In this blog post from last year, the author discusses a paper with an interesting discovery:



To get to the part which links seed oils and autoimmune disorders:



By the same author, discussing another paper, The Cause of Metabolic Syndrome: Excess Omega-6 Fats (Linoleic Acid) in Your Mitochondria



In short, PUFAs are very bad news in the long term, and in the short term, can prevent weight loss, too.

Excess Omega 6 Fats Promote Weight Gain

It is a real pain to avoid it in mayo and commercial salad dressings; heck, anything processed and/or pre-made has too many PUFAs, judging by the labels I’ve been reading.

But it seems like the effort can be well worth it.

I find the biggest exposure to omega 6 oils are from eating out. And pork rinds lol.

Ack, you are correct:



Thanks for the tip, they must be off my list. And they are so versatile!

However, I have noted that they wind up on my list of things I think I love, yet sit in my pantry or fridge without being eaten. This is another sign I probably should not eat that thing

I thought animal fats like pork rinds are Omega 3?

So Avocado is Omega 6?

Yikes! That is news to me, too. I guess that I need to start delving deeper into the nutrition facts of what I eat.


That's not what happens when I keep them stocked in my pantry. When they are around they get eaten. For the satiety that fat is supposed to bring, I've never understood why I don't get it from eating pork rinds. Perhaps now I know why. I can eat a whole bag and not feel any more full that I did before I started crunching away. With this knowledge, I'm scratching pork rinds off of my everyday food rotation. Maybe they can be an occasional treat. Maybe.

I am always confused as to what Omega 3 and 6 foods are.

edit, just thinking that pork rinds must be fried in corn oil or soybean to have Omega 6, don't you think?

Almonds aren't doing us a ton of favors, either:
This ratio probably is true of almond flour that we're baking with, almond milk that everyone is drinking instead of cow, etc.

I was wondering the same thing. Here, I have bolded the evidence:



So we all thought it was full of happy lard, when it's made almost entirely of seed oil! Because these mass productions are certainly going to use the cheaper vegetable oil.

Might be worth hunting down cracklins. These are fried in lard from a paleo shop.

Advice is often to soak nuts, as our ancestors did, to get rid of the anti-nutrients meant to protect the nut. For these tricky questions, I find Mark Sisson is a good source:



Or, mortgage that farm and get macadamias; very low Omega 6s and low carb, too.

I see there are more brands but be careful with the Epic brand. I bought some of the meat bars and they were horrible, tasted like dog food. Dogs wouldn't even eat them!

Also something else about Epic, this bag doesn't show Omega 3 or 6 in the fat, although it says pork lard it doesn't say 100% pork lard. I also remember that Epic was using imported meat.

I found this on the Epic web-site:

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The pig is a great example of EPIC's commitment to utilizing every part of the animal, which inspired our Whole Animal Project. In doing so, we are able to use nearly every piece of the pigs we source, including their muscle meat, pork belly, pork fat, and pig skins. As with our bison, we always try to source from the highest quality source available. Unfortunately, oftentimes we are simply unable to procure enough of it and therefore must supplement the remainder with the next highest quality source available. We are always looking for opportunities to incentivize farmers, ranchers, and suppliers to elevate their operations to more EPIC standards. These operations look different for each animal and region but might include things like improved animal welfare standards, holistic management, access to pasture and outdoors.

A prime example of this supply chain challenge is with our pig skins: we source and blend skins from two different “qualities” of pig. We utilize a combination of 1) certified organic and certified humane, 2) certified humane. Both sources are antibiotic and hormone free and GAP Step 1. The feed for the organic pig supply is a blend of organic barley, wheat, pea, soy and corn. The feed for the certified humane pigs is also a blend of barley, wheat, pea, soy, and corn, though it is not organic. Due to EPIC’s desires and pressure, this particular supplier is currently in the process of converting the feed for the second tier of pigs to fully organic over time—which is a major step in the right direction for them and speaks to EPIC’s commitment to working with suppliers to improve industry standards.

Our supply of bacon and pork muscle meat are Certified Humane and consume a blend of barley, wheat, pea, soy and corn. This feed is being transitioned to 100% organic over time as well.

To improve our supply chain of pork we are looking to improve animal welfare standards (particularly pertaining to outdoor access and living conditions).

ALL PIGS ARE SOURCED FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

Hmm...I would think that they might have been gathering bushels of nuts and eating them as a year-round food source. Nuts dry well and would have been an excellent source of food to store for winter months or as a portable food. Still, 8 oz of nuts on a regular basis as part of a primal/paleo diet probably isn't going to hurt anyone, especially if you're eating other foods high in Omega-3s and avoiding the worst of the 6s like vegetable oils.

Macadamia nuts:

Over three times as much omega-6 as pork rinds? Is that actually right?! And those nuts are much lower than a lot of other varieties in omega-6's. Frying oil for the pork rinds sounds pretty suspect. On the positive side they're a great source of collagen protein. Not sure what to make of how healthy or not they are.

Omega-6 Content Various Nuts (1/4 cup)

Walnuts – 9.5 g

Almonds – 4.36 g

Cashews – 2.6 g

Macadamias – 0.5 g

Brazil nuts – 7.2 g

Hazelnuts – 2.7 g

Pistachio – 4.1 g

Pine nuts – 11.6 g

Pecans – 5.8 g

https://www.marksdailyapple.com/nuts-omega-6-fats/
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1 ounce

Fats & Fatty Acids
Amounts Per Selected Serving %DV

Total Fat 21.3g 33%

Saturated Fat3.3g17%

Monounsaturated Fat16.6g

Polyunsaturated Fat0.4g

Total trans fatty acids

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Total Omega-3 fatty acids 54.9 mg

Total Omega-6 fatty acids 365mg

Read More https://nutritiondata.self.com/fact...2#ixzz5gCsImehD

(somethig is not right with these numbers??

I guess the macadamias are only low Omega 6 relatively?

I'll cancel my financing plan.

Ohhhh that was 365mg which equals .365 grams

This is what we get for not being metric literate

So yes, macadamia are low, as in below 1 gram for 1/4 cup