Category Archives: Eicosapentaenoic Acid

Fish and Their Oils: Associated With Cognitive Protection

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Fish oils are a source of the long chain fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5 (n-3)). These oils are important in human health because they can feed into the essential fatty acid pathways and … Continue reading →

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Fish oils: How Much Should you Take?

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Fish oils show a number of health benefits in humans including a beneficial cardioprotective effect. These benefits centre on the ability of the long chain fatty acids in fish to reduce inflammation. As inflammation is a driver of oxidative stress, … Continue reading →

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Treating Inflammation with Nutrition

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Inflammation is a necessary physiological reaction by the tissues of animals to damage, infection and invasion by pathogens. This process is highly complex, but is designed to provide defence to tissues by supplying immunological components and physical barriers to possible … Continue reading →

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Omega 3 Fats and Cancer Risk

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Omega 3 fats are a group of polyunsaturated fats defined chemically by their structure. In this regard they have their first double bond 3 carbons from their terminal methyl end. Nutritionally the omega 3 fats are important because the group … Continue reading →

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Long Chain Fats Regulate Inflammation

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Novel Metabolites of Fish Oils

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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The Omega-3 to Omega-6 Ratio: Cardioprotection

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Humans require two fatty acids to be present in their diet. These fatty acids, alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) belong to the omega-3 and omega-6 family of polyunsaturated fatty acids, respectively. A daily … Continue reading →

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Antioxidant Nutrients and Periodontal Disease

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Fish Oils And Insulin Resistance

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Cold water fish require adaptive mechanisms to cope with living in often icy cold water. Saturated and short chain lipids in their bodies would become solid at these temperatures and so they instead use longer polyunsaturated lipids. Theses are colloquially … Continue reading →

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Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (DHA and EPA)

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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