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Omega-6 Fat Syndrome: Balance the Fats
Why You Need to Balance the Fats It’s not enough to supplement your diet with fi sh oils or to eat enough omega-3 fats in your diet—it’s merely a good start. The health benefi ts of omega-3 fats depend on the balance of omega-6 fats in your diet. But that’s a big problem in the [...]
Foods That Turn To Fat
Part one of this special report listed the twelve foods that “burn fat.” This second installment in the series will teach you which foods “turn to fat.” One of the best ways to learn what you should eat is to learn what you shouldn’t eat. Then, by a process of elimination, you’ll be m...
Myth: Calories don’t matter – avoid fats or carbs to lose weight successfully
Believers Beware! Foods contain just three major nutrients—protein, fat, and carbohydrates. It is not the total amount of food people eat that causes them to gain weight. Rather, one of those big nutrients is playing havoc with the body. The key to weight loss is to eliminate foods that contain...
Fats
Fats Some fat is essential in everyone’s diet. Fats provide a source of concentrated energy as well as the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Fat transports these vital nutrients around the body. We also need fat for hormone metabolism, healthy skin and hair, tissue repair, protecting the intern...
The Paradox of Excess: Omega-6 Fat Syndrome
The impact of the fat imbalance gets clearer when you explore different regions of the world. We’ll take a brief look at what happened when Okinawans, Israelis, and urban Indians shifted their diets to high levels of omega-6 fats. Their experiences shed light on the ways that too much omega-6 f...
Basics of Human Nutrition (alcohol) – Energy
Energy The main sources of energy for the human body are carbohydrates, fats and proteins. However, we must stress that alcohol is a source of energy. Energy in food is quanti ed on the basis of calories, one calorie being de ned as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram...
Omega-3 Fats: Your Inner Defibrillator
More than half of all sudden cardiac deaths occur in people without any history of heart disease. One of the main causes of sudden death is a sustained abnormal heartbeat called ventricular arrhythmia. (That’s why defibrillators save lives: they jolt the heart into normal rhythm.) Alexander Lea...
Why the Balance of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fats Affects Your Health
The balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fats affects whether your cells promote health or disease. If you eat too little omega-3 fat and/or too much omega-6 fat, you are setting the stage for health problems. When it comes to fat, you are what you eat. Unlike carbohydrates and protein, fat is the only...
Omega-3 Fats and Healthy Blood Vessels: Go with the Flow
Omega-3 fats profoundly benefit your arteries and blood system, including blood pressure and blood clotting. Flexible and Wide Arteries Your arteries are like freeways, serving as a transportation corridor for blood cells. Have you ever driven on a freeway in which the lanes narrow to just one? A...
The Ketogenic Diet: Factors influencing fuel utilization
There are several factors which affect the mix of fuels used by the body. The primary factor is the amount of each nutrient (protein, carbohydrate, fat and alcohol) being consumed and this impacts on the other three factors.
