Essential Fatty Acids... What's all the fuss about?

Basically, 'bad' fats can harm you and 'good' fats help to keep you fit and healthy!

EFAs should not be confused with the saturated fat found in red meat, butter, cream, milk, and cheese and trans fats (also known as hydrogenated oils) found in margarine. Saturated fats and trans fats can be converted to body fat, harden the arteries, raise blood pressure, and contribute to cancer and diabetes. Not good.

On the other hand, however, without EFAs (the 'good fats) in your diet, you could not think, see, hear, reproduce, run or even move a muscle. This is why they are called ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS - the type of fats that your body needs to function properly.

		Burn fat: Helps the body eliminate excess fat. Provides significant amounts of energy to your heart and other organs, which in turn boosts metabolism and increases fat burn-off.
		Prevent Heart Disease: Dramatically reduce the risk of heart disease by providing a slippery protective coat on the walls of the arteries, thus inhibiting plaque from sticking to arterial walls.
		Relieve Arthritis Pain and Inflammation: Extremely effective in relieving the symptoms of arthritic conditions by suppressing inflammation without irritating the gastrointestinal tract with drugs.
		Calm Digestive Disorders: Keeps the inflammation of colitis and Crohn’s disease under control and decrease damage to the colon wall.
		Fight Cancerous Growths: Helps prevent cancer from growing by blocking cells that nourish the cancer.
		Reduce Symptoms of PMS and Menopause: Help relieve the drying of vaginal and bladder tissues in menopausal women, which helps ward off urinary tract infections. Also helps relieve symptoms of premenstrual disorders including breast pain, premenstrual tension, bloating, depression, and irritability.
		Block Symptoms of Migraine Headaches: Effective in helping decrease the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks over time. Regular consumption of fish or fish oil supplements have positive long-term effects on brain chemistry.