Posted by Laurie Beth on December 30, 2005, at 1:04:42
In reply to Re: Normal level of arachidonic acid in blood? » Laurie Beth, posted by Larry Hoover on December 22, 2005, at 10:42:16
> Are those percentages? I have been unable to find a normalized table of long-chain PUFA content from blood phospholipids. You're low on AA and high on DHA, if the following data are "normal". Table 2.
Yes, I'm pretty sure they are percentages. Thanks for the table. That's about the number for typical AA I was expecting.
> You're definitely way low on AA. GLA is easy to add, though, and it would bypass whatever genetic restriction in its synthesis that may be present. You can get GLA in evening primrose, borage, and black currant seed?Yes, I added some evening primrose oil after I got the bloodwork back. I couldn't tell any difference in my moods, but maybe I wasn't taking enough. Still, I had hoped that I'd see some change to tell me to keep going in that direction. I also switched to a 7:1 EPA:DHA formulation. Eventually maybe I'll get the energy to get my blood retested to see what the dietary changes have done.
On a completely different topic, Larry, I wonder if you saw my post below:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20051003/msgs/562777.html
and if you have any thoughts. I'm up for the second night in a row with middle-of-the-night insomnia, ~7 hours after comsuming wheat and a lot of milk products.
poster:Laurie Beth
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20051208/msgs/593349.html