Category: Fatty Acid Research

Commentary Header graphic for an ECS.education article titled ‘When Percentages Lie: Rethinking Omega‑6 Risk Biomarkers’. Two simple scatter‑plot cartoons show linoleic‑acid–related cardiometabolic risk: on the left, risk plotted against LA in µmol/L with a bold red arrow sloping up; on the right, risk plotted against LA as percent of total fatty acids with a bold green arrow sloping down, illustrating how concentration and percentage give opposite trends. On the far right, a clear plastic bottle pours golden cooking oil next to a linoleic acid structural formula and the ECS.education logo, with the study DOI printed near the top.

When Percentages Lie: Rethinking Omega‑6 (LA & AA) Risk Biomarkers and Endocannabinoid Substrates

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

The blind spot in fatty acid epidemiology Since the 1960s, most circulating fatty acid data have been reported as “percent of total” rather than as absolute concentrations, because gas chromatography methods naturally produce compositional peak areas that are easy to turn into percentages (Sergeant et al., 2016; Lagerstedt et al.,…

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Critical analysis Illustration depicting a mother breastfeeding her infant, surrounded by icons of BMI, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, a fish, green leaves, and a brain diagram, with the caption 'Maternal Obesity Disrupts Breast Milk PUFA Balance' from ECS.education

Maternal Obesity Disrupts Breast Milk PUFA Balance: New Insights into ECS Programming for Infants

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

Let’s dive right in. In my earlier posts on ECS.education, we’ve talked about how maternal adiposity shapes breast milk’s endocannabinoid system (ECS) and influences infant health. The May 23 piece on ‘The Adiposity Filter: How Maternal Body Fat Reshapes Milk PUFAs for Your Baby’s ECS‘ highlighted shifts in endocannabinoid profiles…

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