Genetic engineering breakthrough ups oil content of seeds by 18%

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> “When we can increase the fat content in edible seeds and nuts, a person can eat a lesser amount but still feel full, due to the increase in calories consumed,”

This seems wrong to me. Satiety is not determined by the caloric density.

With a nutritionally denser food (or a easily absorbed food) you will need less food for equivalent nutrition but you feel hungrier because the volume will be less.

Yes, and nuts and seeds are already absurdly calorie dense. If someone made peanuts with 1/10th the calories, I'd finally feel like I could eat as many as I actually wanted. As is, they're a calorie bomb.

Satiety is subjective however it is widely accepted that foods high in fat can be more satiating.

Today the relevant case is Keto diets where replacing your carbohydrate intake with higher fat foods (steak, avocado, nuts) can help regulate your satiation by rebalancing your hormones. Increasingly so if you do intermittent fasting.

Although if you really just wanna be full go eat vegetables.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53550/#_ch15_s20_

My point for comparison is that chia seeds, konjac, shirataki and others are filling while being an almost 0 calorie food.

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