Omega-3 Versus Omega-6
I just read the Wikipedia entry for omega- 3 and thought it was great information to pass on. I've been taking flax oil tablets which are high in omega 3 for about a year now, and most noticably I found that my skin was smoother and my hair was shinier.
My 10 year old son has been taking fish oil capsules for about two years and he says it helps him stay focus in school, especially are the hard subjects that he used to find imself easily distacted. But the Wikipedia article gave me a better idea of the difference in fish oil versus flax seed oil (I always thought that fish oil was better- but being vegetarian I went with flax seed but put my son on fish oil). In turns out that flax seed oil has 6 times more omega-3's than fish oil. More importantly it is the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6, a Western diet typically gets a ratio between 10:1 and 30:1, an ideal ratio is 3:1 to 5:1. Dietary sources of omegas-6 are whole grain cereals, eggs and poultry, nuts and baked goods instead of eating less omega-6 consume more omega-3.
My 10 year old son has been taking fish oil capsules for about two years and he says it helps him stay focus in school, especially are the hard subjects that he used to find imself easily distacted. But the Wikipedia article gave me a better idea of the difference in fish oil versus flax seed oil (I always thought that fish oil was better- but being vegetarian I went with flax seed but put my son on fish oil). In turns out that flax seed oil has 6 times more omega-3's than fish oil. More importantly it is the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6, a Western diet typically gets a ratio between 10:1 and 30:1, an ideal ratio is 3:1 to 5:1. Dietary sources of omegas-6 are whole grain cereals, eggs and poultry, nuts and baked goods instead of eating less omega-6 consume more omega-3.
posted by River Soap WebLog at 9:15 AM
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