The Silent Omega Will Catch up With You.

Shopping at my local supermarket this week I couldn't help but be amazed at the amount of oils are being produced and sold. There is a whole isle virtually selling oil. What's more alarming is they are predominately cheaply priced vegetable oils. They contain predominately omega 6 fatty acids which we do need but not too much of. Hence the inspiration to warn you of a very big problem in the developed world today. Omega 6 overload.

If the intake of omega-6 fats gets to high it will cause the bodies metabolic system of balancing and checking itself and functioning optimally to malfunction. The abundance of processed foods have caused a huge in flux of omega 6 fatty acid into the western world's diet and in so doing has sparked a huge imbalance in the ratio of omega 6 fats to omega 3 fats. The omega 6/omega 3 in most people would be completely out of control. Instead of the ration being around the recommended level of 4:1 omega 6/omega 3 the current American diet is averaging out at 20:1. That means Australia is going that way to.

The effects of an overload of omega 6s means we are increasing inflammation and dangerous blood clotting within the body. Increasing thrombosis, arthritis, asthma, diabetes, coronary heart disease and tumour formation. This can be attributed to the wide usage of plant oils such as canola oils, sunflower, grape seed and safflower oils. Cooking with these oils will also push up omega 6 intake. Not to mention the amount of prepacked and take away foods that our society consumes. We already get a sufficient amount of essential omega 6 in our grain fed meats and nuts so it would do you well to stay away from vegetable oils and a lot of packaged and take away meals.

The solution is start eating a more natural and unprocessed diet that contains grass fed meats, coconut oils, organic and grass fed dairy and stay away from heavily marketed vegetable oils. These changes will make a huge difference to your life, guaranteed. If you find you are constantly aching and tired there is a fair chance your omega 6 levels are way too high. Get help if you don't want to keep overloading your system.