Tag Archives: Essential Fatty Acids

The B6 Essential Fatty Acid Connection

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

eficiencies of vitamin B6 are known to increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms for this was first described by Kilmer McCully in his seminal paper in the 1960’s, in which he investigated cardiovascular disease risk in young … Continue reading →

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Biomarkers for EPA and DHA

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Robert Barrington

he fish oils eicosapentanoic acid (EPA, C20:5 (n-3)) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)) are increasingly being seen as beneficial to the health. In particular high intakes of fish oil have been shown to favourably modulate plasma triglycerides, possibly because … Continue reading →

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High Fat Diets are Healthy

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Robert Barrington

he recent advice to limit intakes of dietary fat has been a disaster for health. Medical recommendations to lower fat and cholesterol intakes, based on the erroneous cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease, have caused an epidemic of obesity in Western … Continue reading →

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Fat Quality and Sudden Cardiac Death

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

round half of all cardiovascular disease deaths are accounted for by sudden cardiac death, which can be thought of as the traditional and stereotypical heart attack. Saturated fat has received a lot of attention with regard cardiovascular disease because proponents … Continue reading →

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I Fish to Be Thin

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Robert Barrington

s more is understood about obesity, it is becoming clear that the disease is far more complex than a simple positive energy balance. Complex behavioural, social and environmental factors interact with poor quality nutrition to cause a perfect storm of … Continue reading →

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Docosahexanoic Acid and Eicosapentanoic Acid: Conditionally Essential Nutrients

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Essential nutrients are defined in nutrition as those required by the body, but which cannot be synthesised endogenously. There is therefore a requirement to obtain such nutrients from food. The essential nutrients include the vitamins and minerals, as well as … Continue reading →

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Alpha Linolenic Acid: Inferior to Fish Oil?

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) is an essential fatty acid. Therefore alpha linolenic acid is required for heath but cannot be synthesised endogenously, and so must be present in the diet. Most humans possess a deficiency of the gene … Continue reading →

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Salmon and Breast Milk

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

he quality of maternal nutrition during pregnancy is increasingly being found to influence the risk of disease in adult life for the offspring. Nutrition during the time following birth has also been indemnified as being pivotal to future disease outcomes, … Continue reading →

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Fish Oil: Responders and Non-Responders

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Robert Barrington

vidence suggests that some of the inconclusive results in nutritional intervention studies may be due to the presence of non-responders within the study population. For example, calcium is able to lower blood pressure in some individuals with hypertension, but a … Continue reading →

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Flawed Cholesterol Research: More Evidence

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Proponents of the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease claim that high intakes of saturated fat cause elevations in plasma cholesterol in normal healthy people and this is a cause of atherosclerosis. However, the theory is in tatters because evidence in … Continue reading →

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