The source of life is the sun and the natural source of vitamin D. The skin can’t produce adequate levels of vitamin D if the cholesterol structure is defective. The number step that should be taken is to solve the patient’s PEO deficiency. Skin hypersensitivity to the sun is the number one symptoms of defective skin. [Naturally produced] Vitamin D from sunlight reduces breast cancer risk. Houston Chronicle, Nov. 2, 1997, pg. 5A.
However, if you are taking fish oil you need to stay out of the sun because the skin’s structural lipids oxidize at a much greater rate from the fish oil alone. The fish oil becomes incorporated into the structure of the skin, and then it goes rancid. Just imagine the harm caused from the sun’s intense heat. In scientific terminology, Parent omega-6, on the other hand (as long as it is unadulterated), remains relatively stable.
“Ten (10) grams of fish oil (18% EPA & 12% DHA) daily over 3 or 6 months increased TBA, a measure of lipid rancidity, from 6 to 18.5… [almost 3-fold increase].
“…w-3 PUFAs [derivatives], which are relatively unstable compared with w-6 fatty acids…
“Following 3 months of fish oil supplementation there was a pronounced rise in the total w-3 fatty acid content of unirradiated skin. ‘We confirmed the reported incorporation w-3 PUFAs [derivatives] into epidermal membrane lipids after dietary fish oil supplementation.’”
Fish oil advocates are always “whining about not enough is used” in clinical trials. Researchers made sure to use a high amount of fish oil, and the results are HORRORIFFIC—with epithelial (skin) lipid showing a pronounced rise in both content and rancidity increasing three-fold. This is one reason why there is ideally no EPA/DHA in skin.
Mike Maunu – Founder
Oxygen4Life.com
