Results: Thirteen studies were included, consisting of 266 patients in the
PUFA group and 402 cases in the control group.
When data across spawns were compared, significant differences were seen between larvae (day 1, day 5) and postset for total
PUFA n-6s (P = 0.041) and the ratio of n3/n-6
PUFAs (P = 0.049) (Table 4).
The intake of
PUFA should be 8-10% of energy intake.
Study participants that consumed a diet high in
PUFAs had a significant decrease in fasting ghrelin, a hormone that increases hunger and a significant increase in peptide YY (PYY), a hormone that increases fullness or satiety.
This was a secondary analysis of the cognitive outcomes from the CAD Randomized Omega-3 Trial in Depression (CAROTID), a 12-week, parallel-arm trial of 1.9g/day n-3
PUFA treatment (including 1.2g/day eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 0.6g/day docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) in CAD patients (NCT00981383) [9].
In our study, the predominant fatty acids in both the IMF and subcutaneous fat were C16:0 and C18:0 as SFA, C18:1cis9 as MUFA, and C18:2n-6 as
PUFA which is an agreement with the results found by Poulson et al.
The effects of ?-linolenic acid, omega-6, and total
PUFA on diabetes diagnosis were unclear, and they had little to no effect on glucose metabolism, except for a possible increase in fasting insulin with increasing ?-linolenic acid.
11.49 was the maximum ratio of PUFA/SFA for walnut indicating higher amount of health beneficial and disease protective
PUFA and lower amount of SFA as compared to other nuts.
There are two
PUFAs the body needs but can't make--called essential fatty acids, omega-6 linoleic acid (LA) and omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).