The Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Diseases

@article{Simopoulos2008TheIO,
  title={The Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Diseases},
  author={A. Simopoulos},
  journal={Experimental Biology and Medicine},
  year={2008},
  volume={233},
  pages={674 - 688}
}
  • A. Simopoulos
  • Published 2008
  • Biology, Medicine
  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
    • Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) of ~1 whereas in Western diets the ratio is 15/1–16.7/1. Western diets are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and have excessive amounts of omega-6 fatty acids compared with the diet on which human beings evolved and their genetic patterns were established. Excessive amounts of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and a very high omega-6/omega-3 ratio… CONTINUE READING
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