How to measure your omega3 to omega6 ratio (cavemen ratio was 1:1, american:1:50!!!)

[SamuelSamson]

Been hunting around recently to try to find out how to get an omega3 to omega6 test. Basically if you know your om3 and om6 levels, you have a pretty decent health indicator.

Anyway, no docotor or lipid specialist that I speak to seems to know where you can get one....

There are online testing kits but they look kinda dodgy ? I don't think testing your blood would be hte best way to do it... I thought taking a adipose tissue sample or muscle sample would be more accurate...


Omega 3 Home Blood Testing: Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratio Test | Gene Smart

What's your take?

 

[Paranoid Fitness]

Testing for Omega-3 - WSJ.com

 

[SamuelSamson]

Awesome

Checked with my docotor and apparently we don't have these in Australia yet but I'd love to try it out.

Cheers

 

[kobefan234]

the use of vegetable oil's will have the omega 6 way up.

i think it's the ratio which causes the heart disease

 

[SamuelSamson]

Very interesting. Where did you come across those charts. Whole Health Source ?

 

[Paranoid Fitness]

I may check this out. The doc didn't even know such a test panel was available.

 

[kobefan234]

Food inc had good info about the stats on cardiac disease & omega 3 to 6 Ratio

also the FDA says soybean oil , corn oil, & canola oil are most used in USA .all oils that are omega 6 dominant