Eicosanoids—Hormone-like compounds made from fatty acids. Eicosanoids are thought to affect blood pressure, blood clotting, and inflammation.
Eicosanoid
A short-lived, short-range hormone (roughly speaking).
Eicosapentaenoic Acid
An omega-3 fatty acid. Richest source is fatty fish and fish oil.
Eicosanoid: An autocrine hormone made by virtually every cell in the body. "Good" eicosanoids are anti-inflammatory, whereas "bad" eicosanoids cause inflammation.
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Linoleic acid is the only n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid that is an essential fatty acid; it serves as a precursor to eicosanoids.
Sears claims that the reason that this diet works is because it manipulates insulin levels and avoids eicosanoid imbalances.
The foundation of the Zone Diet is the relationship between the hormone insulin and substances called eicosanoids.
While this may be so, it glosses over the effects of an under supply of linolenic acid in the diet, because when eicosadienoic acid is synthesized and substituted for (gamma) linolenic acid in the w-3 eicosanoid pathways, the rates of peroxidation, ...
"To complete a 'Zone-favorable' meal," he advises, "always add fat, the building blocks for eicosanoids.
When insulin levels are neither too high nor too low, and glucagon levels are not too high, then specific anti-inflammatory chemicals (types of eicosanoids) are released, which have similar effects to aspirin, ...
There is presently little scientific support for the connections made between diet, endocrinology and eicosanoid metabolism, made in the Zone Diet.
Nonsaturated fats in your diet actually encourage the burning-up of stored fat in your body They do this by helping in the production of eicosanoids, hormonelike substances.
 See also: Eating, Health, Diet, The Zone, Zone Diet
  
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