FIT Any studies on too much omega 3 (omega 3 to 6 ratio)?

[Aez]

Hi,

So basically my diet is pretty strict high protein, frequent meals a day ect.

I supplement with alot of omega 3 cod liver oil as healthy fat (10g omega 3 with epa /dha per day) the thing is if I don't supplement with omega 6 GLA (not much, around 200mg GLA) evening primrose oil I get severe mental health problems, anxiety, nervousness over nothing, insomnia. It's pretty serious.

So basically, are there any studies or articles out there I could learn from outside my own experiance? I've read the body requires both as polyunsaturated fat and an omega 3 to 6 ratio but most stuff I've read about is too much omega 6 very little about too much omega 3.

Thanks

 

[GTLifter]

Well anything in excess can be bad for you but the chance of taking in too much Omega 3's is pretty slim so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Ep]

Well anything in excess can be bad for you but the chance of taking in too much Omega 3's is pretty slim so I wouldn't worry about it.

I actually read in a couple of places that Western diets have high levels of 3's and too low for 6. You get omega 3's from eggs, fish and meat.

 

[GTLifter]

I actually read in a couple of places that Western diets have high levels of 3's and too low for 6. You get omega 3's from eggs, fish and meat.

yea...it's the other way around...

 

[hootpie]

Well anything in excess can be bad for you but the chance of taking in too much Omega 3's is pretty slim so I wouldn't worry about it.

Didn't someone just post a study here linking high levels of DHA with aggressive prostate cancer in men? I know that's not omega 3, but typically fish oil supplements have lots of DHA in them too.

 

[Ceaze]

I know that's not omega 3, but typically fish oil supplements have lots of DHA in them too.

DHA is an omega 3

 

[GTLifter]

Didn't someone just post a study here linking high levels of DHA with aggressive prostate cancer in men? I know that's not omega 3, but typically fish oil supplements have lots of DHA in them too.

i think you mean DHT

 

[hootpie]

DHA is an omega 3

Oh

 

[hootpie]

i think you mean DHT

http://www.soyatech.com/news_story.php?id=23242

It says DHA

 

[GTLifter]

http://www.soyatech.com/news_story.php?id=23242

It says DHA

Conversely, the study also found that men with the highest blood ratios of trans-fatty acids -- which are linked to inflammation and heart disease and abundant in processed foods that contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils -- had a 50 percent reduction in the risk of high-grade prostate cancer

so hydrogenated oils are now good for you?


the source of the article:

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• New soyfood products, nutrition research and market trends
• Soy- and oilseed-derived food and nutritional ingredients
• Oilseed crushing & refining
• Agricultural biotechnology and seed breeding
• Biofuels, polymers and other oilseed-based industrial products
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yea...looks just a tad bit biased to me...

 

[CottonTowels]

throw a small spoonful of flax seeds into your cereal/pasta sauce/whatever and you'll be fine.

 

[hootpie]

so hydrogenated oils are now good for you?


the source of the article:


yea...looks just a tad bit biased to me...

I'm not sure if that's the original article that was posted here...that's just the one I found the quickest.

 

[BigBlind]

maybe you should stop supplementing if you are just rebalancing the ratios

the whole point of omega 3s is that you are fixing the ratios, not that you should take a bunch then take some more of something else so the ratio goes back to where it was before

 

[Ep]

yea...it's the other way around...

My mistake