Ingredients Of Omegacin With Omega-3 Fatty
Acids:
Phosphatidylcholine (Glycerophospholipids), Phosphatidylethanolamine
(Glycerophospholipids), Phosphatidylserine (Glycerophospholipids),
Phosphatidylinositol (Glycerophospholipids), Beta-Sitosterol, Medium
Chain Triglycerides, Lauric Acid, Myristic, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid,
Oleic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Arachidic Acid, EPA (Eicosapentaenoic
Acid), Ecicosatrienoic Acid, Arachidonic Acid, Gamma Linolenic Acid,
Decosanoic Acid, DHA (Decosahexaenoic Acid), Cholic Acid, Taurocholic
Acid, Chenodeoxycholic Acid, Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid,
Taurochenodeoxycholic Acid, L-Taurine, L-Glycine, CoEnzyme Q10, Vitamin
E, Folic Acid, DMG (N,N-dimethylglycine), DMAE, Inulin, Pycnogenol,
Lipase, Papain, Bromelain, Crataegus Oxyacantha, Pfaffia Paniculata,
Micro-Nutritionals:, Calcium D-Sucarate, Cardiolipin, Ceramide,
D-Calcium Pantothenate, Lignoceric Acid, Nervonic, Cerebrosides,
Gangliosides, Glucerebrosides, Plasmologens, Sphingomyelins, Glycocholic
Acid, Palmitoleic, DHEA, Adonis Vernalis, Apocynum Cannadensis, Bartya
Muriatica, Cactus Grand, Cimicifuga Racemosa, Convallaria, Oleander,
Strophantus, Silica, Caprum Metallicum, Gelsemium Sempervirens.
Why Are Lipids and Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)
So Essential For Good Health?
Most of us are aware that oil is a necessary “part” of any car’s
engine, without which it could not function. Just as a car needs the
essential “part” of oil to protect the engine while running, so does our
body need Lipids to run efficiently. The family of Lipids (or fats) and
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are all interrelated, often functioning and
acting as if they were one mechanism, one “part” of the body. And like
oil is to a car’s engine, Lipids and EFAs are essential biological
substances of our body, without which we could not live or function.
Växa's Omegacin+ is a Scientifically Advanced
Cardiovascular Nutraceutical Dietary Supplement containing all essential
omega-3-6-9 Fatty Acids, plus the complete spectrum of Lipids, Fatty
Acids and Sterols necessary for cellular membrane integrity.
What Do Lipids & EFAs Specifically Do For Me?
Lipids and EFAs are exceptionally important, serving essential, and
indeed imperative roles throughout the body’s biochemistry for our
health and welfare. Lipids are the primary structural components of all
cell walls and membranes of the body, composing some 50% of the dry
weight of the brain, and 5-10% of all other cells. And, most cells
continually degrade and replace these membrane lipids, so there is a
continuous demand for them. Other Lipids and EFAs allow brain and neural
function, maintenance and growth, interference of which leads to major
neurological disorders, enzyme deficiencies and skin disorders of all
types. Most of all Lipids and Fatty Acids are necessary for
Cardiovascular (eg. cardiolipin), Neurological and Dermatological Health
(eg. linoleic and linolenic acids).
Comparison of Animal/Vegetable and
Saturated/ Unsaturated Fat Consumption in the U.S.
Although between 1950 and 1990, the Total Consumption of Fat has risen
little, consumption patterns for animal and vegetable fats have shifted
dramatically. But even though more, supposedly healthy, vegetable fats
are now being consumed, 40% of these are hydrogenated (and become
saturated), and many naturally contain high levels of saturated fats as
well, both of which change the all important P/S Ratio (Polyunsaturated
to Saturated Fat) for the worse. Unfortunately, the hydrogenated fats we
consume today are of a form which cannot be processed by the body to
yield the essential omega 3-6-9 fatty acids. Thus, we've exchanged
animal fat consumption for a type of vegetable fat which serves us less
efficiently and proves to be even more detrimental to our health,
providing less EFAs than we need. Indeed, the P/S Ratios in the 1950's
were more appropriate than they are now and cardiovascular disease and
neurological disorders are again on the rise.
Source: USDA 1993 & The Concise Encyclopedia of Foods &
Nutrition, CRC Publishers 1995.
Can't My Body or Diet Supply All The Fatty
Acids I Need?
No! Whereas plants are able to manufacture all the Fatty Acids they
need, humans and animals are not so lucky. We cannot manufacture needed
EFAs, but must regularly supplement them in our diet. And diet alone is
generally insufficient in supplying the EFAs and Lipids necessary
because of how fats are overly processed today (e.g. hydrogenation).
A Cross Section of a Typical LDL-Cholesterol
Molecule
It's now thought that "trans" fatty acids (or
those fats which have been hydrogenated) increase LDL (bad) Cholesterol
while reducing HDL (good) Cholesterol and may also be linked to the
mechanisms which cause Cholesterol plaque to be laid down in the
arteries and veins. Such an increase in this form of fat causes a
decrease in body pH (a more acidic blood plasma) which subsequently
creates an environment that is a catalyst for Cholesterol plaque
buildup.
What Happens When I Don’t Have Enough EFAs?
Without sufficient Lipid and EFA supplementation, our health would
quickly fail us. Lacking these in our diet, we unwittingly open the door
to a number of health complications, including cardiovascular disease,
cancer, neurological problems (MS, ADHD, MD, etc.), extensive and
unrelenting weight problems, diabetes and insulin mismanagement of
carbohydrates and proteins, slower immune response-times, increased
sickness and disease, and alarming premature, accelerated aging within
every biological system in our body. The bottom line is that without
essential Lipids and EFAs, we will look and feel 20 years older than we
should!
Aren’t Fats From Vegetables Better than Animal
Fats?
No, not really! It’s been wrongly promoted that all animal fat is “bad”
because it is “saturated,” while all vegetable/plant oils are “good”
because they’re “polyunsaturated.” Well, this just isn’t true. Plants
yield both saturated and unsaturated fats, and although most have a
greater proportion of polyunsaturated fats, there are some which contain
a majority of saturated fats, such as palm and coconut oils. Animal
fats, too, contain both saturated and unsaturated kinds, and although
these generally contain more saturated fats, there are some which
contain higher levels of polyunsaturated fats such as cod liver oil.
Furthermore, a diet which includes both saturated and polyunsaturated
fats is more healthy than one which does not! Moreover, both plant and
animal sources of fat/lipids will yield those same EFAs upon which we
depend for life.
But Isn't It Healthy To Stay Away From All
Kinds Of Fats, Especially the Saturated Kind?
No, not at all! It’s now abundantly clear that both unsaturated and
saturated fatty acids are necessary for good health as they are our only
sources of EFAs! Further, it is the ratio of unsaturated to saturated
fats which is now considered important -- a 2:1 ratio being ideal. Major
research studies have revealed that a diet depleted of saturated fats
actually leads to increased cholesterol levels, the formation of
gallstones, carcinogenic activities and the production of more heart
lesions, as compared to animals fed on diets of pure beef fat, butter,
chicken fat or lard! Believe it or not, from a view of obtaining the
EFAs, fresh lard (from which the essential fatty acid linoleic acid can
be derived) is actually healthier for us than the hydrogenated fats in
vegetable shortening. Butter, too, is much more nutritionally specific
and useful in this regard than margarine.
But Can’t Fats Of Any Kind Dangerously Increase
My LDL-Cholesterol Levels?
Not as much as we once thought! Indeed, major studies have now
proven that reducing cholesterol levels simply by cutting out the fat in
our diets may even lead to higher risks of cancer of the lungs,
pancreas, cervix and bladder (e.g. the recent U.S. Govt. MRFIT Study
involving 12,000 men and women). We now know that if the body doesn’t
get the right amount and kind of fatty acids, it will actually make more
of its own cholesterol so as to ensure that its quota for essential
cholesterol is filled!
Where Can I Find The EFAs & Lipids I Need?
All EFAs and Essential Lipids are supplied in Växa’s Omegacin+. Just 2-4
capsules everyday is all that you need!
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