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Lifestyle Diversity

Diversity among people - Similar metabolism of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fats causes competition between them for storage space among the total long acids of tissue phospholipids. Voluntary food choices of over two hundred people in the USA (red and blue) and Japan (gold and green) created proportions of % long 6 in the total long acids from 20 to 80%. Greater proportions of the long 6 acid, arachidonate (AA) caused lower proportions of the long 3 acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The % long 6 in total long acids in body tissues - - from which the self-healing eicosanoids are created- - can range from 20 to 80%.

WHAT PROPORTIONS ARE IN YOUR BODY’S MEDICINE CHEST?

Greater proportions for the % long 6 in total long acids give more intense formation and action of omega-6 eicosanoids when long acids are mobilized. Excessive omega-6 eicosanoid actions occur during thrombosis and arrhythmia of heart attacks and inflammatory/immune processes of atherosclerosis, arthritis, asthma, and tumor development. As the % long 6 in total long acids ranges from 20% to 80%, age-adjusted mortality rates for coronary heart disease (CHD) range from 20 to 200 per 100,000. Thrombosis is on-biomediated excessive self-healing process of blood platelets.