Well, how do you know that you have AA in your cells now? You might have the Mead acid, for all I know. I was raised on a corn oil based diet (real bad), and when I restricted dietary PUFA rigorously, I could see a big difference. Some examples:
When cut, the scabs are rubbery rather than like a hard plastic.
I felt that I could breathe easier.
Cuts can take a long time to heal now, but there is no scarring.
Cuts have inflammation for a few hours, not a few days.
A keloid I had turned white, doesn't itch any more, and got smaller.
My hair is stiffer and never gets "greasy."
I used to get at least two colds a year, which lasted two weeks or longer, and I have yet to get a cold since 2002 (possibly 2001).
Now, I don't worry too much about fatty acid intake, since I limit food rich in UFAs. I basically use the "greasy hair" test. If my hair seems to get a little greasy in less than a week, I cut back on dietary UFAs. I should be able to go more than a week without washing my hair, and if I can't, I'm eating too much UFAs. So, what I'm saying is, listen to what your body is telling you. You can never know exactly how many UFAs are too much (we will assume you now have Mead acid in your cells), as other factors are also important (vitamin/mineral imbalances and antioxidant in the diet, for example). I'm not against "junk food" (if you have Mead acid in your cells), but what I instead I buy items that are more than 50% SFAs (with no, or hardly and cholesterol content), and only eat small amounts of them with my meals in order to make them tastier. Cooking also seems highly problematic, and I don't cook food any more, except for something like pasta, which needs to be cooked, obviously, but I would only eat it warm (usually cold, as in a "pasta salad"), not hot. |
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