90: Strike the right balance of omega-3 & omega-6 fatty acids (Principle #8)
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Chances are that you and many people you know take an omega-3 or fish oil supplement. These supplements are among the most popular on the market, yet they are highly misunderstood. For optimal health, we really need to strike a balance between omega-3 and omega-6 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?
Is fish oil the same as cod liver oil? Are supplements the best way to get essential fatty acids? How can we get more omega-3 fatty acids in our diet? Is it possible to get 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 because we must get them from our diet. Our bodies can't make these on their own.)
You'll learn about 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, you'll learn which foods to include in your diet to strike the delicate balance that is critical for improved health and well-being.
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| 0:00.0 | but we don't really get nearly as much omega 3 as omega 6. |
| 0:05.3 | And in this modern Western diet, we have to make an effort |
| 0:09.5 | to get that imbalance. |
| 0:11.1 | Typically today you're getting 20 times more omega 6 than |
| 0:14.5 | omega 3 and they really should be about 2 to 1. Welcome to the Wives Traditions Podcast, |
| 0:27.5 | sponsored by the Westinay Price Foundation for Wives Traditions |
| 0:31.0 | and Food Farming and The Healing arts. We are your source for |
| 0:34.4 | scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm your host Tilda Labrada Gore. This is episode 90 and my guest is Sally |
| 0:48.0 | Fallon Morel. Sally is the president of the Weston A Price Foundation. She is a popular speaker and |
| 0:54.4 | author and it's no wonder why. She is a fount of knowledge regarding what |
| 0:58.4 | nourishing real foods we should be eating and she knows the why behind it all. Today we talk about |
| 1:04.1 | principle number eight of the why's traditions diet, how we need to strike the right |
| 1:08.0 | balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. The human body is capable of producing all kinds of fatty |
| 1:14.7 | acids, the ones it needs, except for omega 6 and omega 3 acids, which is why we need to |
| 1:20.4 | get these from the food we eat. Traditional people groups were able to find |
| 1:24.2 | the right balance between those two and Sally explains how we can get that same |
| 1:28.0 | ratio ourselves. She dispelled myths and misconceptions and tells us the best sources to get the ideal ratio in our diet. |
| 1:36.7 | Before we begin the conversation, we want to remind you that the Westin A Price Foundation |
| 1:40.2 | has its annual conference coming up. |
| 1:42.4 | It's the Wise Traditions Conference. This is |
| 1:44.6 | no light and fluffy event. It is seriously a chance to geek out with the |
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