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Excessive intake of omega 6 and deficiencies in omega 3 induce obesity down the generations Full Text
ScienceDaily, 07/28/2010
Chronic excess of linoleic acid (omega 6), coupled with a deficiency in alpha–linoleic acid (omega 3), can increase obesity down the generations. Omegas 6 and 3 are essential polyunsaturated fatty acids: they are indispensable to the human body, which cannot produce them itself and must therefore source them from food. Omega 6 are normally found in maize, which is itself consumed in large quantities by the farmed animals eaten by humans. As for omega 3, they are mainly present in grass, linseed, rapeseed and fatty fish such as salmon, sardine or mackerel. In the past forty years, there has been a steady rise in obesity over the generations in Western societies.