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est. omega-6 g/week
The single balance the modern diet gets most wrong, and one of the biggest inflammation levers in PCOS. Answer five quick questions and we will estimate your ratio against the anti-inflammatory target.
Anti-inflammatory target: 4 : 1 or lowerA 7-day anti-inflammatory plan built around oily fish, olive oil, and low-glycemic meals, with the grocery list done for you.
Take the 60-second quizOmega-6 and omega-3 are both essential fats, and you need both. The problem is the balance. They compete for the same enzymes in your body, and the products they make pull in opposite directions: omega-6 derivatives tend to be pro-inflammatory, omega-3 derivatives tend to be anti-inflammatory. When omega-6 dominates by a wide margin, your body sits in a more inflammatory state by default.
Humans are thought to have evolved on a ratio somewhere between 1 to 1 and 4 to 1. The modern Western diet runs closer to 15 to 1 or even 20 to 1, largely because of cheap, omega-6-rich seed oils in cooking and processed food, combined with low fish intake. For PCOS, where chronic inflammation already worsens insulin resistance, that skewed ratio is a quiet headwind working against everything else you do.
| Ratio | Band | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 4 : 1 or lower | Ideal | Anti-inflammatory range. The balance is working for you. |
| 4 : 1 to 8 : 1 | Good | Better than the average diet, with a little room to improve. |
| 8 : 1 to 15 : 1 | Typical | The common Western range. Clear opportunity to lower inflammation. |
| Above 15 : 1 | High | Pro-inflammatory. The biggest single dietary lever you have. |