How Much Arachidonic Acid in Meats and Poultry? The Free Omega-6 Fat Tracker Widget
The Omega-6 Fat Tracker--(Arachidonic Acid in Meats & Poultry) lists the amount of arachidonic acid (the most potent omega-6 fatty acid) in beef, veal, sausage, lamb, wild meats, chicken, eggs, and turkey.
I created this widget and I'm giving it away. Yes, free, no strings attached (a credit line would be nice, but not required).
I created this widget and I'm giving it away. Yes, free, no strings attached (a credit line would be nice, but not required).
Why? I want to increase awareness of the health issues created from excess dietary omega-6 fats, the most commonly eaten polyunsaturated fat in westernized countries.
Get It: At the very bottom of the chart, click "" and it's yours. (If you want to place it on your blog or website)
Use It: You can sort the columns, just as you would in an Excel spreadsheet. (Also, check out the Omega-6 Fat Tracker for oils, located on right, sidebar toward the bottom.)
Improve It: I plan to create more Omega-6 Fat Trackers for other food categories. Drop me an email/comment as to which foods or categories that you'dlike see an Omega-6 Fat Tracker created. (I've appreciated your helpful comments on the vegetable oil widget).
Posted by Evelyn Tribole MSRD at January 19, 2009 1:30 PM 
Categories: Food,Omega-6 Fat,Diet,Arachidonic Acid,Omega-6 Fat Tracker Widgets,General
Tags: omega-6 fat widget polyunsaturated fatty acids
Categories: Food,Omega-6 Fat,Diet,Arachidonic Acid,Omega-6 Fat Tracker Widgets,General
Tags: omega-6 fat widget polyunsaturated fatty acids
Oh, nice! Any general ideas, based on this list, what to avoid? Chicken with skin, and organ meats, looks a bit bad to too much maybe
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Thanks. In general, pasture-raised meats, that is animals that are raised on a diet of grazing on grasses have lower omega-6 fat content.
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HI Evelyn,
I thought Arachinodic oil is from peanuts... If is the case, why can we find it in meat?
Thanks, and if you could please give me the link u posted on David's blog: juventud y belleza, since he erased it and i am interest in reading it...
Thanks again.
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Hi Andrea,
Arachidonic acid is an omega-6 fatty acid found only in animal foods including but not limited to; eggs, meats, and poultry. The plant source of omega-6 fat is called linoleic acid. The top sources of linoleic acid in the westernized diet are vegetable oils: soybean oil, cottonseed oil and corn oil. See:
Take care!
Evelyn
www.Omega-6-News.org
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Hi Evelyn,
So is organic poultry the same as pasture-raised meats? I'll be doing a post soon about the benefits of organic meat and dairy.
Thanks!
Maryann
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Hi Maryann,
No--organic poultry is raised on a diet free of pesticides. Some organic poultry is free-range or pasture-raised, but it needs to be stated on the label. Bottomline--you can't assume that organic meats are pasture-raised.
Take care,
Evelyn
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Dear Evelyn:
You should update your AA tracker to include fish especially since wild salmon has about 267 mg of AA per 100 grams according to the USDA Nutrient Database. Fish muscle will be high in AA, whereas isolated fish body oils will be low AA.
Barry
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Hello Evelyn, as always very interesting your blog and work. Greetings to Barry Sears from a convinced spaniard follower of Zone Diet since years ago. About this its very interesting a book called 'Inflammation Nation' by Dr Chilton, in which he takes a different approach from classical of restricting omega 6 and adding omega 3. He believes its so far more imporant to cut all possible source of direct AA. What do you believe? (who wants to answer)
One question about salmon: i am a little confused about salmon since I know it contains AA. I eat a lot of salmon, but not "raw" salmon (impossible to find). It contains more AA than Omega3? Can I ask you Evelyn if you take salmon?
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I wanted to say wild salmon, obviously.
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