Re: Lowest Omega-6 Oil?

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:48:13 +0300, Matti Narkia <mna@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:54:16 +0100, "Hugh Kearnley"
<hughkearnley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm trying to cut down Omega-6 intake because of Arachidonic acid & cancer.
Which common cooking/salad oils are lowest in Omega-6's please?

I would recommend extra virgin olive oil and cold pressed high oleic
canola (rapeseed) oil.

Remember though that olive oil has hardly any omega-3 and that omega-3
in rapeseed oil is alpha-linolenic acid, which humans cannot convert
very efficiently to longer chain omega-3 EPA and DHA. Therefore to
improve your omega-3/omega-6 -ratio you also need to eat some fatty
fish or/and take fish oil.


--
Matti Narkia
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