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Wherever you look, the advice is the same: if you want to reduce your risk My heartfor obesityfor cancer And all other types of health problems must reduce “bad” Saturated fatLike those in butter, red and processed meat. Instead, it should turn to multiple “good” saturated fats. This means cooking with vegetable oils, leafy vegetables, fatty fish, nuts and seeds. basic.
Except when it comes to feeding Science, nothing simple at all. In this case, complications arise from the increasing perception that “good” fats are not all created equally-more specifically, that although omega-3 fatty acids are already good for us, the omega 6s may destroy your health.
The idea that the balance of omegas on the food we eat can have an impact on our health. It is also clear that the typical Western diet has become deviant for more omega 6s and less than omega -3s over the past fifty years, while we have seen at the same time an increase in the occurrence of diseases associated with excessive inflammation, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. .
It all led to allegations that we should not only seek to boost the amount of omega -3 in our diet, but also to reduce the omega 6s. yet The relationship is not causal. Can a lot of omega -6s consumption, thought for a long time is useful, is bad for us? And if so, what are the foods that we must eat all …
