{"id":12632,"date":"2014-08-07T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=12632"},"modified":"2014-08-06T13:09:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T20:09:07","slug":"fatty-acids-difference-omega-3-omega-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/fatty-acids-difference-omega-3-omega-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatty Acids – The Difference Between Omega 3 + Omega 6"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been taking Rise app<\/a> for a test drive these past couple of weeks and, to my surprise, have learned a few things. Not that I went into this experience thinking I knew everything about nutrition and healthy eating, but after years of researching healthful diet and lifestyle, felt I had little left to learn. About my own personal diet, anyway.<\/p>\n Well, I was wrong.<\/p>\n Two major things I found out through the nutritionist I am working with, Anar, is that I need to get more protein and fiber into my diet. Also, I could really stand to up the strength training. Being a carb lover and cardio junky, it makes sense that I am lacking in the areas of protein and strength training.<\/p>\n After a few days of higher protein\/less carbs I was feeling pretty darn sluggish. As in, I kind of wanted to go curl up in a ball, make everyone quit talking to me, and take a nap. Like all day long. Not good. I decided I needed some carbs and made switches like swapping turkey and cheese for oatmeal. Remember how we talked about creating a plan that works for YOU<\/a>. Ya, that is huge.<\/p>\n Another thing I learned \u2013 omega-6 fatty acids are not your friend. Maybe you already knew this. I did not. You always hear about needing to get more omega-3 essential fatty acids in your diet. So I thought omega-6s would be just as good if not better. Double the fun, right?<\/p>\n Wrong. Omega-6s are a completely different animal than omega-3s. Where omega-3s improve your heart, skin, and joint health, omega-6s cause inflammation. And since we know that inflammation is pretty much the recipe to ill health and disease<\/a>, omega-6s are definitely not essential in maintaining good health.<\/p>\n In our western diet we get lots of omega 6 and not enough omega 3s, when we get too much omega 6 it does lead to inflammation. \u00a0 ~Anar Allidina<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So where are they and how do we get rid of them? Omega-6 fatty acids are found in refined oils and the foods that contain them. Fast and processed foods are high in omega-6s, and our western diets are filled with that stuff.<\/p>\n To keep omega-3s high and omega-6s low cut down on consumption of processed foods and be sure to include olive oil, walnuts, flax, and pumpkin seeds in your diet.<\/p>\n There. Hope you too learned something new today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One thing in life is true\u2026there is always more to learn.<\/h2>\n