As for the o-3 vs. o-6, this refers to an inflammatory process different than which occurs with lipoproteins. The body has different pathways for creating inflammatory and anti-inflammatory ecosanoids, which is a normal biological process for healing. Here’s a chart that shows the two pathways.

Pharmaceutical statins should be avoided, just as any antinutrient, but I see no reason for avoiding statins in foods.

*Kilmer McCully writes: “…lipoproteins function as a nonspecific immune system that binds and inactivates microorganisms and their toxins by complex formation….According to our hypothesis, LDL-cholesterol does not enter the artery through the endothelium as suggested previously, but via the capillary web of vasa vasorum in and around the arterial walls. Oxidation of LDL does not take place before LDL has entered the macrophage but occurs after phagocytosis, as part of a normal physiological process explaining why attempts to prevent cardiovascular disease by antioxidants have been largely unsuccessful.

However, does it matter what type of pufa the ldl carries? For example, when it runs out of antioxidants, if the ldl used omega-3 pufas, would it be less likely to oxidize and cause inflammation than if it had used omega-6 ? (I always thought omega-3s were anti-inflammatory, and omega-6 were pro-inflammatory). Also, can pufa’s exist (and therefore oxidize) in the blood without being part of the ldl mechanism?

Finally, it sounds like statins should be avoided, yet many foods contain statins naturally.. should these foods be avoided?

I too became vegan for a while after reading books like Diet for a New America, but something was always missing from those books, and I found the missing pieces in Weston A. Price’s book! I hope that more people will read it. The pictures in it speak for themselves.