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Good fatsThe subject o ats is a real hot potato, yet ignorance

and misinormation abounds among the general

public, health proessionals and even nutritionists.Kaye Heyes reviews the latest scientifc research...

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linking ie high in ,

epecilly ure n

rn , numeru

ype cncer, her

iee, n ibee. an nihing

ne in hree eh in he UK re cue

by her iee wih cncer llwing

clely behin 28 per cen ccring

Cncer Reerch UK. siic l

revel h 3.1 millin peple in Engln

hve been igne wih ibee n

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millin remin unigne. Plu he

deprmen Helh recenly mie

h 24,000 ibeic ie premurely

every yer. all hee c n gure

men h i i crucil ge he mege

bu righ.

Consumer Confusion

h b repuin becue i

cnin mre hn wice he mun

clrie cmpre wih crbhyre

r prein. a he mix he by

lm limile biliy re n

yu cn ee hw eing eque

beiy in mny peple min. since

beiy becme he number ne public

helh iue, becme rgee ne he b guy. on ne level, i hul

be imple: che helhier ver le

helhy . Bu glbl uy ne

in 2008 hwe h mre hn hl

cnumer i n knw which were

helhier hn her.

anher prblem i h inrmin

regring he mun g

we hul be eing remin crce.

Unrunely ning he nwer i

n righrwr. In 2007, he

snr agency upe heir

recmmenin inclue brekwn

quliy well quniy. thi

i le ep in he righ irecin

lhugh he inrmin my be lile

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much ure , wih mny eing

cle 50 per cen heir energy

, he inury repr h lw-

n nn- re he e grwingegmen he inury. s i eem

we re ll cnue bu .

Cell membranes

hve vriey rle. a well

prviing he by wih energy, hey re

neee rnpr nurien - uch

he -luble vimin (a, d, E n K).

they inule nerve cell wih run 80

per cen he myelin heh me rm

. y ci re l key cmpnen

hrmne, prglnin n cellulrmembrne.

the cmpiin cell membrne

vrie rmiclly hrughu he

by. the y ci hpe regule he

membrne uncin n i cmpiin

regule membrne permebiliy. Cell

membrne rrely inclue he meg-3

y ci chexenic ci (dHa).

Hwever, in he brin 35 per cen cell

membrne phphlipi cnin dHa

n in he eye i cn be up 60 per cen.

omega balanCe

Nerly ll chemicl cmmunicin in

he by epen n he crrec blnce

beween meg-6 n meg-3 y

ci. H mke he clim h i i

icul imgine ny helh prblem

h i n rele hi blnce. M

exper gree h he ypicl UK ie

h r high ri meg-6

meg-3, in me innce much

20:1. the preerre ri i believe be beween 1:1 n 4:1 (meg-6

meg-3), mening ie hul prvie

le much meg-6 meg-3 bu

n mre hn ur ime much.

important pathways

Unil he le 1990, m exper believe

h nly w y ci were neee

in he ie - he meg-6 linleic ci

(La) n he meg-3 lph-linleic ci

(aLa). I w ume h he by

wul mke ll he her necery

y ci irecly rm iery La n

aLa. Bu in 2000 Cunnne rgue h

he erm eenil y ci (Ea) hul

n lnger be ue. Ine, he uggee

h cieni

n nuriini

hul cu

n pernbiliy cnver

he pren y

ci in he lng-

chin plyunure

ne, bringing cu he

Ea phwy rm La EPa n dHa,

highlighing he c h he cpciy

iniviul cnver hrugh hi

phwy i reuce uring iee e

n in inncy.

thi re-clicin h lrgely been

ccepe in he cience cmmuniy.urhermre, 2003 uy vegerin

emnre h he cnverin aLa

EPa n dHa i pr even uner nrml

circumnce.

omega-3

M peple hee y wul recgnie

h h il re g even i

hey re n cully eing hem. the

gvernmen recmmen h h hul

be inclue le wice week in heie, wih le ne prin being rm

ily h.

omeg-3 y ci re mng he

m exenively uie nurien r heir

penil crivculr bene. only

ece g, meicl evience uggee

h bing EPa n dHa, wih

r upplemen h rng precive

eec n crivculr helh. the picure

i mewh cluier nw. tw review

publihe hi yer exmine previu

clinicl ril: ne wih ver 68,000pricipn (Riz e l. 2012) n nher

wih 20,000 (Kwk e l. 2012). Bh un

h meg-3 upplemenin h n

eec n her iee r eh.

thee reul hve lrey been

queine by em reercher

wh un he Kwk 2012 me-nlyi

eenilly fwe. they clime h i

inclue negive pr-quliy hr-erm

uie n icune piive lrger n

lnger erm uie uch he die n

Reinrcin tril (daRt).

daRt iel rie me inereing

pin r nuriini h nuriinl

inervenin hul lwy be ilre

n iniviul pecic nee ne

EMaIL

sUsIEto HaVEYoUR saY

cmplex r he cnumer inerpre.

Curren sa recmmenin re

preene percenge l energy

inke. In her wr l cnenhul n excee 35 per cen yur

l energy inke, wih ure

cmping n mre hn 11 per

cen n rn n mre hn w

per cen. they l recmmen h

mnunure y ci hul

be inclue 13 per cen he

ily energy upply wih n iinl

6.5 per cen clrie cming rm

plyunure y ci.

Hw mny peple inee hw mny

nuriini wul be ble rnle

hee gure in meningul iery

vice!

Whil he gvernmen mi h n

verge he ppulin cnume

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ize e n ll. an nuriinl

upplemen n necerily hve he

me eec he rm which hey

re erive.

omega-7

Relively recenly meg-7, new grup

meg y ci h been eling

me he lime ligh n rcing

mre enin . they re cl

unure y ci like meg-3 n

meg-6. a yu wul expec rm he

nme, he ie unurin i even

crbn m rm he en he crbn

chin. the w m cmmn meg-7

y ci in nure re plmileic cin vccenic ci. se buckhrn pulp il i

unique i cnin high prprin

meg-7 y ci.

sle e buckhrn il mrkee

meg-7 hve cerinly been n he

incree. Bene cie wih hi

il inclue prming nrml immune

uncin, inhibiing he evelpmen

infmmry irer n helping wih

ry kin n eye n vginl ryne.

Ingein meg-7 y ci my l

incree cell membrne fuiiy, whil

hving lw ucepibiliy xiin

unlike meg-3. omeg-7 my l help

wih he cnverin prce aLa in

EPa.

r nher r r crbhyre

r prein yu never knw i i i he

nurien gine r remve which i he

key helh chnge. tking ure n exmple: replcing me

he re me in yur ie wih mre

vegeble wul likely le incree

inulin eniiviy, lwere bl preure,

reuce cncer rik, n weigh-l.

Hwever, replce h me wih rene

crbhyre n he ppie i rue.

Rnmie cnrlle ril very en

nly lk ne elemen n rrely

hey lk bh ie he equin.

a nuriini we hul ielly bering wih he pern iing in rn

u: ur clien. Bere we eblih he

pprprie iery y ci inke n

upplemen i neee r ny clien

we mu recgnie he key rle h

ply in he preening helh cniin. l

Kaye Heyes graduated in

nutritional therapy from CNM in

October 2011. She runs Health on

a Plate using nutrition and NLP

to support parents with youngfamilies and womens health. She

recently set up a project to support mothers in

their post-natal transition period.

www.healthonaplate.com

www.postnataltransition.wordpress.com

I i ill erly y r meg-7 y

ci reerch hwever, n iniil uie

re cnuing. r exmple, ne uy

clim h lhugh plmileic cih been hwn regule meblic

prcee in niml uie, i ciin

wih humn meblic iee remin

cnrveril. High bl level

plmileic ci hve l been cie

wih n incree in infmmry mrker

n n incree rik Meblic

synrme in men. a 1994 uy n men

wih hyperchleerlemi un h

plmileic ci behve like ure

n mnunure y ci in

i eec n LdL chleerl. Whremin uncler, hwever i he ri

plmileic ci ingee hrugh

n h pruce by he by.

Where nher uy emnre

h plmileic ci incree inulin

eniiviy by uppreing infmmin

bu nly in mice wih ype 2 ibee.

similr uie in mice ugge

plmileic ci my hve rle in

reucing y liver epi n weigh-

gin giving hee pible uure

rle r weigh mngemen.

improving health

one he icky iue in hi whle

ebe i h in remving ne ype

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