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Omega-6 Fat Syndrome: Balance the Fats
Why You Need to Balance the Fats It’s not enough to supplement your diet with fi sh oils or to eat enough omega-3 fats in your diet—it’s merely a good start. The health benefi ts of omega-3 fats depend on the balance of omega-6 fats in your diet. But that’s a big problem in the [...]
The Paradox of Excess: Omega-6 Fat Syndrome
The impact of the fat imbalance gets clearer when you explore different regions of the world. We’ll take a brief look at what happened when Okinawans, Israelis, and urban Indians shifted their diets to high levels of omega-6 fats. Their experiences shed light on the ways that too much omega-6 f...
Omega Fats Are Not Created Equal
I thought all omega fats are healthy.” I can’t tell you how often I hear people saying this. While many people imagine that the term omega is synonymous with omega-3 fats, that impression is far from correct. It’s easy to get confused, because the fats and their names can be a bewildering t...
Your Arteries: The Super Inflammation Highway
Heart disease or atherosclerosis is often described as “clogged arteries,” but this is a misnomer. It is an inflammatory disorder, which is much more than the accumulation of plaque in the arteries. Inflammation as the Cause of Heart Disease: An Old Idea, Newly Embraced While the notion of in...
Omega-6 Fat Syndrome
The last reason that omega-3 fats affect so many different aspects of your body and, ultimately, your health involves their interaction with another key group of fats, omega-6 fats. We consume omega-6s in soybean oil, cottonseed oil, safflower oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, margarine’s, and salad ...
Omega-3 Fats: Your Inner Defibrillator
More than half of all sudden cardiac deaths occur in people without any history of heart disease. One of the main causes of sudden death is a sustained abnormal heartbeat called ventricular arrhythmia. (That’s why defibrillators save lives: they jolt the heart into normal rhythm.) Alexander Lea...
Genes: Fate and Fat
As the embryo grows into billions of cells and differentiates into organs, nutritional adequacy is crucial. More biological milestones are passed before birth than after, and once a critical developmental phase is passed in the womb, you can’t start over. Some of these milestones won’t be evi...
Why the Balance of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fats Affects Your Health
The balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fats affects whether your cells promote health or disease. If you eat too little omega-3 fat and/or too much omega-6 fat, you are setting the stage for health problems. When it comes to fat, you are what you eat. Unlike carbohydrates and protein, fat is the only...
Omega-3, Pregnancy: You Are What Your Momma Ate
Before, during, and after pregnancy, omega-3s play a critical role for both mom and baby. Therefore, it’s crucial for mom to build and maintain adequate DHA stores. It’s similar to keeping your checking account in the black by making regular deposits. If your funds are insufficient, your checks w...
The Benefits of Balanced Diets Low in Omega-6 Fat
The significance of less omega-6 fat in the diet has been overshadowed (and even discounted) by the excitement over the benefits of omega-3 fats. However, two landmark studies — the Greenland Eskimo study and the Lyon Diet Heart Study—indicate its importance. The Greenland Eskimos In the 1980...
