I read, can't remember where, that although olive oil does have this ratio of w6/w3 and is high in the w6's through some pathway it turns into w3's in the body and so it is beneficial. I think perhaps I read this in "The Omega Diet" book, but not certain. Can someone confirm? --- Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You know, I'm so used to hearing how great olive oil > is that I > never bothered to check for myself, until after this > morning's > instructive experience with rapeseed/canola oil. > Anyway, olive > oil turns out to have a w6:w3 ratio of 13:1, which > is almost > twice that of soybean oil. Yes, it's rich in > monounsaturates > but that omega ratio can hardly be considered > favorable. Canola > oil is almost as high in monounsaturates, but has a > *much* better > omega ratio. > > In addition, as I continue to look at articles about > canola and > the Brassica family of greens from which the > oil-rich hybrids are > made, it is increasingly clear that these are edible > plants that > humans have been using for a long time, many of them > native to > norhtern Africa and the Middle East. What makes > this research > complicated is the fact that canola oil is typically > produced > from hybrids of different varieties of Brassica; > there is no > single combination that is used exclusively. > > Todd Moody > [log in to unmask] > ===== -kb. [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com