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Fatty acid "families"

Research News: The two main families of bioactive fatty acids are the omega-3 and omega-6 families. These families have generally opposing effects to each other and therefore the quantitative balance of these fatty acids serves to dictate the body’s ability to establish and retain homeostasis with regard to the modulation of cellular function in general and the production of thromboxanes, leukotrienes, and prostaglandins in particular.[1] With an excess of n-6 fatty acids and a deficiency of n-3 fatty acids, the human body fails to function optimally and the clinical result is an increase in the prevalence and severity of clinical diseases associated with imbalanced gene expression, cell membrane function, and eicosanoid production—namely cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, allergy, autoimmune diseases, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and the long list of “diseases of Western civilization.”[2]

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[1] Tapiero H, Ba GN, Couvreur P, Tew KD. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and eicosanoids in human health and pathologies. Biomed Pharmacother. 2002;56(5):215-22

[2] Price WA. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. Santa Monica: Price-Pottinger Nutrition Foundation, 1945

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