Posted by Larry Hoover on July 16, 2004, at 10:27:27
In reply to Re: Worse than any other breakout…, posted by KaraS on July 15, 2004, at 16:02:17
> All that I'm taking now is EPA 400 mg./DHA 200 mg. - enough so that I feel I'm not terribly deficient but not enough so that I could get some wonderful response.
That's more than most people get. Don't forget, eating the source fish is sometimes something that people tolerate much better than the extracted oils. A single tin of canned salmon has roughly one gram of EPA and DHA, combined.
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> > Everything I read says omega-3 fatty acids ought to improve skin condition, including acne. The polyunsaturated fatty acids, both omega-6 and omega-3, undergo hundreds of transformations by a host of enzymes, yielding a great variety of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory molecules (e.g prostaglandins), signalling substances (e.g. leukotrienes, interleukins), growth factors, and so on. Maybe you guys have a problem with one or more of those enzymes. Genetic differences like that are not at all uncommon, and this one (if it exists) isn't life-threatening.
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> That's the frustrating part - the fact that everything says that this should be good for your skin and yet you know what you're experiencing. An enzyme problem is a possibility. One other thing I can add that might help to solve the mystery is that the sebum itself changes consistency when I'm taking fish oil. It becomes much more solid - not the usual liquid consistency. When the cysts form, there's a large hard solid mass underneath the skin and then there's inflamation around that (as if the mass had formed and then the body attacked it - but I could be misinterpreting it).That might be the missing clue. Flaxseed oil goes by another name....linseed oil. When it oxidizes, it cross-links, and you get.....varnish. Fish oil, under the appropriate conditions, will also cross-link and harden.
So, are you otherwise restricting fat intake? In other words, is the fish oil itself, proportionately, a significant source of fat in your diet?
> OK, thanks.
> KStill thinking, eh?
Lar
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