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by sinuhe69 1123 days ago
What do you mean by “eliminating short chain poly unsaturated fatty acids”? Omega-3 is also a poly unsaturated fatty acid, isn’t it?
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Omega 3 is a long chain fatty acid.

Return short, chain fatty acids into long chain fatty acids by four enzymes FADS1, FADS2, EVOL1, and EVOL2.

https://www.mdpi.com/nutrients/nutrients-06-01993/article_de...

I have polymorphisms in FADS1 and FADS2 that slow down the rate of this pathway. By the way, I have Inuit (SAMI) Heritage.