Food Chemistry and Fish in Nutrition ( 2+1)

12.2.9.3.Essential Fatty Acids

For a healthy diet Essential Fatty Acids are necessary nutrients especially while bodybuilding. Bodybuilders often go on such a low fat diet that they become fat deficient. There are foods and supplements available to fulfill these needs e.g.low-fat fish, salmon, trout, or mackerel. Polyunsaturated vegetable oils, such as corn, sunflower, and safflower oils, can provide linoleic acid. Soybean oil is the only oil that contains linolenic acid. Flax seed oil, which can also be found in walnuts and pumpkin seeds, is the ideal source of α- linolenic acid.