This encourages the formation of Free Radicals.
Free Radicals are unstable molecules that disrupt cellular function, encourage tumor formation and accelerate the aging process.
Are you interested in learning this new language?
You should be! Knowing about these new words could protect you from a heart attack, kill pain in your body, and prevent or reverse ADD, depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
First a quick translation... EFA stands for
"Essential Fatty Acid". DHA and EPA define specific types of omega-3 fatty acids found in cold water fish and fish oils.
GLA (gamma linolenic acid) is a separate but extremely
important form of essential fatty acid derived from plants.
DHA and EPA reduce heart disease.
Essential Fatty Acids are needed to make *Cell Membranes*.
They have a strong anti-inflammatory component beneficial for
inflammatory bowel diseases such as 'ulcerative colitis' and Crohn's disease.
We have known for many years that EFAs are important in the healthy development of the brain and central nervous system. Many studies indicate that depressed patients have decreased levels of essential fatty acids, especially omega-3s.
Specifically, it was the DHA that seems to be depleted in persons afflicted with depression. A mental disorder known as "bipolar disorder" showed marked improvement when given omega-3 fatty acids. The 'omega-3 fatty acids' seemed to act like the prescription medicines Lithium and Valproate. In this study, both EPA and DHA, which are the common components of fish oil actually caused patients with bipolar disorder to go into remission.
There is some suggestion that they may also be beneficial in panic or anxiety attacks because they normalize a process known as "neuronal signal transduction pathways."
The essential fatty acids are beneficial in many illnesses. For this reason it is good to take a set amount every day ( 2,000 mgs of marine oil, consisting of 600 mg. of EPA and DHA, combined with 90 mgs. of GLA daily. Those with bipolar disease may go as high as 4-6 grams of EPA and DHA daily. www.udoerasmus.com
