Optimum Nutrition Questionnaire Page 4
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5How
did you
score?
Five or more "yes" answers indicate
that
you may
be
deficient in
Omega 6 fats.
Check your
diet
carefully for the foods
listed
below.
This family of fats comes exclusively from
seeds
and
their
oils.
The best are hemp, pumpkin,
sunflower,
safflower, sesame,
corn, walnut,
soybean,
and wheat germ oil. About
half
of
the
fats
in
these
oils come
from the Omega
6 family,
mainly
as
linoleic
acid.
An optimal intake would
be
one
to
two tablespoons
of oil a day, or two
to three tablespoons
of ground
seeds.
Omega 3 deficiency signs
Do
you
have dry skin?
Do
you
have
any
inflammatory health
problems?
Do
you suffer from water
retention?
Do
you get
tingling in the
arms or legs?
Do
you
have high blood pressure
or
high
triglycerides
(the
name for fat in the
blood)?
Are
you
prone to infections?
Are
you
finding it harder to lose
weight?
Have
your
memory
and
learning
ability
declined?
Do
you suffer
from
a lack of coordination or
impaired
vision?
If
you are a child, are you small
for
your age or growing slowly?
How
did you
score?
Five or more
"yes"
answers
indicates
that you
may
be deficient
in Omega
3 fats.
Check your
diet
carefully for the foods
listed
below.
The best seed oils for Omega 3 fats are flax (also known as linseed), hemp, pumpkin, and chia.
Now put all your individual scores into appropriate spaces in the second column (headed Symptom
Score) of the chart on p.
244.
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