Category Archives: Alpha Linolenic Acid

Eggs Are a Healthy Food

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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Why Nuts Won’t Make You Fat

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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DHA: Boost Your Brain

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)) is a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid found in cold water fatty fish such as trout, tuna, mackerel, salmon and sardines. These fish bioaccumulate DHA from marine algae that are able to synthesise the fatty … Continue reading →

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Delta 5-Desaturase and Fish

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) is an omega 3 fatty acid and is essential to humans. The essentiality of ALA derives from its conversion to other longer chain fatty acids, which are in turn converted to eicosanoids. Eicosanoids are … Continue reading →

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Flaxseed Oil: Is Fish Oil Superior?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Humans require two essential fatty acids, alpha linolenic acid and linoleic acid. These fatty acids are essential because they are metabolised to important cellular signal molecules called eicosanoids. Alpha linolenic acid belongs to the omega 3 family of fatty acids, … Continue reading →

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Essential Fatty Acid Ratio

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Dietary intake of the omega 3 fatty acid alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) has been shown to be inversely associated with blood pressure in humans. For example, in one study1, the association between ALA and blood pressure was investigated … Continue reading →

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More on trans Fats: Pain and Death

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Natural vegetable oils present in nuts and seeds are healthy oils because they contain high concentrations of the essential fatty acids α-linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)). Alpha linolenic acid is desaturated and elongated in … Continue reading →

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Fish Oil: Keep it Cold, Keep it Dark

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Fish oil is beneficial to the health because of the long-chain trienoic, pentaenoic and hexaenoic polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) that it contains. In particular, the omega 3 fatty acids eicosapentanoic acid (EPA, C20:5 (n-3)) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)) … Continue reading →

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Hydrogenated, trans and Deodorised Fats

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from plants have important health implications because two of these fatty acids, α-linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) are essential to health. Unsaturated fatty acids have double bonds that gives the … Continue reading →

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Healing Fats That Kill

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Robert Barrington

cientific evidence now supports traditional nutritional wisdom with regard the healing properties of the essential fatty acids α-linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)). The ratio of LA to ALA in the diet must be around … Continue reading →

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