The oil that speaks
The language of your cells.
It starts with a word most people don't fully understand. Lipids.
Here's what they are — and why they change everything.
The oil that speaks
The language of your cells.
It starts with a word most people don't fully understand. Lipids.
Here's what they are — and why they change everything.
LIPIDS — AN INTRODUCTION
You have lipids everywhere in your body. You always have.
When people hear the word "lipids", they think cholesterol. They think fats to watch, numbers to bring down. But that's an incomplete picture — and partly wrong.
Lipids are first and foremost building materials. Every cell in your body — and you have around 37 trillion of them — is surrounded by a membrane. That membrane is made, essentially, of lipids. Without them, the cell doesn't exist.
They are also transporters. In your blood, cholesterol travels attached to lipid particles. LDL, HDL, triglycerides: three ways your body organises and moves its fats. Your blood test measures this balance — not a problem.
THE CELL MEMBRANE
Your cells are what they eat.
Research shows that omega-3 fatty acid deficiencies reduce membrane fluidity and impair cellular receptor binding. Adequate intake of essential fatty acids is associated with maintaining normal membrane function.
These fatty acids are also precursors to biochemical mediators — prostaglandins, leukotrienes — that regulate inflammation and cardiovascular processes at a systemic level.
The omega-3 / omega-6 ratio in your diet is not a nutritional detail. It's a biological signal your cells read continuously.
The cell membrane is not a fixed wall. It's a living, dynamic structure that must remain fluid and permeable to function correctly. It lets nutrients in, lets waste out, receives hormonal signals, coordinates communication between cells.
The quality of this membrane depends directly on the fatty acids you give it. The right unsaturated fatty acids — particularly omega-3 — allow it to maintain the fluidity necessary for all these functions.
The fatty acids you consume literally incorporate into your cell membranes. You build your cells from what you eat.
SACHA INCHI OIL
A fatty acid profile that nature took millennia to perfect.
SACHA INCHI OIL
A fatty acid profile that nature took millennia to perfect.
FATTY ACID PROFILE — SACHA INCHI (PLUKENETIA VOLUBILIS L.)
OMEGA-3
ALA — essential
An essential fatty acid — your body cannot synthesise it. It must come from the diet. It incorporates into cell membranes and is a precursor to anti-inflammatory mediators.
OMEGA-6
LA — essential
A major structural component of membrane phospholipids. The key is the ratio with omega-3 — too imbalanced towards omega-6, and the inflammatory response amplifies.
OMEGA-9
OA — complementary
Non-essential — the body can produce it — but it contributes to overall lipid balance. Found abundantly in olive oil. Here, it completes an already exceptional profile.
THE ORIGIN
Born in the Amazon rainforest.
Cultivated for centuries.
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) is a plant native to the tropical forests of the Amazon — primarily Peru and northwestern Brazil. Cultivated traditionally for centuries, it is now recognised as one of the most concentrated plant sources of essential fatty acids known to date.
Its seeds contain between 35 and 60% lipids, with an exceptional fatty acid profile: over 80% polyunsaturated fats, with an omega-3 proportion unmatched in the plant kingdom.
The oil is extracted by cold pressing. No heat. No solvents. The fatty acid profile is preserved entirely.
Start by understanding your
lipid profile.
Your blood test contains more information than your doctor had time to explain. Our tool interprets it — and tells you whether Sacha Inchi can help you.