The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids.

Volume: 56, Issue: 8, Pages: 365 - 379
Published: Oct 1, 2002
Abstract
Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) of approximately 1 whereas in Western diets the ratio is 15/1-16.7/1. Western diets are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and have excessive amounts of omega-6 fatty acids compared with the diet on which human beings evolved and their genetic patterns were established. Excessive amounts of omega-6...
Paper Details
Title
The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids.
Published Date
Oct 1, 2002
Volume
56
Issue
8
Pages
365 - 379
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