To: Nachum
Vegetable oil Omega-3 is converted, at best, 15% of the time into EPA or DHA by the body. The conversion path used competes with conversion of Omega-6 oils into precursors of what may be needed from those.
To: ConservativeMind
Vegetable oil Omega-3 is converted, at best, 15% of the time into EPA or DHA by the body. The conversion path used competes with conversion of Omega-6 oils into precursors of what may be needed from those. All I have ever heard about is the necessity of keeping the proper ratios of omega 3's vs. omega 6's. Where does that information come from?
51 posted on
03/12/2008 8:11:58 PM PDT by
Nachum
To: ConservativeMind
Vegetable oil Omega-3 is converted, at best, 15% of the time into EPA or DHA by the body. The conversion path used competes with conversion of Omega-6 oils into precursors of what may be needed from those. All I have ever heard about is the necessity of keeping the proper ratios of omega 3's vs. omega 6's. Where does that information come from?
53 posted on
03/12/2008 8:12:15 PM PDT by
Nachum
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