The recent article by Zapata-Gonzalez et al. [1] was highly interesting. The authors have clearly demonstrated the immunomodulatory effects of docosahexaenoic acid on dendritic cells. Data from recent clinical studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids exhibit potent, anti-carcinogenic properties. I personally believe that immunomodulation has a major role to play in these systemic, anti-carcinog...

OBJECTIVE To review the role of essential fatty acids in brain membrane function and in the genesis of psychiatric disease. METHOD Medline databases were searched for published articles with links among the following key words: essential fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexanoic acid, eicosapentanoic acid, arachidonic acid, neurotransmission, phospholipase A2, depression, schizophrenia...

Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) of approximately 1 whereas in Western diets the ratio is 15/1-16.7/1. Western diets are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and have excessive amounts of omega-6 fatty acids compared with the diet on which human beings evolved and their genetic patterns were es...

Background: Obesity is a common health problem associated with a number of diseases, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, gout, gall bladder and liver disease, cancer, and depression. The prevalence of obesity is dramatically increasing around the world, especially in the Asia Pacific region.  omega-3 is a type of polyunsaturated fatty acids that have several ...

Nutritional intervention with specific fatty acids depresses tumor growth and enhances tumor responsiveness to chemotherapy. Supplementation of tumors with long chained omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids results in enrichment of tumor phospholipid fractions with omega-3 fatty acids resulting in an altered membrane composition and function. Tumors enriched with long chained omega-3 polyunsatura...

Elevated serum cholesterol, a major cause of vascular disease, has been strongly correlated with eating greater than normal amounts of cholesterol and saturated fatty acids. The role at omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), especially eicosa pentanoic acid (EPA) and decosahexaconic (DHA), has been associated with the prevention of degenerative disease. Breast milk and eggs fulfill the hum...

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have emerged as possible protective factors associated with a decreased risk for myocardial infarction in populations with a high marine food intake, which may relate to effects on lipid metabolism, thrombosis and inflammation. Omega-3 fatty acids decrease triglyceride levels and also compete as substrates for enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of lipid med...

Many studies show concentrations of nutritionally desirable fatty acids in bovine milk are lower when cows have no access to grazing, leading to seasonal fluctuations in milk quality if cows are housed for part of the year. This study investigated the potential to improve the fatty acid profiles of bovine milk by oilseed supplementation (rolled linseed and rapeseed) during a period of indoor fe...