Which essential fatty acid is rarely found to be deficient as it is typically consumed in abundance in the majority of diets?
a. alpha-linoleic acidb. linoleic acidc. eicosapentaenoic acidd. docosahexanoic acid

B. Linoleic acid

Explanation:

Linoleic acid was discovered by chance in 1978 by Michael W. Pariza at the University of Wisconsin looking for mutagene formations in meat during cooking. It is called a conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) to a family of several isomers of linoleic acid (at least 13 are known), which are very common in vegetable oils (corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, etc. ) and in animal fat.

The conjugated linoleic acid is formed by several types of fatty acids, all of them different in their chemical structure. CLAs are a “trans” fat that is not harmful to health, but instead is beneficial

Natural Sources of Conjugated Linoleic Acid

The main natural sources of conjugated linoleic acid in food are:

Beef

Butter

cheese

Lamb

Homogenized milk

Yogurt