Keyword: Omega-6


An Increase in the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio Increases the Risk for Obesity

Abstract In the past three decades, total fat and saturated fat intake as a percentage of total calories has continuously decreased in Western diets, while the intake of omega-6 fatty…

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

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…