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IIRC, you need a 1/5 (Omega 3 / Omega 6) ratio, but our usual diet is so poor in the former that we end up deprived. Palm oil, which is everywhere, has Omega 6
by pygy_ 13y ago
IIRC, you need a 1/5 (Omega 3 / Omega 6) ratio, but our usual diet is so poor in the former that we end up deprived.
Palm oil, which is everywhere, has Omega 6 aplenty, and (virtually?) no Omega 3. In Europe, it is usually listed as "vegetal oil" in the ingredients lists. When it's not palm, they put the full name.
- nazgulnarsil 13y agopalm oil is only 9% polyunsaturated, as opposed to something like canola which is 20%.
- pygy_ 13y agoI had never heard of canola oil. The ratio is ~1/2, which is pretty good to know.
- aestra 13y ago> I had never heard of canola oil. It is called different things in different places. Canola is actually a specific cultivar of Rapeseed. Canola actually stands for "Canada Oil" and the term probably isn't well known out of North America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed
- gcb0 13y agoSouth America, canola oil is pretty well known