Essential fatty acids: know your efas - A sometimes confusing array of abbreviations and names are used for the various essential fatty acids and related terms. The following is a quick guid...

What is the effect of a shortage of Omega 3? - Q:In a recent issue [Vol l, No ll] one of your panel members said in answer to a question that taking one type of essential fatty acid, ie, evening pr...

Fatty acids fight cancer - The role of essential fatty acids (EFAs) in treating advanced pancreatic cancer has been underlined by researchers at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. ....

ADHD: The importance of the EFAs - Deficiencies in the body's reserve or production of essential fatty acids (EFAs) is a major contributory factor in a range of interrelated childhood d...

Take vitamin e with your essential fats - Re your report on essential fatty acids (WDDTY vol 14 no 2), we know that EFAs are fragile and easily oxidised, so people who consume oils need to hav...

High cholesterol: - First up this week is the reader seeking suggestions to bring down her stubbornly high cholesterol level. Lecithin seems to be top of the list of bad-...

The best alternative treatment for . . . raynaud’s syndrome - What to do instead - * L-arginine. This is a precursor to nitric oxide, which improves circulation, bringing more oxygen to tissues (Stroke, 1994; 25: 429-35). In Raynaud’...

Fish Oils - There was a time when a cod liver oil was the prescription for whatever was ailing you. But concerns over polluted seas and toxins (like mercury and p...