Do you get enough of these in your diet ?
Do you get enough of these in your diet..? Essential free fatty acids, specifically Omega-3 and Omega-6, help to maintain energy balance and glucose metabolism.....they help to reduce levels of tryglycerides in tissue (stored fats) and they cause insulin sensitivity to rise which means that more glycogen and amino acids are infused into muscle cells......a little known phenomenun occurs called "fuel partitioning" wherein glucose is directed towards glycogen storage and away from fat storage plus fatty acids are directed towards oxydation (fat burning as a source of energy) rather than toward fat storage.....Omega-3 has a greator effect on this than Omega-6 but they act together to make life better, so to speak.......you should only eat fatty fish 2-3 times per week.....eating it every day doesn't help that much plus you are taking in significantly more calories in fat rather than carb's which your body prefers for excercise metabolism......and don't go chuggin' olive oil 'cause as you can see the essential "3's" and "6's" just aren't there.......
Dietary sources of EFAs Food Omega-3 (grams per100g) Omega-6 (grams per 100g)
Flax 20.3 4.9
Hemp seeds 7.0 21.0
Pumpkin seeds 3.2 23.4
Salmon 3.2 0.7
Walnuts 3.0 30.6
Rape seed 2.1 9.0
Herring 2.0 0.4
Soybeans 1.2 8.6
Butter 1.2 1.8
Olive oil 0.6 7.9
Wheat germ 0.5 5.5
Sunflower seeds 0 30.7
Almond 0 9.2
Olives 0 1.6

