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  2. List of omega-3 fatty acids - Wikipedia

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    Mammals are unable to synthesize omega3 fatty acids, but can obtain the shorter-chain omega3 fatty acid ALA (18 carbons and 3 double bonds) through diet and use it to form the more important long-chain omega3 fatty acids, EPA (20 carbons and 5 double bonds) and then from EPA, the most crucial, DHA (22 carbons and 6 double bonds). [2]

  3. Template:Fat composition in different foods (table) - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Ham: 35: 49: 16 Chicken breast: 29: 34: 21 Chicken: 34: 23: 30 ... Fats added during cooking or at the table

  4. Omega-3 fatty acid - Wikipedia

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    An omega3 fatty acid is a fatty acid with multiple double bonds, where the first double bond is between the third and fourth carbon atoms from the end of the carbon atom chain. "Short-chain" omega3 fatty acids have a chain of 18 carbon atoms or less, while "long-chain" omega3 fatty acids have a chain of 20 or more.

  5. Americans get too much omega-6 and not enough omega-3 fats ...

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    Including both omega-3 and omega-6 fats in your diet may also lower the risk of certain cancers. A study of more than 250,000 participants linked omega-6 fats to a reduced risk of brain, bladder ...

  6. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, depending on the location of the double-bond in the fatty acid chain, unsaturated fatty acids are classified as omega-3 or omega-6 fatty acids. Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fat with trans -isomer bonds; these are rare in nature and in foods from natural sources; they are typically created in an industrial process called ...

  7. Fish oil - Wikipedia

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    To illustrate the amounts of EPA and DHA in supplements, a softgel capsule containing fish oil derived from pollock might contain a total of 642 mg of total fish oil, of which 584 mg are omega3 fatty acids, with 377 mg EPA and 158 mg DHA. 3 That same company's salmon oil softgel contains 1008 mg of total fish oil, of which 295 mg are omega ...

  8. Fatty acid ratio in food - Wikipedia

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    It has been claimed that among hunter-gatherer populations, omega-6 fats and omega-3 fats are typically consumed in roughly a 1:1 ratio. [3] [4] [better source needed] At one extreme of the spectrum of hunter-gatherer diets, the Greenland Inuit, prior to the late Twentieth Century, consumed a diet in which omega-6s and omega-3s were consumed in a 1:2 ratio, thanks to a diet rich in cold-water ...

  9. An imbalance of two healthy fats affects your early death ...

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    Having an imbalanced ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 has been linked with a higher risk of premature death, according to a new study. An imbalance of two healthy fats affects your early death risk ...