Newsletter 4, 2006

Why You Must Supplement with Essential Fatty Acid if You Expect to Live a Good Life

[[name]], Last week I told you about one way to control body inflammation. Now here is another way. This is a nutrient you have been hearing about for the past few years.

Essential Fatty Acids – omega – 3, omega – 6, omega - 9

If you are not taking some form of essential fatty acids, please take this recommendation serious. Essential means you need these fatty acids in your diet because your body can’t create them. You need them to come from an external source – food.




[[name]], These essential fatty acids play an essential role in producing enzymes and hormones your body uses to regulate

Metabolism
blood pressure
heart rate
inflammation
fertility

In addition, fatty acids are used to form the structure of every cell in your body.

You can extend your life and reduce many age-related diseases by supplementing your diet with the essential fatty acids. Most of these age-related diseases are a result of unchecked inflammation in your body.

Use omega – 6, olive oil, but not too much since it reduces the good effects of omega - 3, flax seed oil or fish oil. Omega – 6 has inflammatory properties and that is why you need to balance it with omega – 3, which has anti-inflammatory properties.

Eating too much olive will create excessive inflammation in your body and especially if you don’t supplement your diet with omega – 3.

Flax seed oil and fish oils that contain omega –3 and omega - 6 oils are broken down in your body into DHA and EPA. It is DHA and EPA that breakdown further into prostaglandins. It is prostaglandins that provide cells with information on how to function and reduce inflammation.

Fish oil already has DHA and EPA so your body does not have to create these fatty acids as it does from flax seed oil. Some people do not have the ability to take flax seed oil and break it down into DHA and EPA. So for them it is better to use fish oil.

How can you tell if you can breakdown flax seed oil into DHA and EPA? Well, it’s not easy. You would have to take a blood tests to find out. So, it best to take both flax seed oil and fish oil. Both have some nutrients that the other does not have.

Go to Google and put in fish oil, then look at the label of various products and look for the quantities of omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9, GLA, EPA and DHA. I have not discussed omega – 9 or GLA, but GLA breaks down from omega -6. Omega – 9 is found in oils and in avocado and is an extremely health fatty acid.

Rudy Silva, Copyright ©2006, all rights reserved
Disclaimer:
The information in this article is not intended as medical advice, to diagnose, treat, cure and prevent any disease. It is information provided for your knowledge and not to take the place of going to the doctor for medical treatment and advice. The U.S. FDA has not approved these products listed here. Consult your doctor when using new remedies or techniques when dealing with various illness or symptoms. Using this knowledge, you do at your own risk.