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While researching cooking oils, again - (I currently have high-oleic sunflower oil in my pantry for high heat frying and mayonnaise; extra virgin olive oil on fresh green salads and cooked foods) - I came across this article, "Inflammation and the omega 3 omega 6 fatty acid balance". Here's an excerpt...
"One of the world’s most respected authorities on essential omega fatty acids is Dr. Bill Lands. He is the former Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director of the National Institutes of Health, has authored more than 250 papers on this subject, and was one of the world’s 1,000 most-cited scientists in 1965–1978. Now in his 80s, Dr. Lands is on what he calls his “final mission,” to get this information to you.
Dr. Lands has created a free tool by tapping the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrient Database, which quantifies the nutrients in thousands of foods. Dr. Lands has created a simple rating system for the omega 3/6 balance in each of these foods: Foods with numbers on the plus side have more omega 3, those on the minus side have more omega 6. For instance, canned red kidney beans rank .5, but garbanzos (chick peas) rank -6.8, and roasted soy beans rand a whopping -23.2! So choose the foods with the highest positive score, and you're well on your way to an omega balance."
Links are provided to 7 lists by Dr. Landis:
1. Cereals, breads and grains
2. Vegetables
3. Fruit
4. Dairy and eggs
5. Meats, fish and legumes
6. Oils and sweets
7. Spices and prepared foods
Oils begin on page 4 or the "Oils and sweets" list. I was pleased to see high-oleic sunflower oil high on the list. Read the entire article here - (it explains why it's so important to limit omega 6 foods in our diet)...
http://omega6.wellwise.org/inflammation-omega-3-omega-6-fatty-acid-balance
"One of the world’s most respected authorities on essential omega fatty acids is Dr. Bill Lands. He is the former Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director of the National Institutes of Health, has authored more than 250 papers on this subject, and was one of the world’s 1,000 most-cited scientists in 1965–1978. Now in his 80s, Dr. Lands is on what he calls his “final mission,” to get this information to you.
Dr. Lands has created a free tool by tapping the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrient Database, which quantifies the nutrients in thousands of foods. Dr. Lands has created a simple rating system for the omega 3/6 balance in each of these foods: Foods with numbers on the plus side have more omega 3, those on the minus side have more omega 6. For instance, canned red kidney beans rank .5, but garbanzos (chick peas) rank -6.8, and roasted soy beans rand a whopping -23.2! So choose the foods with the highest positive score, and you're well on your way to an omega balance."
Links are provided to 7 lists by Dr. Landis:
1. Cereals, breads and grains
2. Vegetables
3. Fruit
4. Dairy and eggs
5. Meats, fish and legumes
6. Oils and sweets
7. Spices and prepared foods
Oils begin on page 4 or the "Oils and sweets" list. I was pleased to see high-oleic sunflower oil high on the list. Read the entire article here - (it explains why it's so important to limit omega 6 foods in our diet)...
http://omega6.wellwise.org/inflammation-omega-3-omega-6-fatty-acid-balance