Re: Terrible breakout from EFA-s??? (Omega3+6+9)

I know. But it's false.

What happens is that the average diet in westernized societies contains 20 times more omega 6 than omega 3... but once you cut out processed foods your omega 6 intake goes way down. If you're also not eating much plant based oils which contain a lot of omega 6, and supplementing several tablespoons of omega 3 rich oil mixtures (which many Acne books call for), then you get way too much omega 3.

Lastly, for the body to make any use of omega 3, it needs saturated fats. And since many of those authors have bought the myth about saturated fats being dangerous, then that's usually something they advise against.

If you want a good book on acne, read "the dietary Acne cure" (dietaryacnecure.com). He doesn't say these things about excess omega 3 in the book itself, but I was on his mailing list and he adressed the issue of too much omega 3 causing Acne from a scientific standpoint.

Anyhow, keep cleansing if you're doing that, and don't take his advice on saturated fats being bad, but apart from that his book is good.

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