Seasons of Fat
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It’s the fall equinox on Sunday … that time of the year, mirrored once in the spring, when day and night are each twelve hours long.
Big changes are happening as a result of the earth’s tilted orbit around the sun. In the northern hemisphere, trees are responding to the diminishing light by losing their leaves and going dormant. In the southern hemisphere, seeds from last year are beginning to germinate; the land is turning green.
This much we all know, but what scientists are just beginning to appreciate is what this seasonal shift in light means to animals that spend their days foraging for food. How it represents a simultaneous shift in the availability of the two families of essential fats, omega-3s and omega-6s, the fats animals can’t make for themselves and require in their diets.
Leaves are the most abundant source of the parent omega-3 fat, alpha linolenic acid, the fat that animals turn into the better known eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and seeds are rich in the parent omega-6 fat, linoleic acid, which animals turn into arachidonic acid.
We’re used to thinking of these polyunsaturated fats, with their long, difficult-to-pronounce names, as one big happy family. But they are two competing families (Montagues and Capulets) with very different roles to play in nature.
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The Vanishing Youth Nutrient
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When Lisa Kepp* was 2 years old, she was diagnosed with a neurological condition. She had not said a word in her short life–and it wasn’t for want of trying. Lisa was so frustrated at not being able to form the words she clearly wanted to say that she flew into temper tantrums four or five times a day. The family was on pins and needles waiting for the next time the little girl would explode.
A pediatric neurologist diagnosed verbal apraxia, a speech disorder, and recommended that she receive intensive speech therapy. He suggested no other treatment. Lisa’s mother had heard, though, about studies linking omega-3 fatty acids to intelligence and healthy brains, and she thought she’d give them a try. She purchased a bottle of Nordic Naturals’ Children’s DHA in liquid form and began putting half a teaspoon in her daughter’s orange juice every morning. Within a week, the young girl was babbling and her tantrums stopped. Amazed, her mother spoke to the doctors, but none of them would engage her, as she puts it, in a conversation about omega-3s. So Lisa continued speech therapy–and her omega-3s–for a year and will be starting preschool this fall with her peers.
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What Can Omega 3’s do for you??
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Omega 3’s and Depression
Omega 3’s and the Brain
Omega 3’s and Heart Health
Omega 3’s and Impaired Vision
Omega 3’s and Inflammation & the Immune System
Omega 3’s and Mothers & Infants
Omega 3’s in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Omega 3’s and Vascular Disease
Omega 3’s and Vision in Infancy
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Find Omega 3 Levels in foods
By · CommentsHere is a link to databases that will help you determine the omega-3 content of foods..
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Omega 3 difference in rat experiment
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