5. The Families, The EFAs, The Matriarchs |
5.1 | The EFAs, The Matriarchs, Omega Six |
5.2 | The EFAs, The Matriarchs, Omega Three |
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6. Why excess Omega Six matters |
6.1 | A dumber, sicker, more aggressive nation? |
6.2 | Incidence of chronic ‘western’ disease |
6.3 | Impact on the family |
6.4 | Cost to the nation |
6.5 | Health access a socially divisive issue |
6.6 | An aggressive society |
6.7 | Aggression |
6.8 | Serotonin |
6.9 | Testosterone |
6.10 | Monthly aggression in women |
6.11 | Aggression and alcohol |
6.12 | Brains are fat |
6.13 | Depression, suicide, ADHD, . . . |
6.14 | IBS and digestive disturbances |
6.15 | Cell walls are fat |
6.16 | The body cannot tell Omega 3 from 6 |
6.17 | Local repair crew |
6.18 | Central store, the body fat |
6.19 | Innate and learned immune systems |
6.20 | Steroids and Hormones |
6.21 | The battle DHA, EPA and Omega 6 |
6.22 | Stem cell activation |
6.23 | Cancer |
6.24 | Sleep |
6.25 | Fertility cycle controlled by fats? |
6.26 | Omega Six at the core |
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7. Some Omega Three and Omega Six Basics |
7.1 | So influential |
7.2 | Critical to life |
7.3 | Differences between men and women |
7.4 | A little worse each generation |
7.5 | We cannot make mother fats |
7.6 | Making long chain fats |
7.7 | EPA conversion to DHA |
7.8 | Infants do not make EPA and DHA well |
7.9 | DHA poor replacement options |
7.10 | A load of poo? |
7.11 | Why industry and we love fats |
7.12 | Rising fat intake |
7.13 | Low-level whole-body inflammation |
7.14 | Prevention is better than cure |
7.15 | Gene expression altered by food |
7.16 | Provoking dietary facts |
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8. Evolution – Omega Six, nature’s fertility controller |
8.1 | Evolution – In the beginning |
8.2 | Environmental human fertility controller |
8.3 | No ‘stop storing fat’ button |
8.4 | Not a design issue |
8.5 | Neural function and behaviour |
8.6 | Controls of the menstrual cycle |
8.7 | Omega 3 not significantly stored |
8.8 | A little history |
8.9 | Fecundity of our environment |
8.10 | Outside design parameters |
8.11 | Redesign not a short-term option |
8.12 | Our ancestors’ diet |
8.13 | Evolutionary discord |
8.14 | Shrinking brains, a real possibility |
8.15 | Viruses and inflammation |
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