Essential fatty acids (efa's)

Written by Rudy Silva


Essential Fatty Acids are oils, omega-3 and omega-6, that you can find, in certain amounts, in all oils that you can purchase in mostrepparttar health food and regular grocery stores. These fatty acids are called essential because you cannot create them in your body and your cells use them every day.

If you do not eat enough of these oils… guess what… you’re going to get sick. What kind of sick? The list is quite extensive and it depends on your deficiency.

* Acne * ADD/ADHD * Alzheimer’s disease * Arthritis * Asthma * Cancer * Diabetes * Eczema * Eye diseases * Growth retardation * Hair loss * Heart disease * High blood pressure * Immune dysfunction * Kidney deterioration * Kidney deterioration * Memory loss * Psoriasis * Schizophrenia

It’s a good idea not to be short on these fatty acids, because this list is still not complete.

80% ofrepparttar 144505 American people will come down with serious illness because of nutritional deficiencies

It is not enough to eat essential fatty acid randomly. They need to be eaten in balance. You will need to balancerepparttar 144506 Omega-3 withrepparttar 144507 Omega-6. Most people are eating around 15 tablespoons of Omega-6 to 1 tablespoon of Omega-3. If you are one of these persons then expect to be harboring or creating one ofrepparttar 144508 diseases listed above

What are Essential Fatty Acids?

There are four important types of Essential Fatty Acids:

* Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) or Omega-3 Oil * Linoleic Acid (LA) or Omega-6 Oil * Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) * Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)

The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are found in everyday oils that you use for cooking, baking, and eating.

* Flax seed oil – contains four times more omega-3 than omega-6 * Perilla seed oil – contains three-four more omega-3 than omega-6 * Hemp oil – containrepparttar 144509 ideal ratio of 4:1, four times more omega-6 to omega-3. * Pumpkin oil – contains 3 times more omega-6 than omega-3 * Walnut oil contain ten times more omega-6 than omega-3 * Safflower – has no omega-3 and 75% of its oil is omega-6 * Sunflower – has no omega-3 and 65% of its oil is omega-6 * Wheat germ oil – slight amount of omega-3 but mostly omega-6 * Olive oil – no omega-3 and 8% of its oil is omega-6 * Corn oil – contains mostly omega- 6

Acne - A Clean Face - Step 1 in a 12 Step Program

Written by Rudy Silva


For those that need more than a special cream like Scotty's Face Cream, then you need to work harder to get rid of acne. Since acne is a condition that occurs from within your body and exhibits onrepparttar outside of your body, you need to,

§Attack acne from inside your body §Attack acne from outside your body

If your acne is not to severe, all you might need is a good cream and need only to follow a few steps in my 12 step program to get you pastrepparttar 144504 periods where acne is active.

If your acne is more severe, than you may have to follow my 12-step program, since acne is an expression of your whole body system and is a reflection of what is going on inside your mind, cell structure and internal organs.

Acne is an excessive toxic condition within your body, whichrepparttar 144505 internal elimination organs are unable to eliminate. So your toxins are moved into your blood and excreted through your skin. It is an automatic survival mechanism your body initiates in an effort to protectrepparttar 144506 insides of your body - cells, liquid, blood, organs, and tissues.

There are 12 areas that you need to look at,

§Keep your face clean §Using Scotty's acne face cream or your favorite face cream §Relive your constipation andrepparttar 144507 tree day liquid fast §Making changes to your diet §Get plenty of sun, air, and water §Vitamins you need to be taking §Minerals you should be taking §Special supplements to take §Herbal mixture to use or drink §Special detoxifying drinks or supplements to take §Brushing your skin §Change your attitude

Step 1: Keeping your face clean

If you use face cosmetics, you need to stop. Some cosmetics irritaterepparttar 144508 skin and can cause acne by plugging up your pores on your face. The cosmetics chemicals that can cause yourepparttar 144509 most skin and pore irritation and inflammation are:

mineral oil lanolin parabens propylene glycol

Look atrepparttar 144510 label ofrepparttar 144511 cosmetics you use. You will find that many cosmetics, soaps, and sunscreens contain these chemicals.

Find a water base make up, not an oil base. Find one that does not irritate your face and use it sparingly

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