Trends in agri-food choices for health since the 1960s: the case of fatty acids

Michel Duru

doi:10.1051/ocl/2019038

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Table 2

Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) requirements, supplies and simulations for changes in the diet (g/day). Minimum physiological requirements for PUFAs for an adult with a daily energy intake of 2000 kcal (excluding alcohol).

	Criterion	ALA	EPA DHA	n-3 PUFA	LA	LA:ALA ratio	n-6 PUFA
Requirements	Physiological requirements (Anses, 2011)	1.6	0.5	2.1	4
	Recommended nutritional supply^b	2.0	0.5	2.5	8	< 5
Supplies	INCA 3	1.0	0.28	1.28; 1.05^d	7	7	10.4d
Simulations	Supply if pork and poultry products are Bleu-Blanc-Cœur			+ 0.8			−0.09
	Supply if certain oils are replaced^c	+0.2		+0.2 (+0.1^a)	−6.1 (−3.0^a)

^a

If 50% of the oil supply is consumed.

^b

https://www.Anses.fr/fr/system/files/NUT2012SA0103Ra-2.pdf.

^c

Rapeseed instead of soybean, oleic sunflower instead of linoleic sunflower.

^d

Schmitt et al. (2018).

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