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We can easily make saturated fatty acids or monounsaturated fatty acids with a double bond at the omega-9 position, but we do food guide pyramid not have the enzymes to introduce a double bond at the omega-3 or -6 position. As a result, these fatty acids must be obtained from food sources; hence, they are "essential." The essential fatty acids are very important for our immune system and to help us regulate our blood pressure, since they are used to make compounds such food guide pyramid as prostaglandins. The food guide pyramid brain is also highly enriched in derivatives of linolenic and alpha-linoleic acids. Changes in the levels and balance of these fatty acids caused with a western diet of processed food and high intensity agriculture has been associated with depression and behavioral change including violence. Changing diet to more natural food or taking supplements to compensate for dietary imbalance is associated with a reduction in violent behavior, and increases attention span, a finding has been replicated in studies within schools as well as a double blind study in a prison[1][2].
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