Our very high incidence of heart attacks, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be caused the Western diet that is loaded with omega-6 fatty acids and low in omega-3's.
Food manufacturers add vegetable oils to almost all prepared foods, loading our diet with omega-6's from corn, sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, cottonseed, and soybeans. This has changed the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in out diet to approximately 20-30 to 1 from the traditional range of 1 or 2:1. This high intake of omega-6 fatty acids causes clotting, swelling and constriction of arteries that can cause heart attacks and other diseases. Omega-3 fatty acids can reverse these changes, but most people do not eat nearly enough whole grains, seeds, nuts, leafy greens or deep-water-fish which contain omega-3's. Reduce your intake of omega-6 fatty acids found in most prepared foods and eat lots of the foods that contain omega-3's.
AP Simopoulos.Essential fatty acids in health and chronic disease. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1999, Vol 70, Issue 3, Suppl. S, pp 560S-569S.
Checked 5/3/07
February 17th, 2019
February 17th, 2019
February 17th, 2019
February 10th, 2019
February 10th, 2019
February 10th, 2019
FREE - You can read The Good Food Book on your computer. It will help you to lose weight, lower cholesterol or high blood pressure, control diabetes, or just eat more healthfully.
Read more