DHA Allows Your Brain Clock to Keep Ahead

All cells in the body have a clock in front of them. They take clues on the time from the brain (the Supra Chiasmatic Nucleus).

That’s why the master clock in the brain must be slightly ahead of them. Just like the GPS satellite in the sky is slightly ahead of the GPS in your phone.

The pathway that connects your eyes and that region of the brain is designed to be loaded with DHA - an Omega-3 fatty acid proceeding from seafood.

That’s why humans have more DHA in this pathway than any other animal. It allows us to run the most complex meat suit on Earth. We can only convert 1-3% of plant based Omega-3 acids into DHA, so we really need to include marine products to re-plenish DHA.

Every time light hits our eyes it destroys DHA. If you work with synthetic blue light a lot, your body will try to use a backup system - The liver can put DHA back into your eye. But the liver has to be healthy in order to do that.

Lack of DHA in the central retinal pathway will lead to an insufficient signal to the brain about the light environment, throwing off its clock mechanism. That will make all the other clocks in the chain run on incorrect time as well, which will create inflammation.