Essential Fatty Acids

The brain consists of lipids - that is, fats - that the body cannot manufacture and can only obtain through the food we eat.

Generally we eat too many foods containing saturated fats, such as meat and dairy products and also margarine, which, though made with sunflower and other vegetable oils is high in saturated fats. EFAs, which are literally essential to life, are available in nuts, plants and seeds, and fish, especially oily or "blue" fish. Evening Primrose Oil, Linseed Oil and Fish Oil are all high in EFAs. In order for the body to be able make use of the EFAs, we also have to make sure we obtain adequate quantities of certain vitamins and minerals from the food we eat. These vitamins and minerals - Zinc, B&, B3 Magnesium and Vitamin C - act as co-factors in the metabolism of EFAs