Essential Fatty Acids

For the most part, organisms can satisfy their own fatty acid needs. In mammals, however, those enzymes which insert double bonds into the chains of fatty acids cannot insert them into the omega-3 and omega-6 positions. Linoleic and linolenic acid contain omega-6 and 3 bonds and are necessary for mammalian metabolism<br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://oisinlow5654.blogspot.com">Oisin Low76315</a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Foisinlow5654.blogspot.com" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 0 links from 0 sites</a>) <br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/593506789.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9QWR1bHQrV2ViK01hc3RlcitSZXNvdXJjZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wyMHxodHRwOi8vb2lzaW5sb3c1NjU0LmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbS8yMDA4LzAxL2Vzc2VudGlhbC1mYXR0eS1hY2lkcy5odG1sJnZpc2l0b3JpZD0tJnVzZXJpZD0tJnNlc3Npb25pZD1jZTQ1YmYwZGVlY2RiNzdjZDNlNDAwNzJlOTE3MzMwYSZ1c2VyY2xhc3M9MSZhYmNsYXNzPWEmYWJzd2l0Y2g9NSZtZW1iZXI9LQ=="/>