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The Role of Essential Fatty Acids in Eczema
Ralph Holman was originally a grad student of George Burr, who with his wife, Mildred, had discovered the essential fatty acids. He also should take credit for getting the total parenteral nutrition in people who can't eat food in the hospital to include essential fatty acids on the basis that they were getting eczema. But when they started doing that, one of the oils that they used was really high in omega-6 linoleic acid and very low in omega-3 alpha linoleic Acid. It caused all kinds of neurological problems in a girl with an abdominal gunshot when he was on it for six months.
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