correlational
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The more linolenic acid (a type of omega-3) an oil has, the more MDA and 4-HHE it makes when heated — these chemicals only show up in oils with this specific fat.
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Impact of Heating Temperature and Fatty Acid Type on the Formation of Lipid Oxidation Products During Thermal Processing
Cross-Sectional Study
In Vitro
2022The study found that when oils with lots of certain healthy fats (like soybean oil) are heated, they make more of two harmful chemicals—MDA and 4-HHE—and 4-HHE only showed up in the oil that has a specific fat called linolenic acid.
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