- By Fereshteh Safarzadeh Markhali
- Published 01/12/2010
- Education
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Rating:
Unrated

Most fatty acids can be naturally produced in the normal mechanism of human body; the body is capable of producing monounsaturated fatty acids (using a double bond at the point of omega-9) and saturated fatty acids
However there is no synthetic system for making two essential fatty acids including linoleic acids (18 carbon atoms and two double bonds) and alpha-linolenic acid (18 carbons with 3 double bonds), thus the necessity of incorporating these compounds to diet on a daily basis