If you're looking to reduce inflammation and defy aging, cashews may not be the best food choice, and for a number of reasons... For starters, cashews are high in inflammation-promoting omega-6 fatty acids and very low in anti-inflammatory omega-3s. You see, the ideal ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the diet is 1 to 1 (i.e. and equal amount of each). The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of cashews? 125 to 1! Yikes! Even worse, many times cashews are cooked and processed in vegetable oil, skyrocketing their omega-6 content even further.
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| - If you're looking to reduce inflammation and defy aging, cashews may not be the best food choice, and for a number of reasons... For starters, cashews are high in inflammation-promoting omega-6 fatty acids and very low in anti-inflammatory omega-3s. You see, the ideal ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the diet is 1 to 1 (i.e. and equal amount of each). The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of cashews? 125 to 1! Yikes! Even worse, many times cashews are cooked and processed in vegetable oil, skyrocketing their omega-6 content even further.
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| - If you're looking to reduce inflammation and defy aging, cashews may not be the best food choice, and for a number of reasons... For starters, cashews are high in inflammation-promoting omega-6 fatty acids and very low in anti-inflammatory omega-3s. You see, the ideal ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the diet is 1 to 1 (i.e. and equal amount of each). The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of cashews? 125 to 1! Yikes! Even worse, many times cashews are cooked and processed in vegetable oil, skyrocketing their omega-6 content even further. A better choice? Raw macadamia nuts. Macadamia nuts have a much lower omega ratio of 6 to 1, but more importantly, these nuts have very little omega-6 fatty acids to begin with as they are made up of mostly monounsaturated fats.
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