Excessive intake of omega 6 and deficiencies in omega 3 induce obesity down the generations
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 01:35
in Health & Medicine
Chronic excess of linoleic acid (omega 6), coupled with a deficiency in alpha-linoleic acid (omega 3), can increase obesity down the generations. Researchers exposed several generations of male and female adult and young mice to a "Western-like" diet of this type, and then assessed the consequences of such a lipid environment in the human diet.