GLA (was Re: flax seeds...yes or no)

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I was following this thread closely and you lost me here.

First, what do you mean by n-6 vegetables, since my understanding is

most n-6 fats in the American diet come from oils (corn, soy, etc.)

and (not sure about this) from grain-fed cows?

Second, how would high n-6 contribute to GLA deficiency, and how would

eggs bacon steak butter reverse this deficiency?

Third when you say " GLA might be tricky if you aren't supplementing

with a special GLA oil, although you can get it from oatmeal. " ... do

you think everyone who doesn't eat oatmeal should be supplementing GLA?

I've been wondering about GLA and keep some evening primrose oil

around, but haven't found anything useful about it on the net.

Daphne

> One more thing to add is that if someone is eating a diet free of n-6

> vegetables, which anyone just about on this list would be doing, the

addition of 4

> grams of ALA, or worse, 12 grams (which is what you would need to

get a gram of

> EPA), would probably contribute to GLA deficiency, possibly

contribute to DGLA

> deficiency, and be saved from contributing to AA deficiency only by

all the

> eggs bacon steak and butter.

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> Omega-3s can hog the D5D and D6D enzymes away from the n-6s just

like the

> n-6s can hog them from the n-3s. The best defense is to get the

preformed FAs in

> the diet. GLA might be tricky if you aren't supplementing with a

special GLA

> oil, although you can get it from oatmeal.

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> Chris

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