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Results 1 - 10 of 13 for Essential fatty acid
  1. Healthy food trends -- chia seeds 
    ... fiber. Chia seeds are also rich in the essential fatty acids: omega-3 and omega-6. Essential fatty acids are fatty substances that your body needs to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000727.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Facts about polyunsaturated fats 
    ... omega-3 and omega-6 fats. These are essential fatty acids that the body needs for brain function and cell growth. Our bodies do not make essential fatty acids, so you must get them from food. Omega- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000747.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Healthy food trends -- flaxseeds 
    ... in omega-3s and omega-6s, which are essential fatty acids. These are substances that your body needs to ... are looking at whether consuming more of the essential fatty acids found in flaxseeds will improve blood pressure, blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000728.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Dietary fats explained 
    ... body gets from your food give your body essential fatty acids called linoleic and linolenic acid. They are called "essential" because your body cannot make them itself, or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000104.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Omega-3 fatty acids (image) 
    ... Omega-3s (and omega-6s) are known as essential fatty acids (EFAs) because the body cannot make these fatty acids on its own so omega-3s must ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19302.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Cow's milk and children 
    ... certain nutrients such as vitamin E, iron, and essential fatty acids. Also, it's hard for your baby to digest ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001973.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Cow's milk - infants 
    ... milk does not provide enough: Vitamin E Iron Essential fatty acids Your baby's system cannot handle the high levels ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002448.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Chromium in diet 
    Chromium is an essential element that is not made by the body. It must be obtained from the diet.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002418.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Vitamins 
    ... important during pregnancy and breastfeeding. It is also essential ... Carnitine helps the body to change fatty acids into energy.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002399.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Pantothenic acid and biotin 
    ... called metabolism . They are both required for making fatty acids. ... that is essential to many metabolic pathways in the body.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002410.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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