date:Jul 14, 2012
an important role with women of reproductive age reportedly converting ALA to EPA at a 2.5-fold greater rate than healthy men.
This conversion obviously contributes to the body's pool of EPA and DHA, which play a key role in, amongst other things, maintaining cardiovascular health.
Study details
The North Carolina-based scientists recruited 10 postmenopausal women with an average of 55.6 and an average BMI of 24.6 kg/m2 and assigned them to consume 25 grams per day of milled chia seed (Chia