Sun, Mar-26-06, 01:37
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Plan: General Controlled Carb
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Originally Posted by theBear
Omega-3 is animal in origin thus not a component of an ox's diet, vegetables have omega-6, which has never been high on anyone's list for enhancing health. Omega -3 is produced in an animal's body, it is one of the unsats an animal needs- your own body can and will make it also. Today's paper had an article citing a study in the UK which unexpectedly showed NO significant relationship between omega-3 and heart disease. We know suet has plenty, so what's up?
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Omega 3 is not "animal in origin" although we can get what we need from animals that eat vegetation (which is where the omega 3 comes from) or by consuming omega 3 rich vegetable sources ourselves, such as flaxseed/linseed - although there is some variation in efficiency in converting the omega 3 fat ALA (alpha-linolenic acid)to DHA and EPA (docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid) - so for that reason, animal sources are superior, as this conversion has already been done for you.
Your own body cannot manufacture omega 3 or omega 6 fats (we don't have the necessary enzymes to create them as we do for other fats). This is why they are known as essential fatty acids (EFAs) just as essential amino acids are those that cannot be manufactured by the body, so they must be obtained from dietary sources.
Whats up? The study was a meta-analysis of a number of previous studies, statistical analysis of this type can be manipulated to give just about any result.
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