| Alteration of the fatty acid content of
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| | various tissue pathologies.)
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| the diet has much potential beyond just
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| | TISSUE Fluidity
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| cardiovascular and inflammatory effects.
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| | As the omega-3 and omega-9 fatty acids
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| The scientific literature is unveiling
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| | increase in the diet, the phospholipids
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| new diseases that may be altered, cured,
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| | in cellular membranes have the saturated
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| or prevented with fatty acid therapy. The
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| | fats replaced with unsaturated fats which
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| list includes arthritis, cancer, lupus
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| | increases the fluidity of these
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| and other autoimmunities, headaches,
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| | membranes, thus restoring their more
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| hypertension, endotoxemia, muscular
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| | healthfu1liquid crystal state. If you
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| sclerosis, psoriasis, diabetes,
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| | will recall, the more saturated the fat,
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| gallstones, and more.1, 2
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| | the more stiff it is, and the more solid
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| Increasing the more fluid and dynamic
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| | it is at room temperature. The less
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| omega-3 levels in the body and decreasing
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| | saturated, the more fluid it is at room
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| the more stiff and static saturated fats
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| | temperature. Omega 3 fatty acids likely
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| has many biological implications. Lipids
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| | exert an added beneficial effect for
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| are ubiquitous in membranes and make up
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| | organisms living in Northern climates
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| cell and tissue level regulatory
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| | where low temperatures would tend to
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| compounds. Altering lipid intake
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| | congeal tissues if tissues were composed
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| therefore creates a fundamental
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| | of high levels of saturated fats.
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| alteration in the dynamics of many, if
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| | BLEEDING TIME
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| not all living processes. Although more
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| | Some clinicians suggest that bleeding
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| natural lipid nutrition is now known to
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| | time is a good general indicator of
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| influence blood cholesterol and
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| | proper fatty acid nutrition. A reasonable
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| triglycerides, influence platelet
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| | goal is a bleeding time of 5 to 8
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| aggregation, decrease platelet count,
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| | minutes. Some Eskimos have bleeding times
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| increase bleeding time, decrease blood
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| | of up to 15 minutes and many Westerners
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| viscosity, increase RBC deformability,
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| | have bleeding times under 3 minutes.8-11
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| decrease blood pressure, decrease intimal
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| | An unusually high bleeding time can
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| hyperplasia, and decrease autoimmune
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| | increase the risk of cerebrovascular
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| manifestations, this list is far from
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| | hemorrhage (stroke), whereas a very low
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| complete.3-5 (Fig. 29)
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| | bleeding time increases the risk of
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| Lipid malnutrition or deficiency has
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| | clotting, atherosclerosis and
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| until recently been blurred by
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| | claudication. Eskimos and individuals
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| nutritional abundance. The more acute
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| | consuming excess amounts of omega-3's are
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| protein and vitamin deficiencies have
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| | thus at risk, as are modem urbanites
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| essentially disappeared in all but
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| | consuming high levels of arachidonic acid
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| "developing" countries. (Actually, truly
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| | and oxidized fats, although to different
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| underdeveloped countries often have
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| | diseases.
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| excellent nutritional status if natural
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| | There is likely an optimal level of the
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| foods are in adequate supply.
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| | various fatty acids depending upon each
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| "Underdeveloped" here means modernized
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| | individual's environment and unique
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| but undersupplied.) In the place of acute
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| | biochemistry. Determining that level on
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| deficiency we now have chronic
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| | an individual basis would require
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| degenerative disease from more subtle
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| | elaborate testing and even then the
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| imbalances and toxicities which will
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| | results would be equivocal. The
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| increasingly be linked to fatty acid
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| | application of nutritional average
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| malnutrition. These are nutritional
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| | requirements to individuals is faulty
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| diseases resulting in problems often far
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| | since there is no way of knowing where an
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| removed in time from the cause, thus it
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| | individual lies under a curve in a
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| is more difficult to determine
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| | statistical distribution.
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| cause-effect relationships. 6
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| | Thus allowing the body to select its own
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| [ Potential Benefits Of Omega 3 Balance
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| | optimal levels by supplying it with whole
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| | fresh varied natural foods seems wisest.
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| TISSUE OXYGENATION
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| | This is not to say prudent
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| The ability of phosphatides and the
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| | supplementation with fresh, properly
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| highly unsaturated fatty acids to hold
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| | protected oils may not be helpful under
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| oxygen can affect aerobic efficiency as
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| | certain circumstances. In certain
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| well as increase tissue oxygen tension
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| | diseases and when attempting to more
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| resulting in a less favorable environment
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| | rapidly convert the lipid pool in the
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| for pathogenic growth.7 Resistance to
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| | body to a more healthy profile after a
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| disease, athletic capabilities,
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| | lifetime of abuse, short-term isolated
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| endurance, metabolic efficiency, energy
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| | oil supplements may be helpful.
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| conversion, recovery from injury, sensory
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| | But one lesson to be learned from
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| improvement, appearance, sleep-wake
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| | understanding the broad health benefits
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| cycles, behavior, and all vital life
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| | possible from lipids is the complexity
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| processes can also possibly be
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| | and interrelatedness of their functions.
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| beneficially affected by restoring
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| | Food, which is also life, is of equal
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| natural balances to lipid nutrition and
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| | complexity. The modern tendency to
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| thus improving oxygen metabolism. (It
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| | address medical and nutritional problems
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| should be mentioned in this regard that
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| | with isolated chemicals seems to
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| the ability of lipids to hold relatively
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| | contradict the basic character of life as
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| high levels of oxygen has negative
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| | well as food. The complexity of what we
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| implications for the obese. Increased
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| | know and the vast unknowns still
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| oxygen in fat reserves can result in
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| | remaining in lipid nutriture are likely
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| lipid oxidation and thus free radical
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| | best served by the like complexity and
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| formation, which can then increase
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| | unknowns of fresh, whole, natural foods.
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