In a message dated 6/27/99 2:51:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< (Note from Ray: There may be a link here with other autoimmune
 inflammatory diseases.
THIS MAKES SENSE
Lack of essential fatty acids has been
 implicated in some autoimmune inflammatory states, as in lupus.
SOME HAVE EXPERIENCED IMPROVEMENT WITH ESENTIAL OILS SUPPLEMENTATION
 Trans fatty acids lack these essential  fatty acids.I THINK THIS IS NOT A
MEANINGFUL STATEMENT IN THAT TRANS- [AND CIS-] DESCRIBE THE 3-DIMENSIONAL
CONFIGURATION OF HOW THE MOLECULE IS BENT IN SPACE; WHEREAS ESSENTIAL REFERS
TO THE TYPE AND SIDE CHAINS OF FATTY ACID MOLECULES, THOSE WHICH CAN NOT BE
MANUFACTURED DE NOVO IN HUMANS . ALL THAT THIS CAN MEAN IS THAT THE ESSENTIAL
FATTY ACIDS ARE NOT AMONG THOSE TRANS- FATTY ACIDS UNDER DISCUSSION
Trans fatty
 acids, when incorporated into cellular fats, also interfere with the
 passing of nutrients and cellular wastes through the cellular
 membranes. Ten per cent of fats in Western bodiesWESTERN BODIES OF
WHAT/WHO??? are composed of
 trans fats, when it should be zero for this particular type of
 trans fat made by hydrogenation.)
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