Bone up.
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A study at Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. showed that omega-3 fatty
acids This is a list of omega-3 fatty acids.
Common name Lipid name Chemical name
α-Linolenic acid (ALA) 18:3 (n-3) octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid
Stearidonic acid 18:4 (n-3) octadeca-6,9,12,15-tetraenoic acid from plant sources promote bone formation and inhibit bone loss.
Twenty-three adult participants were on three different diets with
varying ratios of omega-6 to omega-3 acids. The group with the lowest
omega-6 to omega-3 ratio had significantly lower levels of a biomarker biomarker /bio·mark·er/ (bi´o-mahr?ker)
1. a biological molecule used as a marker for a substance or process of interest.
2. tumor marker.
bi·o·mark·er
n.
1. for bone loss.
Good sources of omega-3 are walnuts or ground flaxseed flaxseed /flax·seed/ (flak´sed) linseed. .
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