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Omega 3 Deficiency Food Digestion

If you have an omega 3 deficiency, food digestion may be impaired. The factors involved may include inflammatory processes, cell membrane function and probiotic abnormalities.

Inflammatory Processes

Omega 3 supplements improve both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two types of inflammatory bowel disease. Malabsorption occurs in inflammatory bowel disease because the damaged gut cannot absorb nutrients. Omega 3 fatty acids have potent anti-inflammatory properties, and that may be how they help inflammatory bowel disease.

Cell Membrane Function

Cell membranes are semi-permeable, which means they allow some substances to flow through and keep others out. The cells of the small intestine must be permeable to nutrients so that the nutrients can flow from the gut into the bloodstream

Damaged cell membranes can cause two different problems: not allowing the right substances to flow through, or not keeping the wrong substances out.

Malabsorption occurs when damaged cells do not allow nutrients to flow into the bloodstream. The person becomes malnourished because the nutrients are not available to them, even if they are able to eat an adequate diet.

On the other hand, damaged cells can allow toxins and other harmful substances to flow into the blood stream. This is sometimes called “leaky gut syndrome.” It causes a variety of systemic problems including fatigue, aches and pains and poor immune response.

With omega 3 deficiency, food digestion can be impaired in both ways. Omega 3’s are an essential component of healthy cell membranes. When they are deficient, the cell membranes are not able to function well.

Probiotic Abnormalities

Probiotics are symbiotic microorganisms that live in our digestive system. They help digest certain foods and provide some nutrients to us. When these microorganisms are killed off, such as when you take certain antibiotics, you suffer digestive abnormalities. If they proliferate, you can also have problems. Omega 3 fatty acids help maintain a healthy balance with these organisms.

Adequate intake of omega 3 fatty acids can improve the digestive abnormalities caused by inflammatory bowel disease by reducing inflammation, stabilizing cell walls and restoring probiotic balance.

Omega 3 Deficiency Gluten Intolerance

What’s the relationship between omega 3 deficiency and gluten intolerance? It has to do with little projections in the small intestine called villi.

Gluten intolerance occurs in people who cannot completely digest the protein in grains. These proteins are found in wheat, barley, oats and rye. Sometimes people who are gluten intolerant are also casein intolerant. Casein is a protein found in milk. People of Irish and Scottish descent are more likely to be gluten intolerant than other people groups.

When someone is gluten intolerant and they eat gluten-containing foods, the food is only partially digested. Undigested protein peptides remain in the small intestine, and sometimes get into the bloodstream. These peptides damage the villi in the small intestine.

The villi are tiny projections on the surface of the small intestine where food absorption occurs. When the villi are damaged, some foods cannot be absorbed normally. Omega 3 fatty acids are among the foods that may not be absorbed by the damaged villi.

In addition to the fact that omega 3 fatty acids are malabsorbed, most Westerners have diets that are deficient in omega 3’s in the first place. Gluten intolerance can worsen an already bad situation.

It is interesting to note that omega 3 deficiency and gluten intolerance are implicated in some of the same health problems. Both have been linked to schizophrenia, autism and depression.

The only successful treatment available for gluten intolerance is a gluten-free diet. In Western culture, it is not easy to avoid wheat, rye and oats, but it can be done.

In addition to avoiding gluten, many people also recommend supplementing the diet with nutrients that are poorly absorbed by damaged villi, such as omega 3 fatty acids. It is also possible that omega 3’s may decrease the inflammation in the villi, but this has not been demonstrated by research studies.

What has been demonstrated is that schizophrenia, autism and depression often improve with the addition of omega 3 fatty acids to the diet. They also often improve with a gluten-free diet.

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