oils (flax, olive, etc.)

[young guns]

both omega-6 and omega-3 FA's are important, but omega-6 are easy to get for most people.

omega-3's are involved in stimulating lipolysis, formation of anti-imflammatory prostaglandins, ect., and are the harder of the 2 to get.

i believe the optimum ratio is 2:1 omega-3mega-6

 

[JamesK]

Your most important fatty acids are your omega-3s and your omega-6s. The body requires a proper balance of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids.

Flax seed oil contains the right balance of these two essential fatty acids. Vegetable oils only contain omega-6 oils. Ingesting too much omega-6 with too little omega-3 creates a tendency towards inflammation, high blood pressure and other imbalances.

Most Americans ingest too much omega-6 and get very little omega-3. Taking flax seed oil won't counterbalance this. Most people need to deliberately ingest extra omega-3 to balance the vegetable oils in their diet.

There are only three reliable sources of omega-3: wild game, deep ocean fish (most salmon by the way is farm raised and does not contain a significant quantity of omega-3) and fish oils. So, fish oil supplements will give you the extra omega-3 your body needs.

Paul Bergner gives his clients the option of eating a couple of cans of sardines each week or taking fish oil for their omega-3 requirements. I think most people will opt for the fish oil.

So, yes, you can take both. Of the two oils, I think the fish oil is more important for most people. Flax oil is good nutrition, but fish oil is more balancing for our SAD (Standard American Diet) nutrition.
Steven H. Horne

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[young guns]

flax oil is 4:1, which isn't the right balance. if you were to only get your EFA's from flax, you'd have an imbalance due to too high of an intake of omega-3 FA's. but, since noone does that, it's a good source of omgea-3's to balance out the typical omega-6 intake.

udo erasmus (udo's choice oil), says the ideal ratio is 2:1, not 4:1 which flax is.

however, EPA and DHA (long chain omega-3's) found in fish oil are better alternatives to the omega-3 FA's (alpha linolenic acid - short chain) in flax oil.

 

[delldell2]

Only a couple of cans of sardines take care of a week's worth of omega 3 requirements? And add protein...So, how nasty are they?

 

[anthrax]

Only a couple of cans of sardines take care of a week's worth of omega 3 requirements? And add protein...So, how nasty are they?

not that bad.....