Omega-3 requirements for inflammatory conditions

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M. et al,

I've read through the Burr & Burr studies and some other references on omega-3

requirements, and I'm convinced that the n-3 requirements for most people are

very low

(less than 1%) presuming they are following the WAPF diet.

However, I wonder if those requirements change if the person is dealing with an

inflammatory condition? I have Crohn's disease and I've read a lot of research

which shows

that n-3 FAs reduce Crohn's related information. However, it's likely that most

of the people

in this study were consuming high amounts of n-6 FAs, so there's not much way to

tell if the

n-3 benefit was simply due to offsetting the negative effect of the n-6 FAs or

if there is

some additional anti-inflammatory effect of the n-3 FAs.

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.

K.