Wouldn't it be better to redirect "essential fat" to [[Body_fat_percentage]] as people searching for essential FATS would be looking for EFAs, but people searching essential FAT are more likely to be looking at the essential body fat percentages? [[Special:Contributions/81.141.169.205|81.141.169.205]] ([[User talk:81.141.169.205|talk]]) 06:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be better to redirect "essential fat" to [[Body_fat_percentage]] as people searching for essential FATS would be looking for EFAs, but people searching essential FAT are more likely to be looking at the essential body fat percentages? [[Special:Contributions/81.141.169.205|81.141.169.205]] ([[User talk:81.141.169.205|talk]]) 06:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
: In nutrition, an essential nutrient is "a nutrient required for normal body functioning that either cannot be synthesized by the body at all, or cannot be synthesized in amounts adequate for good health (e.g. niacin, choline), and thus must be obtained from a dietary source." I'm not sure what the definition of essential is in body fat percentage, but I would guess that someone looking for "essential (insert nutrient here)" would be looking for the nutritional definition of essential. As always, there's no reason why you can't [[WP:BEBOLD|BEBOLD]] if you think it's wrong. [[User:Superluser|superluser]]<sub>[[User_talk:Superluser|t]][[Special:Contributions/Superluser|c]]</sub> 2010 February 20, 13:47 (UTC)
Removed reference to Fish Oil Blog .com which is clearly a commercial site and violates Wikipedia standards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.190.84 (talk) 02:48, December 25, 2005
Commercial Site?
I would like to know why you think that Fish Oil Blog is a commercial site. It has ads, but that's all it seems like to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.41.37.146 (talk) 10:24, January 6, 2006
Such a tiny page for a vital nutriment ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.228.213.254 (talk) 16:16, April 18, 2006
margarine ?
can we be serious here, margarine is full of trans fatty acids from hydrogenisation ! Let's cite the good sources! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.228.213.254 (talk) 16:19, April 18, 2006
Is there such thing as 18:1 (n-6)? If not in nature, could this potentially be created by the partial-hydrogenation process? Frankg23:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Chemically, all ω-6 fatty acids are mono- or polyunsaturated. Mono forms may exist in trace amount in nature but are not known to be nutritionally significant. All the abundant ω-6 fatty acids (i.e. the ones in the table) are polyunsaturated. David.Throop14:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
OK, OK. I'll say that after many long nights of surfing the web, I haven't come up with any references to ω-6 monosaturates. I've also only seen one reference to any ω-3 or -6 that has less than 18 carbons. None with an odd number of carbons. The article that would mention it if it existed, but doesn't, is [1] Search down for 'spinach' to see the discussion of 16 carbon ω-3. On the other hand, any of those are clearly chemically possible. But they apparently play no role in human nutrition or physiology. As to whether 18:1 ω-6 might be formed during hyrdogenation — seems plausible, but I've not seen it substantiated. David.Throop03:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This important class of vitamin-like compounds is converted to highly potent hormone-like eicosanoids. This section merits stronger documentation and comparison with the entry for 'omega-3 fatty acids'.Morelipids (talk) 04:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Changing redirect
Essential Fat links here. I'm planning to change this to link to Essential fatty acid, since both n-3 and n-6 are essential fatty acids (and in case we find other essential fats and fatty acids in the future). Unless there are objections, this redirect will take place in 24 hours. superlusertc 2010 January 18, 15:50 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be better to redirect "essential fat" to Body_fat_percentage as people searching for essential FATS would be looking for EFAs, but people searching essential FAT are more likely to be looking at the essential body fat percentages? 81.141.169.205 (talk) 06:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In nutrition, an essential nutrient is "a nutrient required for normal body functioning that either cannot be synthesized by the body at all, or cannot be synthesized in amounts adequate for good health (e.g. niacin, choline), and thus must be obtained from a dietary source." I'm not sure what the definition of essential is in body fat percentage, but I would guess that someone looking for "essential (insert nutrient here)" would be looking for the nutritional definition of essential. As always, there's no reason why you can't BEBOLD if you think it's wrong. superlusertc 2010 February 20, 13:47 (UTC)