Eating too much linoleic acid might speed up heart disease because when it gets into your blood, it can turn into harmful chemicals that damage blood vessels and cause inflammation.

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Seed Oils as a Hypothesized Contributor to Heart Disease: A Narrative Synthesis.

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2026 Jan

The study looks at how too much linoleic acid from vegetable oils can turn into harmful substances in the body that damage blood vessels and cause inflammation, which supports the idea that eating a lot of these oils might lead to heart disease.

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Seed Oils as a Hypothesized Contributor to Heart Disease: A Narrative Synthesis.

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.102012

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