NUTRITION WHY’S #21: FAT AND IMMUNITY- You need to balance your intake of the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in your diet. By itingwu12 on January 8, 2018 • ( 0 ) NUTRITION WHY’S #21: FAT AND IMMUNITY- You need to balance your intake of the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in your diet. Both are converted by the same enzymes to smaller compounds that either promote inflammation (from omega-6) or are anti-inflammatory (omega-3). Inflammation is a key step in healing wounds and stimulating defenses against threats to your health. However, modern diets have led to obesity which stimulates inflammation and to very high levels of omega-6. For example, corn oil is 60% linoleic acid and is hidden in processed foods such as cookies, cakes, pastries, and some ice creams. To balance omega-6 and omega-3 eat more fruits and vegetables, and reduce your intake of processed snack foods. Then eat ocean-caught fish three times per week and take fish oil supplements every day. By eating less omega-6 fats, you will increase the effectiveness of your omega-3 from fish oil supplements and fish. You can use olive oil (but not too much at 135 Calories per tablespoon) which have omega-9 fats that do not affect the balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fats. Balancing your fats a vital part of Balanced Nutrition and a Healthy Active Lifestyle. To learn more go to www.drdavidheber.com and www.herbalifenutritioninstitute.com A post shared by Dr. David Heber (@drdavidheber) on Oct 24, 2017 at 4:54am PDT Share this:TwitterFacebookGoogleLike this:Like Loading...‹ NUTRITION WHY’S #20- MALE AND FEMALE ABDOMINAL FAT- Both men and women get extra abdominal fat inside the body when they eat more calories than they burn.NUTRITION WHY’S #22: FATS AND THE SKIN – The fats you eat end up in your body fat including the fat under the skin. ›Categories: Nutrition
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