The macadamias have roughly the same total amount of fat, but to make up the missing Omega-6, they have more monounsaturated fat – that’s the same kind in avocados and olive oil. That makes macadamias a much higher-quality source of fat than most other nuts, with a much lower potential to be inflammatory. In fact, some studies have even shown it to be anti-inflammatory. In this one, for example, obese mice either got macadamia oil supplements or nothing. The macadamia oil reduced inflammation and fat cell hypertrophy (hypertrophy = getting bigger, which is exactly what you don’t want your fat cells to do). Yes, it’s in mice and not humans, but it’s still interesting.