User talk:Dboyd98

There is an error in the paragraph below on the subject, "Essential Fatty Acids". The sentence, "There are two closely related families of EFAs: ω-3 (or omega-3 or n-3) and ω-6 (omega 6, n-6.)" is incorrect and supports the common misconception that all omega-3 and omega-6 are EFAs. To be correct, this sentence should read "There are two closely related families of fatty acids: ω-3 (or omega-3 or n-3) and ω-6 (omega 6, n-6.)"

Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that are required in the human diet but which must be obtained from food as the body has no way of producing them internally. There are two closely related families of EFAs: ω-3 (or omega-3 or n-3) and ω-6 (omega 6, n-6.) Only one substance in each of these families is truly essential, as the body can convert one omega-3 to another omega-3, for example, but cannot create an omega-3 from scratch. They were originally designated as Vitamin F when they were discovered as essential nutrients in 1923. Around 1930, it was realized that they are better classified with the fats than with the vitamins.