How do you track your Omega breakdown? page

[euggen]

I switched to Primal and 2 months ago and I think it suites me better than other lifestyles. I was watching my food intake for 4+ years and I am pretty tired of doing it. It sounded that there was no need to do it with Primal but then I read Mark answering a question on O3:O6 break down and wonder if I need to start entering my food into some kind of food calculator again. What do you people do to make sure your
food is balanced, etc? thanks much!

[dado]

get the hell outta here, i don't count omega nothin'.

[sakura_girl]

I like using Nutritiondata because it's very detailed. Track your progress for a week and evaluate to see if you need tweaks.

[raney]

If I eat poultry or pork, I will double my fish oil caps for the day. Usually that looks like two before breakfast and two before dinner, as opposed to 1 / 1 on normal days.

[euggen]

thank you, Sakura_girl! Something tells me we are going to be friends!

[euggen]

Thank you, raney - I don't have fish oil, I should get that soon-ish! :P

[dado]

[sakura_girl]

thank you, Sakura_girl! Something tells me we are going to be friends!

Anytime

And dado: I think you oversimplified the problem lol

[peril]

Just eat fish several times a week and minimise your omega-6 intake from all sources

BTW, taking extra fish oil if you've had extra O-6 can be counterproductive as both PUFAs are easily oxidised. It is best to minimise PUFA overall, favouring animal sources of O-3 over any other PUFA

[bryanccfshr]

I don't. I select beef, lamb, goat and venison(ruminnants) over poultry and pork when practical but don't stress about it. I then try to eat 1-2 big servings of salmon and 12-24 pastured eggs a week. I also use the carlsons fish oil supplement because some weeks are 3 chickens or a turkey week with a few pork chops thrown in.