Posted by bluedog on April 20, 2003, at 3:19:26
In reply to Recent article on essential fatty acids brain, posted by Jaynee on April 19, 2003, at 12:30:23
> http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/CJP/current/haag.pdf
Thankyou Jaynee
I've saved this article to my hard-drive for future reference.
This article confirms my belief and it's apparent that omega-6 acids do NOT actually reduce the effectiveness of fish oil and that that omega-3 and omega-6 do act synergistically in the human body and in the brain.
However the most important thing is that the RATIOS of omega-6 to omega-3 need to be addressed and too much of either of these EFA's may reduce the effectiveness of the other (ie an imbalance of what the body naturally requires). It's just that in the Western diet the ratio is out of whack and most of us get too much omega-6 and not enough omega-3. I think that the conclusions of the Adelaide study cited above in this thread need to be interpreted in this context and therefore the results should be interpreted with care.
I know this issue has come up before on the med board!!
warm regards
bluedog
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