Category: fatty acids

The Importance of Omega-3 for Cell Membrane Functionality

If you can’t give up processed foods or have consumed them over the years, you likely have a huge excess of omega-6, which affects your body’s ability to make EPA and DHA. While reducing your intake of omega-6, you can also do this to help push the excess out of your cell membranes. Story at…


Linoleic Acid–The Most Destructive Ingredient in Your Diet

Consumption has increased from one-one-hundredth of total calories to more than one-fourth of total calories—yet while most experts blame the epidemic of chronic disease on sugar, it’s relatively minor when you compare it to this. Video Link STORY AT-A-GLANCE Fats are the primary building block of your cell membranes. This is one of the reasons…


How the Wrong Dietary Fat Can Wreck Your Health

It’s a far greater contributor to chronic and degenerative disease and mortality than sugar, yet most people get 25 times more of it than they need. This is how to eliminate it from your body. Download Interview Transcript | Download my FREE Podcast STORY AT-A-GLANCE Omega-6 linoleic acid (LA) is the most common fat in the American…


How a Common Omega-6 Fatty Acid Wrecks Your Health

You hear a lot about essential fatty acids, but did you know certain ones can damage your metabolism and set you up for obesity, heart disease and worse? Download Interview Transcript | Download my FREE Podcast STORY AT-A-GLANCE Linoleic acid (LA) makes up the bulk — about 60% to 80% — of omega-6 and is the primary…


How This Common Fatty Acid Wrecks Your Health

You hear a lot about essential fatty acids, but did you know certain ones can damage your metabolism and set you up for obesity, heart disease and worse? Download Interview Transcript | Download my FREE Podcast STORY AT-A-GLANCE Linoleic acid (LA) makes up the bulk — about 60% to 80% — of omega-6 and is the primary…


The Science Is Screaming: Don’t Make This Trendy Mistake

Do you still believe this myth about oils that’s now been proven false? They said it slashes cardiovascular risk, but human trials conclusively refute it. Instead, it spikes your cancer risk in just five years, and raises your heart disease risk. Why are you still consuming this dangerous oil? STORY AT-A-GLANCE Even though the medical…


Could Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fight Acne?

As many as 50 million Americans deal with acne. The blemishes can be painful and, for some, embarrassing. Now, researchers may have found a new weapon to fight acne, one without harsh side effects. A study in Germany has pinpointed omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish oil, wild salmon, nuts and seeds — as a…


Can Fatty Acids in Foods Fight Multiple Sclerosis?

Dietary change might help treat some people with multiple sclerosis, new research suggests. According to a new study, the lack of a specific fatty acid in fat tissue can trigger the abnormal immune system response that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) by attacking and damaging the central nervous system. Fat tissue in patients diagnosed with MS…