http://www.omega3-6-9.com Omega 3-6-9 Fatty acids Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:08:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Omega 6 & 3 - Essential fatty acids The two main EFAs Important for human health are omega-3 and omega-6. Both need to be present in the diet and the body is unable to convert one type into the other. Whilst the amount of omega-6 eaten in Europe has risen, the amount ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/efa-omega-3-6/ Fight breast cancer with Omega-3 Most of the fat in the American diet comes from meat, dairy products, poultry, fish and vegetable oil. But it is important to understand that all fats are not created equal. Saturated fats, including animal fats such as lard and butter, as well as fat from ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/breast-cancer-omega-3/ Omega 3 diets For years, we’ve heard that far causes heart attacks, high cholesterol, and weight gain, lint we now know that certain types of fat actually protect us from high cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Omega 3 fatty acids help lower bad LDL cholesterol, raise good HDL, cholesterol, lower triglycerides ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-3-diets/ ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS Two polyunsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid and arachidonic acid (omega 3, omega 6 and omega 9), are the only fatty acids known to be essential for the nutritional well being of many species of animals, and of the humans. Linoleic acid (omega 3) cannot be synthesized and must ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/essential-fatty-acids/ Omega 3 & 6 - The good fat Much has to be learned about the functions of linoleic acid (also known as omega 6) and linolenic acid (also known as omega 3) a term you may recall from the fish-oil craze a few years back). But scientists believe that these essential fatty ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-3-and-6/ Omega 6 - EFA The human body absolutely requires the polyunsaturated EFAs — linolenic acid (omega 6 fats) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega 3 fats). That is exactly why these fatty acids are termed essential.” The omega 3s are found in flaxseed, hemp, and pumpkin seed oils, in addition to marine sources ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-6-fatty-acids/ Omega 3-6 essential acids Finally, there are the “essential” fatty acids, which are two types of fatty acids that are important for our body in small quantities. The “essential” means that wc cannot synthesize them in our bodies, and therefore must rely on diet to get them. “Essential” does not mean ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-3-6-9/ Fight depression with Omega 3 During this past century there has been a marked increase in the lifetime risk for major depression with a decreasing age of onset. Over the same time period there have been significant changes in the intake of dietary fats, with substantially more saturated and trans fats ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-3-oil/ Omega 3 facts You need to know that there are two stories on fats. There arc fats that predispose to heart attacks and strokes (because they make our platelets more sticky), but there are others that protect us from heart attacks and strokes. There are fats that kill and fats that ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-3/ Omega 3 fatty acids The case for fish oil dates back more than 20 years, when studies showed relatively few heart problems among Japanese who ate a lot of seafood. Similar benefits were later found among Greenland Eskimos, and after two decades of follow-up, a study last year in the New ... http://www.omega3-6-9.com/omega-3-fish-oil/