Re:Omega 6/Omega 3 ratios for foods and oils - considerations

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where can we find table 3?

[Guest guest]

Table 3 is one of three tables in an article I can't find the website for again.

The other two tables had the same info as table 3 but organized the data

differently. Unfortunately the posting removed the tabs in the table so one

would have to copy and paste the table to word for windows and then re-tab the

columns. As I remember the conclusions in the article were generally good but

he recommended canola oil because of its favorable EFA ratios. Personally, I

wouldn't get near canola oil except for penetrating oil on machinery.

Mostly, the responses to the posting seemed to miss the point. If you look at

the table you see that generally foods do not have the high amounts of EFAs that

borage oil has or other oils. Borage oil has a favorable ration of omega-6 vs.

omega-3. Other oils do not but one could mix oils and reestablish a good ratio

(2:1 to 1:1, omega-6 vs. omega-3). The point is that most foods have smaller

amounts of EFAs so that borage oil could swamp out the effects of the EFAs in

food for most foods.

One doesn't have to eat meat and dairy but could follow a vegetarian diet and

still balance off EFAs in the right ratio with borage oil (or Prof. Peskin's oil

supplement) although it would be a good idea to limit high carbohydrate foods.

If one chooses an animal based diet, organic grass-fed products are advisable.

In the early 1900s the cancer rate was about 3% as opposed to today's rate which

is approaching 50%. This wasn't due to all of them being vegetarians. In part,

it was due to raising their animal products locally without factory farm methods

and not using antibiotics and without using multiple pesticides and raising

things on soil that was properly mineralized (not exhausted). Also more people

lived close to the soil, i.e., they ate fresher foods locally raised. This would

have a dramatic effect on health.

Prof. Peskin pointed out in his book that a lot of research came to the wrong

conclusions. His book extensively documents this. His book draws on the

meticulous work of Otto Warburg. One of the things Peskin says is that you have

to look at results. One can pontificate about his favorite theory but do the

results actually support the theory. In most of the research that is being

quoted today, the results do not support the rhetoric.