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Western high-fat diet can cause chronic pain, according to new study
Science Daily / University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Nature Metabolism ^ | June 23 2021 | Jacob T. Boyd, Peter M. LoCoco, Ashley R. Furr, Michelle R. Bendele, Meilinn Tram, et al.

Posted on 06/23/2021 12:52:36 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

A typical Western high-fat diet can increase the risk of painful disorders common in people with conditions such as diabetes or obesity, according to a groundbreaking paper…

Moreover, changes in diet may significantly reduce or even reverse pain from conditions causing either inflammatory pain -- such as arthritis, trauma or surgery -- or neuropathic pain, such as diabetes. The novel finding could help treat chronic-pain patients by simply altering diet or developing drugs that block release of certain fatty acids in the body.

In the new paper, Dr. Boyd and his colleagues used multiple methods in both mice and humans to study the role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in pain conditions. They found that typical Western diets high in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats served as a significant risk factor for both inflammatory and neuropathic pain.

Omega-6 fats, mainly found in foods with vegetable oils, have their benefits. But Western diets associated with obesity are characterized by much-higher levels of those acids in foods from corn chips to onion rings, than healthy omega-3 fats, which are found in fish and sources like flaxseed and walnuts.

Generally, unhealthy foods high in omega-6 fats include processed snacks, fast foods, cakes, and fatty and cured meats, among others.

Reversal of this diet, especially by lowering omega-6 and increasing omega-3 lipids, greatly reduced these pain conditions, the researchers found. Also, the authors demonstrated that skin levels of omega-6 lipids in patients with Type 2 diabetic neuropathic pain were strongly associated with reported pain levels and the need for taking analgesic drugs.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


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I wouldn’t agree with the authors that this is “groundbreaking,” but identification of the high-carb, high-fat approach using primarily pro-inflammatory Omega-6 fatty acids as embedding in the skin seems new. It is good they also found pain issues resolved by reduction of Omega-6 and the addition of Omega-3 fatty acids.
1 posted on 06/23/2021 12:52:36 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: ConservativeMind

How to Optimize Your Omega-6 to Omega-3 Ratio:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/optimize-omega-6-omega-3-ratio


2 posted on 06/23/2021 12:54:32 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

what kind of fat?

6 bad
3 good

polyunsaturated bad
trans bad


3 posted on 06/23/2021 12:55:45 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: ConservativeMind

Yet years ago they were demonizing saturated fat and telling people to use PUFA.


4 posted on 06/23/2021 12:57:27 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: joshua c

Wo Fat caused some problems too but that was Asian oriented.


5 posted on 06/23/2021 12:57:31 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: joshua c

Omega-3 is a polyunsaturated fat.


6 posted on 06/23/2021 12:57:51 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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I’m on a high fat diet but very low carb. I pay no attention to the kind of fat I eat. My chronic pain has disappeared. I’m not the only one with these results.


7 posted on 06/23/2021 1:00:38 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda

Me too, Varda, and I lost 140 lbs in 2 years 10 months.


8 posted on 06/23/2021 1:03:40 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: Varda

Me too! I seek out saturated fats. Cheese! Meat! Bratwurst! Eggs!

Avoid chips, breads, sugars and wheat.

Working fine.


9 posted on 06/23/2021 1:04:00 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: ConservativeMind

Ok, so no more lard sandwiches?


10 posted on 06/23/2021 1:05:13 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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To: Varda

What about paying attention to the types of foods you eat? If you’ve cut out processed foods and are basically eating ‘clean’ then you’ve already eliminated the items the article said to avoid.


11 posted on 06/23/2021 1:05:44 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.)
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To: Varda

How about the sugar and flour in highly processed foods that causes much of the obesity and 2 diabetes problems. The processed food industry has great power in the USA.


12 posted on 06/23/2021 1:09:47 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: ConservativeMind

More anti-meat propaganda.


13 posted on 06/23/2021 1:16:56 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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cured meats

They can have my sausage when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.

14 posted on 06/23/2021 1:17:23 PM PDT by Pollard
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I’m SMH on this one. Well established for years. Wrote about this in the first draft of my book and it wasn’t ground breaking at all: Others had already made this connection.

The problem is “what to do about it” because simple ‘diets’ are ineffective across the board and is the reason why I refer to ‘diet’ as a “4-letter word/obscenity.”

And supplements are far from panacea.


15 posted on 06/23/2021 1:18:10 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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I prefer the Southern high fat diet. Pass the fried chicken, please.


16 posted on 06/23/2021 1:18:45 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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When there is nothing else to do, recycle, recycle, recycle. This has been hashed out before.

Western food bad, eastern food good.

17 posted on 06/23/2021 1:19:58 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: joshua c

yup

“4 out of 5 doctors recommend camel cigarettes”

they even had docs recommending ciggies for expecting moms

eat eggs

dont eat eggs

eat eggs again


18 posted on 06/23/2021 1:21:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Sounds like “Ma” Chalmers’ project soybean . . .?


19 posted on 06/23/2021 1:34:45 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuitss)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Yep!


20 posted on 06/23/2021 1:35:34 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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