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momoese · 10-29-2008, 04:13 PM

Harvey...if your ALA levels are high watch out for that canola oil.

" Why the interest in alpha-linolenic acid? The attention is merited. The Harvard Men's Health Watch, Jan 2002, cited the Lyon Dietary Health Study, which studied a "Mediterranean" type diet enriched with canola margarine, and showed that "Over a four-year period, the high ALA diet produced a 72% reduction in heart attacks and cardiac deaths and 56% lower risk of dying from any cause (including prostate cancer)". However, the Physicians' Health Study found that "Men with moderately high ALA blood levels were 3.4 times as likely to develop prostate cancer than men with the lowest levels"

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