Paul Saladino· MD
if you have lots of linoleic acid it prevents this process on the omega-3 side which is why you don't want lots of linoleic acid
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if you have lots of linoleic acid it prevents this process on the omega-3 side which is why you don't want lots of linoleic acid
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as we know in many vegetarians or in people generally in the population what you will find is that the conversion of ala to epa and dha is really low actually and that is because they are overloading their system with omega-6s
the more of these omega-6s you have in your diet the less your body will be able to take this ala which is also present in tallow and animal fat and convert that into dpa and epa and dha which i think is a really important thing
exactly because you are avoiding seed oils because you are avoiding omega-3 excuse me omega-6s which share the same synthesis pathway to the end result those longer chain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
so you have to give people omega-3s because they can't make any epa or dha from alpha-linolenic acid
the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio is valuable because so many people are just over-consuming omega-6s that that shared desaturation elongates pathway between the omega-6 and the omega-3 is inhibited because it's gummed up by the omega-6s