EFAs from Animal Fats Only?

[Guest guest]

Is it possible to obtain daily enough essential fatty acids from the

fat of animals? How much do we really need a day? Omega 3s are fairly

easy to get from CLO and grass fed meats and raw milk and such. But

Omega 6? How many grams a day are we talking about needing for the

EFAs? Not that I'm doing away with all polyunsaturated fats. I need

them for making mayo. Just wondering.

Thanks,

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

Rhonda,

> Is it possible to obtain daily enough essential fatty acids from the

> fat of animals? How much do we really need a day? Omega 3s are fairly

> easy to get from CLO and grass fed meats and raw milk and such. But

> Omega 6? How many grams a day are we talking about needing for the

> EFAs?

has an excellent special report on this topic:

http://wolfrivernaturals.com/chris-masterjohn-special-reports.htm

Here is an excerpt from the abstract:

The true requirement for EFA during growth and development is less

than 0.5 percent of calories when supplied by most animal fats and

less than 0.12 percent of calories when supplied by liver. On diets

low in heated vegetable oils and sugar and rich in essential minerals,

biotin, and vitamin B6, the requirement is likely to be even lower

than this. Adults recovering from injury, suffering from degenerative

diseases involving oxidative stress, or seeking to build muscle mass

mass may have a similar requirement. For women who are seeking to

conceive, pregnant, or lactating, the EFA requirement may be as high

as one percent of calories. In other healthy adults, however, the

requirement is infinitesimal if it exists at all. The best sources of

EFAs are liver, butter, and egg yolks, especially from animals raised

on pasture. During pregnancy, lactation, and childhood, small amounts

of cod liver oil may be useful to provide extra DHA, but otherwise

this supplement should be used only when needed to obtain fat-soluble

vitamins.

> Not that I'm doing away with all polyunsaturated fats. I need

> them for making mayo.

You don't even need them for mayo. Just substitute macadamia nut oil

for whatever oil you are currently using.

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wrote:

> http://wolfrivernaturals.com/chris-masterjohn-special-reports.htm

On diets low in heated vegetable oils and sugar and rich in essential

minerals, biotin, and vitamin B6, the requirement is likely to be

even lower than this.

~~~Interesting part about low in sugar - yet another strike against

sugar.

> In other healthy adults, however, the requirement is infinitesimal

if it exists at all.

~~~Really!?! But the teaching is that the body can't make the EFAs

and have to be supplied by the diet (Know Your Fats, Enig)

> The best sources of EFAs are liver, butter, and egg yolks,

especially from animals raised on pasture.

~~~Not a problem there. Well maybe not the liver part as I still have

a taste problem with that.

> You don't even need them for mayo. Just substitute macadamia nut oil

for whatever oil you are currently using.

~~~I was using Rice Bran oil for many months, then finally found a

high oleic expeller pressed Safflower oil, along with a small amount

of organic unrefined sesame seed oil. Is macadamia nut oil unrefined

and is it expensive? I find that in our area the more off the wall

and rare the oil, the more likely that it's out of date - and rancid.

Thank you for the information. It's just exactly what I was looking

for!

Rhonda