Omega-3 vs. Omega-6

I was reminded recently of a study I read a while ago. The study was about a group of farmers looking to fatten up their hogs for slaughter.

They decided to feed their hogs imported inexpensive tropical fats – palm and coconut oil. They ran into trouble – the more they fed these oils to the hogs, the skinnier they got.

The farmers found and confirmed that oils filled with Omega-3 fatty acids lower inflammation, acidity, and the ability to become fat. The hogs were essentially doing what every middle aged American wishes they could do, get in shape. The reason the hogs lost weight has to do with the ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 fatty acids. We usually have too many Omega-6s in our diets that elevate inflammation, and not enough Omega-3, which suppress inflammation. Greasy food will never be good for us …

An important reason why we do not see Omega-3 acids on grocery store shelves is their instability. Because they oxidize quickly and are hard to preserve properly they are usually filtered or stripped out of the common food oils.

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