Omega6 is a promoter of inflammation
through arachidonic acid, so the obvious concern is walnut omega6 at some point becomes an effective promoter of inflammation, despite the limiting factor of omega3.
Not exact matches
For example, inflammation in our brain caused by dietary
arachidonic acid may explain why those eating plant - based diets appear less stressed and depressed (see my video Plant - Based Diet & Mood) and why eliminating chicken, fish, and eggs may improve symptoms of mood disturbance, depression, and anxiety within two weeks (see Thursday's Improving Mood
Through Diet).
This morning's video - of - the - day Chicken's Fate is Sealed documents the meat industry's attempts to lower the
arachidonic acid level in chicken muscles
through genetic manipulation and the egg industry's attempts to lower
arachidonic acid levels in hens by feeding hens blubber from baby harp seal pups clubbed to death in the Canadian seal hunt.
PGD2 production is fueled by testosterone
through a process known as the
arachidonic acid cascade.
One way omega - 3 fats are processed in the body is
through interacting with
arachidonic acid.
John Hughes Bennett, a nineteenth century Scottish physician who traveled the world studying the use of cod liver oil in medicine, wrote in his Treatise on Cod Liver Oil that excessive doses over extended periods of time could cause gastrointestinal problems, excessive menstrual bleeding, itchy skin eruptions and excessive evaporation of water
through the skin.55 The last three symptoms seem very much like the hormonal disruptions, hemorrhaging and skin problems known to occur during
arachidonic acid deficiency.