Thursday, December 23, 2010

Fattiness is our friend, not the enemy

Lift fat people first reaction is to eat or not eat, rarely aware of the body fat is essential nutrients. Body fat can not only provide energy, or the composition of the brain cells, nerve cells indispensable visual material, it is essential for absorption of fat-soluble vitamins thing. Fat in the end is a human friend or foe? Dietary fatty acids that we need? This problem is more and more domestic and foreign academic attention.
Dietary fatty acids in the end what are the implications for human health? Chinese dietary fatty acid intake is more or less? Not long ago, "2010 Symposium on Dietary Fatty Acids and Health" held in Beijing. Meeting around the "dietary fatty acids and pregnancy child's development, the development of dietary fatty acids and the prevention of chronic diseases, dietary fatty acid intake status and objectives of the" three major themes discussed. From Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Japan and China, six experts gave the keynote speech, more than 200 around the world of nutrition scientists attended the meeting.
U.S. well-known pediatrician, University of California, Irvine William Sears (WilliamSears) said in a speech professor, ω-3EPA/DHA polyunsaturated fatty acids on heart health and brain development can promote and improve the human immune system . Especially in infant brain with 60% fat, of which 20% is the ω-3. Ω-3 and the importance of the brain, just as important as calcium for bone. Ω-3 supplement during pregnancy can contribute to the health of infants and pregnant women and can reduce the incidence of postpartum depression.

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