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Old 10-05-2007, 02:22 AM   #3
R.B.
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Marejo,

Thank you for your kind words.

The omega threes are substances. If omega six was red tins and omega three yellow tins you would be trying to get an equal number of red tins and yellow tins in your diet.

It is a bit more complicated as there is a family of red tins and a family of yellow tins.

AND you already likely have a lot of red tins (omega six) in your body fat stores.

But its not in tins its in everything we eat.

So you need to get an idea as to what is in what types of foods and try and get an idea as to your intake.

This site will help. http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c208D.html See the bottom of the food page which gives total threes and sixes.

The mother omega three and six can be converted into long chain fats but if you are not converting then you may not have long chain omega threes DHA and EPA. But you can find EPA in foods such as oily fish / fish oil, true free range eggs etc.

Pay particular attention to vegetable oils in bottles and added to prepared foods some have much more than others.

Surprisingly "factory" chicken can be quite high in omega six.

Try using "nutrition data" to look things you commonly eat up and see if that helps.

Your not looking for perfection to the gram just in general terms some sort of balance.

Small amounts of saturated fats are needed by the body, and in so far as they replace omega six will help in the omega three six battle.



Come back if you need more info

RB
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