil can produce, or produces it's own independent similar, same signal. These body functions, hormone signals explain why when we see people carrying around hundreds of pounds of excess weight, why they can not eat enough. The bodies signals to promote a healthy body are overwritten, cancelled so the 'victim' only hears how the fat is starving, not that they are being destroyed.
As mentioned yesterday, cooling vests were recommended as to help our bodies create Brown Fat. In healthy bodies anyway it is grabbed for quick, fast energy when needed by physically active bodies. Healthier to carry than the White Fat that likes to accumulate around the organs and choking them and their functions.