@Butter-Girl said in Are Nuts In Their Natural State Used Differently By The Body Than Their Processed Oils?:
Even though I don’t cook with any PUFA oils, I have always wondered about nuts in their natural state though. That’s why I had posted the topic.
I wonder why squirrels eat these nuts all the time (or do they?). Would they live healthier and longer lives without these nuts? Or do their body can convert PUFA to SFA just like cows do?
But I'm glad I don't eat nuts often. And I don't eat peanut butter not almond butter often, even though I like the taste.
Still, they are far, far better eaten whole, as nuts or as butters, instead of being processed into cooking oils, where no vitamin E is present at all. And I believe the presence of vitamin E does a fair amount of countering the effects of PUFAs. Otherwise, prior to the use of seed oils for food, people would already be having problems of obesity and low metabolism in earlier times, in places where nuts are abundant.
Speaking of squirrels, do these nuts become abundant only in autumn? If so, maybe the PuFAs in them serve the purpose of slowing their metabolism in time for winter, when they hibernate?
Still, for me, I prefer eating some nuts, especially after they are soaked to a point where a bud comes out, to remove anti-nutrients that are toxins on our gut; than drinking milk substitutes and eating meat substitutes. I could be said to have a choice in choosing my poison, and the poison I chose is something I enjoy eating. And if it is indeed poison, I don't over-indulge in it.
