As per the first part of my posting, the body isolates damaged fats that it is unable to process in various parts of the body. Isolated fats are present in cancerous cells, muscles with rheumatic disease and around heart muscle where heart infarction occurs. Dr Budwig recommends pure organic unsaturated fats (especially flax seed oil).
But just how do unsaturated fats help the human body?
Dr Budwig explains that in growing healthy cells, there is a small electrical charge. The nucleus is positive and the cell membrane is negative. Like a mini battery. If these tiny “batteries” go flat, we start to develop problems. Whatever other healthy foods we may consume, damaged cells are unable to absorb them properly.
The cell membrane consists partly of unsaturated fats and when cells divide, the surface are (membrane) has to increase in size. Undamaged unsaturated fats are required to assist this process. Also, as mentioned in my previous posting, when strands undamaged unsaturated fats link, they release electrons. These electrons help replenish the negative charge of cell membrane, thus “re-charging” the cell.
