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In 2005 Dr. Stephen Cavallino persuaded ten of his 'carbohydrate addict', overweight patients (eight females, two males) to: „     put themselves onto a higher-protein, lower carbohydrate diet for eight-weeks „     add a 'triply essential' fatty acid omega-6:omega-3 ~2:1 daily dietary supplement for the second four-weeks of the trial (2,900 milligrams daily, as provided by LINKYES Ultimate EFAs) „     assess themselves before starting the higher-protein, lower carbohydrate diet, then keep a daily log of their experience, particularly with regard to:     „     appetite    „     carbohydrate craving     „     weight reduction     „     general energy     „     general alertness Analysis of the logs justified the following conclusions: „     Adopting a higher-protein, lower carb...

Before the boom in processed foods most people ate sufficient pristine, vibrant, polyunsaturated essential fatty acids (linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid ) to meet most of the body's needs. This is no longer so, and our health is almost certainly suffering. It is important to restore good levels of the two essential fatty acids into our daily diet. The body uses various mixes of linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid for many purposes. They are, for instance, the body's fats of choice for the maintenance of the membranes of (i) the body's ~37 trillion cells, and (ii) the (sometimes thousands of) energy-producing organelles called mitochondria inside every cell. A key function of the cell membrane is cell oxygenation, which it does by facilitating the diffusion of oxygen from the bloodstream into the interior of the cell. A key function of...

For the last six months we have put in a lot of time learning everything there is to know about fatty acids.  Here is the first posting ...  Within the fields of academic biology, medicine and nutrition the adjective ‘essential’ is used in three different ways. There is the common usage of '‘must have’ or ‘cannot do without’ this or that nutrient if one wants to achieve good health. Many fatty acids are deemed 'essential ' or 'singly essential' in this sense. Academic biologists, doctors, researchers and nutritionists sometimes use the adjective 'essential' as a shorthand for 'this nutrient cannot be made by the human body'. There are two fatty acids considered 'doubly essential' - alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA) - in that: we cannot do without them if we want to achieve good health they cannot be made by the human body For many people the adjective 'essential' is also a synonym of the adjective 'p...

  Green Health Watch Magazine published its new free newsletter last week .  It was a bumper edition (20 articles) because I wanted to give readers a representative mix of all of the magazine's principal interests - Children’s health   Diet   Energy sources   Fertility  Vaccination   Pesticides   GM crops   Chemical pollution   Illnesses of our time   Radiation   Climate change   Lifestyle   Complementary medicine   Food production   Orthodox medicine   Transport So. Here's an inaugatory treat for you. If you would like to be emailed future editions (probably monthly)  complete the following 'letter' and send it to me at: nick@greenhealthwatch.com Dear Nick Please include this email address ............................ in the email address list for your free Green Health Watch Magazine until further notice. My f...