You have a fat head – no offense! Around two-thirds of your brain is composed of fats. It's not just any kind though. Your brain cells require specialised fats – the same ones that built the brains of your prehistoric ancestors and enabled them to learn and evolve at such a fast rate. In fact these same fats are being incorporated into the very structure of your brain as you read this!
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Fat Head
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Isn't it interesting that the brain can't convert short chain omega-3 fatty acids into EPA and DHA? So if any dietary short chains are converted into the longer ones found in the brain, the conversion must happen elsewhere and the long chains get shipped to the brain. Also short chain omega-6's block conversion of the omega-3's. It looks like too much corn or soy oil can make people stupid. oh.....
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