JJ Virgin and a co-speaker debate seed oil risks. The real problem isn't just the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio, but oxidized fatty acids that accumulate in your cells. Red blood cell testing reveals many people are actually taking too much fish oil, suppressing the omega-6 they need.
So I'd love to dig into the seed oil piece of it because it is such a— it's amazing. I'm like, why are these things controversial? My whole thought process on the seed oils, besides, you know, the damaged fats from the processing, was that it was driving up our ratio and taking it out of our normal 4:1. And she goes, that's not the issue. The issue is the damage. I'm like, wouldn't it be both?
The other issue is how we're looking at testing. So plasma testing is looking at the circulating levels of omega-3 and 6. And that's a snapshot of what you've eaten in the last couple days. So if you have not eaten any fish and you have low levels of omega-3, your omega-6s are going to appear higher. And so that red blood cell fatty acid test that we've been doing for 30 years, since the 1990s, we see the buildup of the very long-chain fats and the renegade fats that are caused by oxidized 6 and 3. But what we're also seeing systemically through all the, the test results that we've seen, and we're talking thousands is that people are taking too much fish oil and they're taking too much 3, and it's offsetting the good levels of 6s.
I'm here to help you age powerfully, so don't miss out. Follow this page.
