Essential Fatty Acids for health and weight reduction
Essential Fatty Acids are the good fats. They are essential because your body does not manufacture them; therefore it is essential that you eat them.
• Essential fats help with excess fat reduction because they:
• increase caloric burning
• reduce food cravings
• reduce appetite help improve digestion
• increase stamina
• improve digestion
• lower cholesterol and triglycerides
There are two basic categories of essential fatty acids:
Omega 3’s -alpha linoleic acid and EPA (eicosapentenoic acid)
Omega 6’s - Linoleic acid and gamma linoleic acid
Sources of Omega 3’s
Omega 3’s: Deep water fish Salmon, sardines, mackerel, flax oil, walnut oil
Omega 6’s found mainly in raw nuts and seeds legumes and vegetable oils: primrose, grape seed, and borage.
Most oils are heated at high temperature to increase shelf life and they are extracted with chemical solvents, which increases dangerous free radical production.
In order to supply the body with essential fatty acids these oils must not be subject to high heat in the processing or cooking. Ideally you want to buy unrefined, cold pressed, organic oils.
If you need to use oils for higher heat cooking, I suggest you use organic refined expeller pressed grape seed or sunflower oil. These oils are high heat tolerant.
Esseential oils are a very important part of vibrant health and nutrition program.
Add comment May 31st, 2006