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What kind of fatty acids are ideally consumed? Most of the fats out there which are commonly consumed in the modern diet or even a healthy lifestyle are especially high in Omega 6 fatty acids, while not containing very many Omega 3 fatty acids. This can cause issues for what is going on inside of your body. If an individual consumes too much Omega 6s and not enough Omega 3s, then they run the risk of not being able to control or alleviate issues with inflammation.
Omega 3s are anti-inflammatory, while Omega 6s are more pro-inflammatory, to put it quite simply. The body needs both essential fatty acids in order to create inflammation (definitely needed for certain bodily responses) as well as remediate and dial back inflammation when appropriate, among many other functions that help out the body. When too much Omega 6s are consumed and not enough Omega 3s, this can put the body in a precarious state of imbalance in terms of handling inflammatory responsibilities and can even risk causing an excess of inflammation in the body whenever there are too many Omega 6s being consumed and not enough Omega 3s.
What if you eat sufficient Omega 3s, but also eat a huge amount of Omega 6s on top of that? The same enzyme breaks down both of these essential fatty acids, and so some of the Omega 3s can possibly end up going to waste because this enzyme does not exist in infinite amounts and would be overly used in breaking down the Omega 6s.
Looking around at most of the human population, it seems that most people could use more assistance with relief from inflammation, and don’t need extra help to cause additional inflammation. It’s only common horse sense to realize that the consumption of Omega 6s could be causing an imbalance in the general public. Examining closer the foods which are available, and you can see that so many foods have excessive amounts of Omega 6s. As a result, Americans as an example are consuming anywhere from 10 to 20 times as much Omega 6s compared with Omega 3s — so the 6:3 ratio is 10:1 or 20:1.
What is the perfect balance? I’m not sure exactly, but based on my research it seems like a 1:1 ratio is close to ideal, and this makes intuitive sense to me in the course of seeking out a natural balance inside our bodies. Some other more mainstream people in the scientific community will note a 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1 ratio is ideal — but even this is a much lower ratio than is typical of what most people are eating.
So is it easy to eat more Omega 3s and less Omega 6s and how do you do it? There are a few ways to accomplish this goal. It’s not just about adding more Omega 3s, because if you’re still eating excessive amounts of Omega 6s it can imbalance the availability of the needed enzymes for Omega 3 processing. So unfortunately, you not only need to eat more Omega 3s but also you need to not eat as many Omega 6s to effectively achieve this balance.
When I discovered this technique, I had been eating a lot of avocados and was feeling like I was hitting a plateau in terms of my overall vibrance and my energy levels. I intuitively knew that it was because of how much avocado I was eating, and yet, I didn’t know what to do because I felt a major craving for fat that I needed to satisfy. After I made this switch, I felt a major boost in my overall energy levels, both in the evenings as well as my waking energy that following morning. I was blown away by the difference this made in my overall dynamic performance through life, and I have kept up this regiment as an essential tool in my toolkit to keep myself young and healthy.
Nobody is perfect and you can’t be expected to completely abstain from eating certain foods just because their Omega Fatty Acid Ratio is not ideal.
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