Re: Does Omega 6 increase violent tendencies and homicide?

... I should avoid or at least strongly restrict grains, seeds, nuts and legumes and all animal based foods including eggs, dairy, poultry, fish and red meat ...

Another factor to consider are Persistent Organic Pollutants (ie PCBs,
dioxins, pesticides, herbicides, plasticizers & heavy metals,
solvents, etc). They tend to bioaccumulate in animal fats.


www.mindfully.org/Food/Dioxins-Food-Chain-USDA2000.htm

What are the major sources of dioxin and related compounds in the
human diet?

Dioxins are lipophilic compounds which accumulate in the fat of
animals. The types of foods which tend to have the highest dioxin
concentrations are dairy products, meat and poultry, eggs, fish, and
animal fats (Eduljee and Gair, 1996). Green vegetables, fruits and
grains are the types of foods with the lowest dioxin concentrations.
Schecter et al. (1997) measured dioxins in pooled food samples that
were collected in 1995 at supermarkets across the U.S. The pooled
sample of fresh water fish had the highest level of dioxins (1.43
TEQ1), followed by butter (1.07 TEQ), hotdog/bologna (0.54 TEQ), ocean
fish (0.47 TEQ), cheese (0.40 TEQ), beef (0.38 TEQ), eggs (0.34 TEQ),
ice cream (0.33 TEQ), chicken (0.32 TEQ), pork (0.32 TEQ), milk (0.12
TEQ), and vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes (0.07 TEQ). A
person’s intake of dioxins through the diet therefore, depends on the
relative intake of foods with high or low levels of contamination and
the quantity consumed. For example, Patandin et al. (1999)
investigated the dietary intake of a group of preschool children in
The Netherlands and found that dairy products contributed about 50% of
their intake of dioxins and related compounds, while meat/meat
products and processed foods contributed about 20% and 25%,
respectively (Patandin et al. 1999).
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