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30 Apr

Fats In The Human Body, Part 3 – Fatty Acid Content Of Fat

If EFAs in the oils are altered they may indeed increase cancer incidence.

The fatty acids profile of body fat can vary greatly as a direct consequence of differing contents of saturated, monounsaturated, and essential fatty acids (EFAs) in different diets. The percentages of linoleic acid (LA, 18:2w6) and alpha-linolenic acid (LNA, 18:3w3)

25 Apr

Fats In The Human Body, Part 2 – Body Fat, Gender, And Aging

Our body’s fat content tends to increase with age, although this is not inevitable. Old natives of South Sea Islands are as slim as their young, and as active and child- like. Their use of unrefined foods, active life-style, simplicity,

23 Apr

Fats In The Human Body, Part 1: Body Fat And Diet

Fat deposits around our entire body are rearranged and reduced when we exercise.

Next to water, which makes up about 70% of the total weight of a human adult, and 84% of that of a newborn infant, fat is the most abundant substance found in our body. We may not like that, but

19 Mar

The Healing Essential Fatty Acids, Part 4: More Functions of LA and ALA

This is especially important to athletes.

EFAs are part of all cell membranes. They help hold proteins in the membrane by the electrostatic attractive forces of their double bonds, and thus they are involved in the traffic of substances in and out of our cells via

31 Jan

Essential Nutrients, Part 2: Deficiencies

Over 60% of North American people get less than the recommended amounts of one or more essential nutrients.

One might expect that diets in affluent industrial nations would also be nutritionally affluent, but this is not the case. Even though we have the necessary technology, money is not usually a problem, and we have both time and choices,

29 Jan

Essential Nutrients, Part 1: Components

To tell the complete story of nutrition, we must acknowledge all essential nutrients required by our body for health. Nutrients cannot work in isolation. All essential nutrients work as a team to build and support health, and to repair damage.

03 Jan

Caring For Essential Fatty Acids

Linoleic acid and Alpha-linolenic acid are Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) that are essential to our health. They are also very temperamental. Light, air, and heat destroy them. Nature packages these oils in seeds that keep out light, air, and heat.

01 Jan

Lecithin

Lecithin is a phospholipid (PL) supplement that can help improve both our digestion and our health. The name ‘lecithin’ was derived from the Greek word for egg yolk from which it was first isolated, and it is the best known

13 Dec

Fitness, Food, and More, Part 4: Fresh Air

Fresh air is healing. When you stand near a waterfall, you breathe in negative ions produced by water falling through the air. Although it is by nature colorless, tasteless and odorless, you can almost smell that fresh charged air.

11 Dec

Fitness, Food, and More, Part 3: Food, Etc.

Buy fresh whole foods. Eat them raw as much as possible.

In my last post, I talked about how discipline and follow-through are healthy. Now, here’s a trick to help your shape. In 30 minutes, you can eat more food than you need, and it takes 30 hours of exercise

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