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	Omega-3 fatty acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids found in oil from oily fish and vegetable sources such as the seeds of chia, perilla, flax, walnuts, purslane, lingonberry, seabuckthorn, and hemp.
		Omega-3 fatty acids are classified as essential because they cannot be synthesized in the body; they must be obtained from food.
		Both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are essential, i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid (2985 words)

	Fatty acid stucture
		Alpha-linolenic acid is an omega-3 fatty acid that is used by the cell to make other omega-3 fatty acids.
		Fatty acids are a class of compounds composed of a long hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxylic acid group.
		Fatty acids may be saturated in which they contain no double bonds, or unsaturated in which case they have one or more double bonds.
	www.db.uth.tmc.edu /faculty/alevine/1521_2000/fastructure.htm (945 words)

	VET Omega-3 Fatty Acid Liquid For Dogs and Cats, 8 oz. - Skin and Coat Supplements - Medi-Vet Animal Health - Detail
		DESCRIPTION: Omega-3 Fatty Acid Capsules contain a concentrated source of omega-3 fatty acids supplemented with vitamins A, D and E. A supplementary source of Omega-3 Fatty acids where dietary intake is inadequate or when the skin and coat condition indicate that supplementation would be of benefit to the animal.
		The omega-3 fatty acids in VET Solutions Omega-3 Fatty Acids supplements, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), are found only in cold water fish and are not commonly used to make dog food.
		Other omega fatty acids such as omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids are plentiful in dog food and do not, therefore, need to be supplemented.
	www.medi-vet.com /detail.aspx~ID~2750 (463 words)

	Dog Skin Problems - Cat Skin Problems - Evening Primrose Oil for Cats and Dogs
		The Omega 3 fatty acids are especially important to the health of the heart, brain and cell membranes.
		It is an especially rich source of the essential fatty acids Omega-6, including Linoleic Acid (LA) and Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA), and Omega 3 fatty acids containing ALA, EPA a n d DHA, combined with Omega 9 fatty acids (Oleic Acid).
		Omega 6 essential fatty acids are made from Linoleic Acid (LA) and include Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) and Dihomogamma linolenic acid (DGLA).
	www.accentonpethealthcare.com /coatdisc.html (888 words)

	Fatty Acid Deficiencies and ADD
		If you have a lot of Omega-6 fatty acids in your blood stream and only a small amount of Omega-3 fatty acids, the enzymes will probably be used up by the Omega-6 fatty acids, and you will be unable to manufacture DHA out of ALA.
		Omega-6 fatty acids are broken down into substances which promote inflammation and other problems while Omega-3 fatty acids are broken down into substances that reduce inflammation.
		The Omega Plan, by Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D. and Jo Robinson, 1998, contains lots of information about Omega-3 fatty acids and their relationship to various diseases and conditions like cancer and heart disease, as well as recipes and fatty acid information for some common foods.
	borntoexplore.org /omega.htm (2596 words)

	Products :: Details :: Natures Aid :: Complete EFA Omega 3, 6 and 9 (90 caps)
		Ideally we need four times as much omega-6 than omega-3 fatty acids, but because our diets already supply much omega-6 and little omega-3 EFA's, to redress the balance with a supplement, higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids are required.
		Fish Oil and Flaxseed Oil are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and Flaxseed Oil and Starflower Oil are rich in omega-6 fatty acids.
		All three oils provide a source of omega-9 fatty acids which are stable and resist oxidative damage.
	www.althealth.co.uk /products/details.php?id=3709 (878 words)

	Le Magazine, December 2003 - Heart Disease, Silymarin, Cardiovascular Disease, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Homocysteine
		Similarly, because AA abrogates the beneficial effects of DHA, the dietary ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids may be a significant factor in mediating tumor development.
		BACKGROUND: Supplementation of the diet with eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, the main long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in cell membranes, may have beneficial effects in patients with cystic fibrosis.
		Effect of an eight-month treatment with omega-3 fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic) in patients with cystic fibrosis.
	www.lef.org /magazine/mag2003/abstracts/dec2003_abs_02.htm (3003 words)

	Omega 3 - Doubt cast on omega-3 benefits. 25/03/2006. ABC News Online
		Omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to significantly reduce the risk for sudden Higher dosages of omega-3 fatty acids are required to reduce elevated
		Omega-3 fatty acids and major depression: A primer for the mental health Omega-3 fatty acids play a critical role in the development and function of the
		Overall, nine of the 14 patients who received omega-3 fatty acids had Stoll told Psychiatric Times he uses omega-3 fatty acids as adjunctive medication
	love-in-it.com /l/omega-3.html (293 words)

	Essential Fatty Acids, Omega 3-6-9
		The omega-3 fatty acids are associated with a vasodilation effect that enhances blood flow and contribute to optimum athletic performance.
		The essential fatty acids are the omega-3 (linoleic) and omega-6 (linolenic) fatty acids.
		Essential fatty acids are the main structural components of the body's cell membranes, therefore, a balanced intake of fatty acids is necessary for healthy cell function.
	home.mweb.co.za /pe/pedropwd/SI_EFA_01.html (1849 words)

	Omega 3 Fatty Acid Discount Health Supplements from DrugNatural.com
		The fatty acids in flaxseed are particularly helpful in alleviating certain skin conditions, including sunburn, eczema, psoriasis and acne.
		Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are required for optimal health and contribute, among other things, to proper cardiovascular and cognitive function.
		These acids are also called polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), differing from saturated fat and trans fats, generally considered the bad fats.
	www.drugnatural.com /c/O3FA (607 words)

	Patent 6,765,020
		Oils and fats containing omega-9 unsaturated fatty acids may be obtained from a cultured cells of microorganism capable of producing omega-9 unsaturated fatty acids by disrupting the cells and by extraction with an organic solvent such as n-hexane, or supercritical gas extraction with carbon dioxide.
		But since most of the naturally occurring omega-9 unsaturated fatty acids are in the cis-form, the omega-9 unsaturated fatty acids are preferably in the cis-form when used in foods and drinks of the present invention.
		The fatty acids of the present invention may be used orally or parenterally in the field of drugs, quasi-drugs, cosmetics, health-related foods, functional foods, nutritional supplementary foods, foods for the elderly, and foods and drinks.
	www.pharmcast.com /Patents100/Yr2004/July2004/072004/6765020_Cartilage072004.htm (1443 words)

	What is Entorx, Omega 3, Omega 3 Fatty Acid, Omega 3 6 9
		A source of Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids, phytochemicals and amino acids, the oil has a long history of use in Asian medicine.
		Increases the level of Omega 3 fatty acid in the blood
		Consumers everywhere are aware of the numerous health benefits of essential fatty acids and looking for ways to supplement their diets.
	www.cliffscott.com /what_is_entrox.htm (682 words)

	Omega-3 fatty acid breads flood marketplace
		Omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish oils continue to make waves on the bread aisle as two bread products containing these healthful fatty acids were introduced.
		The Baker introduced a whole grain bread with omega-3 fatty acids and Arnold Foods plans to launch Arnold’s Smart and Healthy 100% Whole Wheat bread with omega-3 fatty acids.
		According to Ian Lucas, Ocean Nutrition Canada’s vice president of marketing, many food companies have shown interest in incorporating fish oils into their products, and he expects more product introductions with omega-3 fatty acids to be released in the near future.
	www.bakery-net.com /article/8321 (319 words)

	Consumerlab.com Tests Oils Made from Black Currant, Borage, Evening Primrose and Flax :: Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center :: News
		These oils are sought for their high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, such as alpha-linoleic acid (ALA), and/or omega-6 fatty acids, such as gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which have potential therapeutic uses.
		A pet supplement sold for skin and coat care contained only 57% of the omega-3 and 61% of the omega-6 fatty acids noted in its "Guaranteed Analysis." Nineteen other products passed the testing by containing the expected amounts of fatty acids and lacking chemicals that would indicate spoilage.
		ALA can also be converted, to a limited extent in the body, into DHA and EPA -- the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil.
	www.npicenter.com /anm/anmviewer.asp?a=12956&z=2 (471 words)

	Omega-3 fatty acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids found in oil from oily fish and vegetable sources such as the seeds of chia, perilla, flax, walnuts, purslane, lingonberry, seabuckthorn, and hemp.
		Omega-3 fatty acids are classified as essential because they cannot be synthesized in the body; they must be obtained from food.
		Consequently, the past decade of omega-3 fatty acid research has procured some Western interest in omega-3s as being a legitimate 'brain food.' Still, recent claims that intelligence quota and verbal reasoning skills are increased on account of omega-3s consumed by pregnant mothers remain unreliable and controversial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid (3035 words)

	Omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)
		Omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in cold water fish, provide much of that health benefit, as they have been shown to be essential for normal neurological development and vision, as well as being beneficial in diverse diseases such as atherosclerosis, arthritis, and certain cancers.
		Jenski, L. J., Zerouga, M., and Stillwell, W., Omega-3 fatty acids in cancer therapies, Proc.
		We study how the omega-3 fatty acid DHA affects membranes because membranes are fundamental to all cells, and when lymphocytes attack cancer cells, much of the immunologic attack occurs at the plasma membranes of the cells.
	www.biology.iupui.edu /research/ljenski (695 words)

	Omega 3 Fatty Acid Supplement Directory, Resource And Data
		Although studies have shown a positive benefit from fish consumption and consequent intake of omega 3 fatty acids on the risk of coronary heart disease CHD and sudden cardiac death in the general population, few studies have focused on the effect in patients with diabetes.
		Growing evidence suggests that omega 3 essential fatty acids such as those found in fish, nuts, flaxseed and canola oils, and leafy green vegetables may lessen the symptoms of various psychiatric disorders, including depression, manic depressive illness and schizophrenia.
		Omega 6 fatty acids, or linoleic acids, are found primarily in foods of plant origin with a few exceptions.
	www.fatty-acids-omega-3.info /omega-3-fatty-acid-supplement.html (1177 words)

	Vertese Omega Oils 3 + 6 + 9 500mg.
		New vertese™ Omega Oils 3+6+9 is a selectively balanced blend of natural plant oils containing Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids, and the Omega-9 monounsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid, in a 2:1:1 ratio.
		The Omega 3, 6, 9 families of fatty acids are an important provider of healthy heart maintenance nutrients and help to maintain supple, flexible joints.
		Derived from seven natural plant oils, including flaxseed oil, sunflower oil, pumpkinseed oil and evening primrose oil, the Omega fatty acids present in vertese™ Omega Oils 3+6+9 may also be of benefit to the body in other ways, giving optimum health maintenance.
	www.alexander-essentials.com /vertese-omega-oil-3-6-9.php3 (291 words)

	Nutri Eskimo Kids (omega-3 + 6 + 9 fish oils)
		Because a child's brain and nervous system has different fatty acid requirements whilst it is growing, Eskimo Kids reflects these needs with a balance of omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids, which provide the 'building blocks' essential to growth and development.
		Fatty acids are classified as saturated, monosaturated or polyunsaturated – depending on the amount of hydrogen in the basic carbon chain of the molecule.
		Fatty acids are the basic structural units of lipids, which are dietary fats.
	www.health4youonline.com /health_supplements_nutri_eskimo_kids_nu3306.htm (895 words)

	The Healthy Fat Craze; Fact or Fiction?
		Omega-3 fatty acids are derived from Linolenic Acid, Omega-6 from Linoleic acid and Omega-9 fatty acids are derived from and Oleic Acid.
		Infants deprived of Omega-3 fatty acid exhibit lower performance in neurodevelopment tests (1.) The study on ROS in rats suggests that essential fatty acids are critical not only in developmental learning but also in sensory input and stimulus response throughout the nervous system.
		Recent studies propose that adequate intake of essential fatty acids not only reduces the inflammation of arthritic joints and relieves pain caused by joint-tissue degradation, but also inhibits cartilage-degrading enzymes that perpetuate the disease (5.) It is also believed that EFA supplementation improves cardiac health.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /bb/neuro/neuro05/web1/k1matney.html (1300 words)

	Essential Fatty Acids, The "Good Fats" or healthy fats we all need
		Omega-3 fatty acids are derived from Linolenic Acid, Omega-6 from Linoleic Acid, and Omega-9 from Oleic Acid.
		EFAs are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from linolenic, linoleic, and oleic acids.
		Linoleic Acid is the primary Omega-6 fatty acid.
	goodfats.pamrotella.com (2421 words)

	Omega-3 fatty acids: research news
		Consequently a greater consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids reduce the tendency to vasoconstriction.
		Some of the favorable effects of omega-3 fatty acids specifically important in the prevention and treatment of kidney diseases are among others: vasodilatation, inhibition of inflammatory reactions, decrease of platelet aggregation and a reduction of blood viscosity.
		If this highly unsaturated omega-3 fatty acid, which is an essential part of the neuronal cell membranes, is replaced by an omega-6 fatty acid, changes in the membrane properties may occur, which increase the vulnerability to depression, as is elucidated by the authors.
	www.soe.nl /ore/res8engl.htm (2471 words)

	Omega-3 fatty acids: research news
		Consequently a greater consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids reduce the tendency to vasoconstriction.
		Some of the favorable effects of omega-3 fatty acids specifically important in the prevention and treatment of kidney diseases are among others: vasodilatation, inhibition of inflammatory reactions, decrease of platelet aggregation and a reduction of blood viscosity.
		If this highly unsaturated omega-3 fatty acid, which is an essential part of the neuronal cell membranes, is replaced by an omega-6 fatty acid, changes in the membrane properties may occur, which increase the vulnerability to depression, as is elucidated by the authors.
	www.soe.nl /ore/res8engl.htm (2471 words)

	Omega 3 Fatty Acid Content - HIV Research of the Nutrition Infection Unit - Tufts Med
		Omega-3 fatty acids may be important in preventing many health problems, including heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.
		Cold water fish are the highest source of omega-3 fatty acids.
		A type of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that must be obtained through the diet because it cannot be made by the human body
	www.tufts.edu /med/nutrition-infection/hiv/health_omega3.html (157 words)

	Omega 3 Fatty Acid Structure News, Resource And Directory
		Omega 3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated, meaning they contain more than one double bond.
		Structure and regulation of the omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid synthase genes from the deep sea bacterium photobacterium profundum strain ss9.
		There is an increasing interest in the levels of fatty acids in animal foods by adding fish oil, marine microalgae, or flax seed, common sources of n 3 fatty acids, to the diet.
	www.fatty-acids-omega-3.info /omega-3-fatty-acid-structure.html (1296 words)

	Peroxidatiion.htm
		Peroxidation is the dark side of double bond fatty acids as their carbon atom to carbon atom double bonds are much more easily attacked by free radicals than the more normal and common carbon to carbon single bonds.
		From this we can construct a table of the various fatty acids and their sensitivity to peroxidation assuming saturated is 1.
		This is ALL the Omega 3 and Omega 6 you need for Optimal Health.
	optimalhealth.cia.com.au /Peroxidatiion.htm (1204 words)

	Essential Fatty Acids, Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Information Center
		Although not as consistent as the evidence supporting higher intakes of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids from seafood, the results of most prospective studies suggest that higher dietary ALA intakes (2-3 g/day) are associated with significant reductions in CHD risk, especially in populations with low levels of fish consumption.
		The European Commission recommends an omega-6 fatty acid intake of 4-8% of energy and an omega-3 fatty acid intake of 2 g/day of ALA and 200 mg/day of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).
		Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an omega-3 fatty acid, and linoleic acid (LA), an omega-6 fatty acid, are considered essential fatty acids because they cannot be synthesized by humans.
	lpi.oregonstate.edu /infocenter/othernuts/omega3fa (8041 words)

	Nature's Plus Ultra Omega 3/6/9 Softgels - Free Shipping
		The essential omega-6 fatty acids in Ultra Omega 3/6/9 (linoleic acid [174 mg] and GLA [76 mg]) have demonstrated abilities to support overall well-being.
		Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil and Flaxseed oil have been cited recently for contributing to cardiovascular health.
		And omega-9 fatty acids, particularly oleic acid, have been found to be an integral component of the healthful Mediterranean diet.
	store.hmglobalmall.com /naplulom3sof1.html (228 words)

	OmegaMulti contains Omega-3,Omega-6, and Omega-9 from flax, fish and borage oils
		While it’s generally understood that omega-3 fatty acids are good for you, the value of omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids is not always as clear.
		Omega fatty acids fall into three groups, identified as Omega-3, Omega-6, and Omega-9.
		Oleic Acid is a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid that helps support cholesterol levels that are already within the normal range and immune system function.
	www.lanelabs.com /products.asp?productID=OmegaMulti&pageID=omega_abc (389 words)

	omega 3 fatty acid source - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
		Rita Elkins et al - Flaxseed Oil: The Premiere Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
		Icon Health Publications - Omega3 Fatty Acids: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References
		Fabulous Flax: Nature's Best Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Lignan Fiber!
	www.shopping.com /xGS-omega_3_fatty_acid_source (137 words)

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