Let’s check this out.

Generally speaking, Omega 6 fats come from plants and Omega 3 fats come from animals.

Omega 6, the unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats so praised in popular magazines, cause a lot of disease. They come roaring into our bodies, creating inflammation as they go. Inflamed arteries. Inflamed organs.

Most dread diseases start with inflammation.

And the thing is, our bodies make as much Omega 6 fats as they need. Scarfing down Omega 6 oils as part of our diet puts everything into overload–the cause of inflammation.

So let’s talk about Omega 3 fats.

Omega 3 fats show up as saturated fat. And we’ve been taught that saturated fats are no good, very bad, actually even evil.

The reality is, our bodies need for us to eat Omega 3 fats. While we can make our own Omega 6 fats, if we don’t eat saturated Omega 3 fats, we don’t have any. Since our bodies need saturated fats to make everything work, this is known as a problem.

So where do we get Omega 3 fats? Well, magazines, dietitians and other assorted poobahs talk about fish a lot, but an equally good, perhaps even better source is beef. And instead of trimming off every last bit of fat, we need to eat it.

Here’s what saturated fats do for you:

There are a couple of problems, though. Farm-raised fish and store-bought chicken, beef, etc. get pumped full of antibiotics and hormones. Agribusiness seems to think we need to have our food poisoned.

Some labels proudly announce that no antibiotics or hormones were added–whatever that means. One chicken company shoots antibiotics into eggs before hatching, then proudly announces they never give the stuff to their chickens.

But even if the fish, chicken or beef is actually antibiotic-and-hormone-free, there’s still a problem because factory farms feed their animals with grain, mainly corn and soy.

Now, most of the stuff is genetically modified, so that’s a problem. We don’t know how much of a problem because GMO is so new, but it looks bad enough that Europe banned the stuff.

What we know right now is feeding animals with grains reduces the amount of the good Omega 3 fats and increases the amount of the dastardly Omega 6 fats in the fish, chicken, beef, etc. that we eat. That throws everything for a loop, and we don’t get the Omega 3 benefits we should–but enough Omega 6 to move us down the inflammation road.

Eat grass-fed beef, free range chickens, etc. Go to http://EatWild.com to find a source near you.