Ideally, and throughout our history, the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 within our bodies would have been between 1:1 and 1:4 (i.e. four times more omega-6 compared to omega-3). If we go back to hunter-gatherer times, when all foods were fresh and the diet was not based on grains or vegetable oils, we would see this range. People living in remote areas of the world today, who consume natural home-grown foods, will have these levels as well. But if you consume a Western diet, as we have seen, many omega-3s have been removed and large amounts of omega-6 have been added to foods that have been
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