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Dr. Mercola's Comments:

I strongly recommend avoiding conventional sources of omega-6 fats such as sunflower, corn, soy, safflower, and canola oil, and products that contain these oils. This also means no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats, no margarine, no vegetable oil, and no shortening. These oils are mostly omega 6 fats and will only worsen your omega 6 to omega 3 ratio. It is not that they are at all toxic, although one might make an argument for those that are produced from GM foods, but the central issue is that if you are already consuming 10-20 times as much as you need any additional amounts of these fats will only worsen the problem.

Acceptable oils include high-quality extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, and organic butter... or better yet, grass-fed organic butter.

In addition to reducing your omega 6 intake, you will want to increase your omega 3 intake. Fatty fish would be the best source of omega 3, but unfortunately too many of them are tainted by deadly mercury. So I highly recommend taking krill oil as a good substitute.

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