265: Optimize your ratio of essential fatty acids
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
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šļø 14 September 2020
ā±ļø 28 minutes
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Summary
Omega-3 or fish oil supplements are popular right now. Folks take these in an effort to achieve the right balance of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids. It's true that forĀ optimal health, we really need to optimize the ratio of these essential fatty acids. The right balance can protect our heart health, reduce inflammation in the body and improve neurological function. But how do we get there?Ā Are supplements the best way to get these essential fatty acids? How can weĀ get more omega-3 fatty acids in our diet? Is it possible to getĀ too much omega-3? Is omega-6 all bad?
Sally Fallon Morell, the head of the Weston A. Price Foundation, dispels myths and misconceptions about essential fatty acids in this episode, as she explains principle 8 of the Wise Traditions diet: how traditional peoples ate just the right balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. (These fatty acids are called essential, by the way, because we must get them from our diet. Our bodies can't make these on their own.)
She covers the importance of arachidonic acid, the role of DHA and EPA, and the ideal ratios of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Most importantly, she discusses which foods to include in the diet to strikeĀ the delicate balance that is critical forĀ improved health and wellbeing.
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| 0:00.0 | We don't really get nearly as much omega 3 as omega 6. |
| 0:04.1 | And in this modern Western diet, we have to make an effort to get that imbalance. |
| 0:09.6 | Typically today you're getting 20 times more omega 6 than omega 3 and they really should be about 2 to 1. |
| 0:21.6 | From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for |
| 0:26.4 | Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts. We are your source for |
| 0:31.0 | scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. Hey, Helda here. A lot of folks take omega-3 or fish oil supplements in an effort to achieve the right |
| 0:48.0 | balance of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids. I get why they're doing that. They've probably heard that the right |
| 0:54.5 | balance of these fatty acids can protect heart health, reduce inflammation in the body, and |
| 0:59.2 | improve neurological function. And our diets are woefully out of balance when it comes to these fatty |
| 1:04.7 | acids but is there a better way to go about finding the balance? This is episode |
| 1:09.0 | 265 and our guest today is Sally Fallon-M, President of the Westinay Price Foundation. |
| 1:14.0 | Sally is a fount of knowledge |
| 1:16.0 | when it comes to wise traditions. |
| 1:18.0 | She's the author of nursing traditions, |
| 1:21.0 | nursing diets, and she is a strong advocate for real food for |
| 1:24.2 | optimal health. Today she gives us insights on how to achieve the balance of |
| 1:28.7 | omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids through diet and other lifestyle changes. |
| 1:34.0 | You know, this balance was often naturally achieved and enjoyed by those with traditional diets. |
| 1:39.0 | She gets to the crux of the matter, whether or not supplements are the best way to go about it, how we can get more |
| 1:45.0 | omega-3s in the diet, whether omega-6 is all bad, how we can convert omega-3 and omega-6 fatty |
| 1:52.0 | acids for getting the most out of them and the difference |
| 1:54.9 | between cod liver oil and fish oil. |
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