| According to at least one popular diet web | | | | D6D -> ... -> Eicosapentaenoic Acid EPA -> |
| site, millions of dieters around the world | | | | Series-3 Prostaglandins [inflammation |
| may be using the wrong oil on their salads, | | | | fighters]OMEGA-6 Linoleic Acid LA (in many |
| or taking the wrong omega-3 dietary | | | | vegetable oils, incl. flax oil) + D6D -> ... |
| supplement pill.For years, millions of people | | | | -> Gamma Lenolenic Acid GLA -> ... -> |
| have been pouring flax seed oil over their | | | | Dihomogamma Linolenic Acid DGLA -> Series-1 |
| salads, adding it to recipes and menus, and | | | | Prostaglandins [inflammation fighters]NOTE |
| taking big capsules of it on a daily basis. | | | | that D6D is required to generate both of |
| The idea was to get something called EPA, | | | | these this way, from vegetable oils, and it |
| DHA, and GLA from the essential omega-6 and | | | | is often not available for diabetes and many |
| omega-3 fatty acids it contains. The problem | | | | pre-diabetics or metabolic syndrome, insulin |
| is that to get GLA, EPA and DHA from flax | | | | resistant folks.Incidentally, if you eat the |
| oil, you need a special digestive enzyme. | | | | wrong stuff and D6D stops working, then you |
| And, guess what? The news from is that only | | | | get Arachidonic Acid (AA), which leads to |
| young, healthy people make enough of the | | | | making Series-2 Prostaglandins... those are |
| enzyme to do the conversion from flax oil | | | | the bad guys involved in most inflammatory |
| into these special nutrients that people are | | | | disease states.Everybody affected by most of |
| looking for.What are all these initials and | | | | the major types of disease in the U.S. |
| why do people want them? EPA, DHA and GLA are | | | | usually wants to boost Series-1 and 3 |
| called "essential fatty acids" because your | | | | Prostaglandins, and lessen Series-2. We're |
| body can't make them by itself. You must eat | | | | manipulating our diet to get that to happen. |
| foods (or take supplements) from outside | | | | That's most of our strategy. There's more, |
| sources containing either Lenoleic Acid (LA) | | | | i.e. burning more with exercise, eating less |
| or Alpha Lenolenic Acid (LNA). Flax seed oil | | | | etc.SOLUTION?The idea is to make an end run |
| contains both of these. | | | | around the missing or not-working D6D issue. |
| | | | Fish oils give you EPA and DHA with needing |
| GLA: Gamma Linolenic Acid | | | | to be converted by D6D. Borage oil gives you |
| | | | GLA with using D6D. So the answer is simply |
| EPA: Eicosapentaenoic Acid | | | | to add them into your diet. |
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| DHA: Docosahexaenoic Acid | | | | |
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| And, if you can properly digest these | | | | Take Borage Oil (GLA), which gives you GLA |
| essential fats, then you get two wonderful | | | | without needing D6D (best source). |
| health boosters for your body called EG1 and | | | | Recommended daily dose is about 300mg of GLA |
| EG3 (prostaglandin series-1 and series-3). | | | | from one 1,200mg oil capsule for most normal |
| These are terrific aids in fighting | | | | sized people - up to twice that for very |
| inflammation. And, when you reduce | | | | large people. |
| inflammation, you help your body prevent | | | | |
| major diseases like heart disease, stroke, | | | | Take Fish Oil, which gives you EPA without |
| cancer, diabetes and many more.What if you | | | | needing D6D (best source). Recommended dose |
| can't digest the flax seed oil? Well, you | | | | is about 2.4 grams a day of the total EPA and |
| will end up making too much of something | | | | DHA in the oil you are using. That usually |
| called EG2 (prostaglandin series-2). As you | | | | means about 3-4 pharmaceutical grade |
| might guess, this actually INCREASES your | | | | capsules, or up to 10 normal standard health |
| levels of inflammation, and therefore | | | | store grade capsules. |
| increases your risk for all the major | | | | |
| diseases associated with inflammation -- and | | | | |
| that's a big list of diseases, as scientists | | | | |
| are reporting these days. The site lists | | | | Both these oils together will get you more |
| dozens of these associated diseases, adding | | | | of the anti-inflammatory prostaglandin |
| up to possibly 73% of all the deaths each | | | | series-1 and series-3 molecules. And you |
| year in the U.S.So, for years people have | | | | don't get as much of the pro-inflammatory |
| been buying flax oil to get these vital | | | | series-2 prostaglandins that would come from |
| nutrients. And all this time they may have | | | | not being able to convert flax seed's omega-6 |
| actually been making matters worse. Or, at | | | | fatty acids into DGLA and therefore ending up |
| least many people have not been improving | | | | with too much arachidonic acid -- whenever |
| their health, despite their efforts.Here is | | | | you're insulin resistant, inflamed or for |
| the break down -- The issue is that the | | | | some other reason unable to produce or use |
| Linoleic Acid flax seed oil contains has to | | | | enough delta-6 desaturase D6D enzyme.Thomas |
| be converted into Gamma Linolenic Acid using | | | | Bond is the founder of the anti-inflammation |
| Delta-6 Desaturase D6D enzyme. And D6D is | | | | health program. He is the creator of the |
| made inoperative by high levels of insulin | | | | unique Food Guide Football(tm), a |
| (duh), alcohol, pollutants, and high levels | | | | replacement for the Food Guide Pyramid. The |
| of Omega-6 Fatty acids from vegetable oils | | | | Food Guide Football features fats at one |
| and fried foods, trans-fatty acids, etc. | | | | small end of the football, sugars at the |
| Also, D6D becomes less available anyway as we | | | | other end, vegetable proteins like beans, |
| age, and there is evidently a genetic | | | | peas and nuts in one vertical stripe around |
| mutation that makes people into diabetics (by | | | | one end, and animal proteins like fish, |
| family groups of course) that is basically | | | | chicken, turkey and lean beef, as the other |
| simply a mutation that makes people not as | | | | stripe around the other end, with the large |
| capable of making D6D as "normal" people. It | | | | middle of the football representing fruits |
| is felt that this mutation is probably the | | | | and vegetables. The Food Guide Football |
| true cause of the familial component in the | | | | represents a low fat, low simple |
| genesis of type-2 diabetes, and naturally | | | | carbohydrate, moderate protein and high |
| likely of most inflammatory disease and | | | | complex carbohydrate diet formula. Specific |
| metabolic syndrome.A simple digestive enzyme | | | | foods and supplements are recommended to |
| deficiency, which is possibly inherited among | | | | achieve and maintain a low inflammatory state |
| up to 40-50% of people or sometimes even more | | | | of health.If all of that complex chemistry |
| in some regions (apparently about 90% of the | | | | stuff is confusing, just take |
| Pima Indians in Arizona, for example). | | | | Level1Diet.com's word for it. A capsule or |
| Estimates vary, but the inability to use D6D | | | | two of flax seed oil probably won't hurt you, |
| is very common. So, a simple digestive enzyme | | | | and it may help you. However fish oil and |
| can be a major cause involved in many of our | | | | borage oil should ABSOLUTELY HELP YOU. Take |
| worst diseases. Who'd have thought it?OMEGA-3 | | | | them instead. |
| Alpha-Linolenic Acid LNA (part of flax oil) + | | | | |