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Fish Oil Is Awesome. But Are You Using It Correctly?
Fish Oil Is Awesome. But Are You Using It Correctly?
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Dietary Myth Busting
Some people aren't seeing results from using fish oil. They're
missing a couple of pieces of the puzzle.
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We have way too many omega-6 fatty acids in our diet. This is
causing inflammation, innumerable diseases, insulin resistance, and
obesity.
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We have way too few omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. Their role is
to counter the negative effects of omega-6 fatty acids.
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Omega-6s and omega-3s compete with each other for space in the
cell membrane. You can't just take omega-3s and expect to change the
ratio without also addressing excessive intake of omega-6s.
people taking fish oil or other omega-3 fatty acid supplements, have
overlooked a couple of crucial points.
we force-feed them grains to fatten them up. Not only does it make them
sick, necessitating the use of antibiotics, but it changes their fatty-acid
profile so that they turn into four-legged, cud-chewing omega-6 bombs.
Even the fish we used to covet for their omega-3 fatty acids are raised
on pellets made largely from soy, making them not much better
nutritionally than some Frankenfood plastic-wrapped cheese-like product
found in a refrigerated bin in the grocery store. Chickens aren't safe from
these fatty-acid atrocities, either, as they too are fed grain-sourced
pellets instead of the balanced diet of seeds and omega-3 rich grubs and
insects they're supposed to eat. And of course this fatty practice trickles
down into our dairy products and eggs.
No longer do any of these food items contain appreciable amounts of
omega-3 fatty acids. It's even estimated that 9% of the calories in the
American diet come from one solitary omega-6 fatty acid, linoleic acid,
most of it from soybean oil. It's a pellet based, Soylent-Green world, but
hey, it's good business!
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