Fat / EFA (Essential Fatty Acid) Absorption Blog, Updated August 11, 2018

Items for aiding fat / EFA (essential fatty acid) emulsification, absorption, and metabolism
By Chris Steiner
     These items may be helpful for hypolipidemia and to help prevent and resolve disorders metabolic, hormonal, and neurological as neurotransmitter production and nerve health like demyelinating diseases as the nerve cell insulation, the myelin sheath, is comprised of about 80% lipids.

• Acetyl L-Carnitine transports fats across cell membranes to be metabolized by the mitochondria for energy.
• Alpha Lipoic Acid or, even better, R-Fraction Alpha Lipoic Acid, antioxidants that are both fat- and water-soluble.
• Bile salts
• D-Limonine
• L-Tyrosine
• Lipase
• Raw, organic apple cider vinegar (Bragg's brand I like) after meals. For vinegar I also drink home-brewed Kombucha. The tighter the batch is sealed, the more vinegar is made. But Kombucha shouldn't be completely sealed lest offgassing burst its container.
• Sunflower seed lecithin (preferable to soy or soya lecithin): mood-lifting and helps proliferation of stem cells; rich in phospholipids, phosphatidyl serine, and phosphatidyl choline for nerve and brain health; helps absorption of EFAs (essential fatty acids) as it binds with and emulsifies both fat and water); also anti-viral
• Possibly Garcinia Cambogia based on anecdotes

     Once an oil is extracted, it starts oxidizing (going rancid) right away, so Carlson adds the antioxidants, tocopherols (natural forms of Vitamin E complex, as alpha, beta, delta, and gamma tocopherols) and rosemary extract.  Even plants / plant oils high in Omega-3 fatty acids -- like hemp seed, chia seed, flax seed, walnuts, and edamame -- don't have DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) or EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid).  I don't know if mail order fish oil is ever refrigerated, so I'd bet health stores that keep their oils refrigerated would have oils that are less oxidized. Algae, being farm-raised, is the cleanest source of EFAs with DHA and EPA of which I know, though the most expensive. Swanson has a good deal for it at https://www.swansonvitamins.com/p/swanson-efas-plant-based-omega-3-featuring-lifes-omega-330-mg-120-liquid-vegan-capsules . Krill oil is little less expensive (https://www.swansonvitamins.com/search?q=krill+oil), and, like fish oil, has to be refined (molecularly distilled) to remove contaminants, like mercury.

See also:
► Mood-Lifting, Brain-Boosting Blog
► Neurogenesis Blog