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In older adults, eating more omega-6 fats like linoleic acid or having higher levels of arachidonic acid in the body doesn’t seem to increase signs of inflammation.

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Red Blood Cell Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Biomarkers of Inflammation in the Framingham Offspring Study

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2025 Jun 22

The study looked at levels of two omega-6 fats in people's blood and found they were linked to lower, not higher, signs of inflammation. This supports the idea that these fats aren't causing inflammation in older adults.

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Red Blood Cell Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Biomarkers of Inflammation in the Framingham Offspring Study

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DOI: 10.3390/nu17132076

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If older adults have more of a certain healthy fat (linoleic acid) in their blood cells, they tend to have lower levels of inflammation markers in their body.

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Omega-6 fats in red blood cells don’t seem to be connected to signs of body stress or blood vessel inflammation in older adults.

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Eating too much omega-6 fat—especially from vegetable oils and meat from grain-fed animals—might increase body-wide inflammation, which could lead to long-term health problems like heart disease or diabetes.

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Eating certain types of healthy fats—like those found in nuts and seeds—doesn’t seem to change levels of inflammation in the blood of healthy American adults.

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If older adults have more arachidonic acid in their red blood cells, they tend to have lower levels of certain inflammation markers in their blood — which suggests this omega-6 fat might not make inflammation worse after all.

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