Olive oil is one of the highest in linoleic acid. It’s not an industrial seed oil and has been associated with many health benefits.
What gives?
“Area percentage of linoleic acid in borage oil is 38.47%, in evening primrose oil is 74%, in canola oil 20.12%, in corn oil 59.27%, in sunflower oil 71.17%, in cottonseed oil 56.35%, in linseed oil 15.18%, in soybean oil 56%, in olive oil, 7%, in extra olive virgin oil 8.64%, in olive pomace oil 10.33%, in peanut oil 31%, in rice bran oil 36.28%, in palm oil 10.62% and in palm kernel oil 2.76%.”
https://www.news-medical.net/health/Oils-Rich-in-Linoleic-Acid.aspx
Olive oil is one of the highest in linoleic acid.
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A good rule is any food that the children of Israel were given in abundance in the Promised Land is probably good for you.