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How to Lose Fat & Gain Muscle on a Plant-Based Diet | Coach Fritz Horstmann
The Proof with Simon Hill
The Omega Six to Three Ratio Is Not That Helpful
I don't buy into the sort of fear around omega sixes. I think if you're getting your omega sixes from ultra processed packaged food, that's not a food matrix that is going to be doing you any favors for your health. It's hard to sort of look at the consumption of those foods that poor health outcomes and say, that's seed oils. So I don't think the omega six to three ratio is that helpful. And there's a lot of evidence to suggest that it is.
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I've gone through a lot of that literature. I don't buy into the sort of fear around omega sixes. I think if you're getting your omega sixes from ultra processed packaged food, that's not a food matrix that is going to be doing you any favors for your health. But it's not just the presence of omega sixes in there. There's a whole lot of things, a lot of the fiber stripped out, the protein stripped out, water stripped out, a lot of micronutrients are stripped out. There's added sugars, added fats. So it's hard to sort of look at the consumption of those foods that poor health outcomes and say, that's seed oils. That's omega sixes. I feel like that's a big leap to make. So I don't think the omega six to three ratio is that helpful. And I don't think there's a lot of evidence to suggest that it is. I think where there was potentially some evidence earlier on around that ratio, I think it comes down to a lack of omega threes in the diet. So I don't think it's so much this kind of six to three ratio. I think it's just if you have insufficient omega threes in the diet, which can happen if you're eating a low quality diet, then you might run into some problems. I did an episode with Bill Harris, Professor Bill Harris on omega three. So anyone that wants to do a big deep dive into the science on that, that one's in the archives. That's amazing.
Speaker 1
Yeah, I think omega three is such a powerful thing to look at and has so many benefits to supplement it.
Speaker 2
Right.
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