Re: Omega-3 requirements for inflammatory conditions

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> I believe you mentioned in a previous post that the n-3s aren't

> anti-inflammatory per se.

> More accurately, they interfere with the toxic effects of excessive n-6

> metabolites. If

> someone's n-6 intake is very low, is there any reason to suspect that n-3

> FAs would have an

> anti-inflammatory effect? It doesn't seem like it, but I just wanted to

> check in case there's a

> biochemical mechanism I'm not aware of.

Not that I know of. Essential fatty acid deficient animals do not get

autoimmune disorders under the experimental models that produce them

in normal rats, although they still have EFAD symptoms. To my

knowledge no one has tested whether animals receving the bare minimum

of EFA are also immune to autoimmune disorders. Of course, it's

possible that n-3 have anti-inflammatory reactions that haven't been

discovered or that I do not know about, but I haven't read of them

thus far.

Chris