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Old 03-21-2006, 11:47 AM   #6
Christine MH-UK
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Oleic acid content is the same, though

Before anyone panics too much, I just wanted to point out that the fatty acid composition of hazelnut oil and olive oil is the same, which is why hazelnut oil and olive oil cannot be easily distinguished (there's a big financial reward available to anyone who can devise a method of doing this). Of course, olive oil has the good polyphenols, but it is the oleic acid, not the polyphenols, that are believed to downregulate her2 and perhaps sensitize her2+ breast cancers to herceptin.
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