Excellent way to balance n-3:n-6 PUFA
High quality fish oil. Because it's not in pill form you're forced to notice if it's rancid.  Very cost effective too.<br /><br />There's a lot of misconception out there regarding heart disease.  Heart disease is primarily caused by oxidized LDL.  You get oxidized LDL when your diet is low in stable medium chain triglycerides, and high in PUFA (poly unsaturated fatty acids, like omega3 and omega6).  What's worse is when the PUFA is primarily omega 6, which causes inflammation in the body to increase and LDL to become small/dense which is more likely to oxidize.<br /><br />You could have low total LDL, but have high oxLDL and still get heart disease.  Conversely, you could have high total LDL but have low oxLDL and live to be 100.  The cholesterol hypothesis is based on the work of Ancel Keys's 7 countries study in which he correlated *all* fat with heart disease in 7 countries.  That's really it.  And there were actually way more countries, but it didn't fit Keys's theory so he dropped him.  No true scientist does this.  For example, France and Nordic countries have low heart disease, but high fat intake (including saturated).  Chile has low fat but high rates of heart disease.<br /><br />Getting to a 1:1 omega 3 to omega 6 ratio is key to reducing inflammation and preventing chronic diseases.  But too much PUFA including omega3 is also bad.  I would recommend reducing your omega 6 intake (industrialized seed oils, vegetable oils) and supplement about a tablespoon of this stuff daily.  Get your fats from medium chain triglycerides (cream, coconuts, lard).  This is in conflict with public dietary advice, but not with the science.<br /><br />To those trying to lower triglycerides, lower your fructose intake and improve insulin sensitivity through exercise.  Fish oil isn't going to cure the effects of 36 oz soda/day.
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