The ideal ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 is 1:2. For every 2 grams of Omega-6 fatty acids, your body needs 1 gram of Omega-3.

Now, guess what the typical American diet ratio is today?
1:5? 1:10? UH UH…. About 1:20!

ps you can read a lot of the research that has been done about omega 3′s right here

Americans are getting 10 times more Omega-6s than is required.  This simply means way to much, and increases inflammation, and, we talked about that often in my blog, the bad inflammation.

So, you have two options, really,

* Decrease intake of Omega-6
* Increase intake of Omega-3
Probably a combination would be the best way to go. We do already know that Omega-3s come from fish oil,so then, where what are Omega 6′s and where do Omega-6s come from?

SCIENTIFIC:
Omega 6′s are a family of unsaturated fatty acids that have in common a final carbon–carbon double bond in the n?6 position, that is, the sixth bond, counting from the end opposite the carboxyl group.

Dietary sources of n?6 fatty acids include:

* poultry
* eggs
* avocado
* nuts
* baked goods
* cereals
* whole-grain breads
* most vegetable oils
* evening primrose oil
* borage oil
* blackcurrant seed oil
* flax/linseed oil
* rapeseed or canola oil
* hemp oil
* soybean oil
* cottonseed oil
* sunflower seed oil
* corn oil
* safflower oil
* pumpkin seeds
* acai berry

Excess n?6 fats interfere with the health benefits of n?3 fats, in part because they compete for the same rate-limiting enzymes. A high proportion of n?6 to n?3 fat in the diet shifts the physiological state in the tissues toward the pathogenesis of many diseases: prothrombotic, proinflammatory and proconstrictive.