On Wikipedia they report info that contradict themself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid#The_n.E2.88.926_to_n.E2.88.923_ratio
And they also mention about the “healthy” omega-6:omega-3 ratio of 1:1 to 1:4 (yes, 4 more times omega-3).
People advocating that, will say that ratio suggesting/allowing more Omega-6 than Omega-3 are just adapting to what we are offered rather than what is the most optimal for us. But then we adapt, right? 😉
Also about Omega-3, there are three kinds that are apparently important in human physiology: ALA, EPA and DHA.
After reading, I concluded some years ago that the best strategy was to get them all in my diet (ALA from vegetable source like flax, chia etc. and EPA/DHA mostly from animal source like fish, fish oil or krill oil; Wikipedia also get a long list of source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid#Dietary_sources). My sources informed me that ALA can be converted to EPA/DHA by our body but not in enough quantity, so that was a point against consuming only vegetable source of Omega-3 (or I should rather say consuming only source of ALA as I don’t know all source of each of them).
But then there is also hype, and that is to me only “knowledge”, I should (we should) rather study how all this works to understand these numbers better. Not having enough time or motivation to understand everything, for now I will follow the recommendations. One day I will get mad and understand it. 😉
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