Category Archives: Linoleic Acid

Essential Fatty Acid Metabolism: The Effects of Ageing

In human nutrition, the two essential fatty acids are alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)). These two fatty acids are essential to the health and without them death is inevitable. For the body to … Continue reading

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Brain Food: The Basics

There are many supplements touted as being beneficial for the brain. However, while many of these many have good research supporting their use, many forget the basics when it comes to feeding the brain. The primary fuel used by the … Continue reading

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Essential Fatty Acids and The Brain

In human nutrition there are two essential fatty acids, linoleic acid (LA; C18:2, n-6), and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA; C18:3 n-3). These fatty acids are essential because without them the cells cannot function, and inevitably a deficiency causes disease followed by … Continue reading

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Essential Fats

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Essential fatty Acids and Anxiety

Anxiety and related brain disorders are incredibly complex to study as they are to some extent subjective, and also modified by a number of other factors. Whether it is even possible to define anxiety would be debatable, based on the … Continue reading

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Essential Fatty Acid Metabolism and Diabetes

The essential fatty acid pathway is a metabolic pathway that converts the essential fatty acids, alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) to a number of short-lived hormone like substances called eicosanoids. Eicosanoids are regulators … Continue reading

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Dietary Fat and Its Connection to Depression

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Why Do The Essential Fatty Acids Prevent Insulin Resistance?

There are two essential fatty acids in human nutrition and both are polyunsaturated fats formed in plants. Alpha linolenic (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) is fatty acid belonging to the omega 3 family of fatty acid and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) … Continue reading

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EFAs in Parenteral Nutrition

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The Major Fat Constituents in the Typical Western Diet

The typical Western diet is the modern diet of the developed nations of North America, Western Europe and Australasia. Evidence suggests that insulin resistance is caused by consumption of the typical Western diet, and this relates to the presence of … Continue reading

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