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Nutr Hosp. 2011;26(2):323-329 ISSN 0212-1611 • CODEN NUHOEQ S.V.R. 318 Original Importance of a balanced omega 6/omega 3 ratio for the maintenance of health. Nutritional recommendations C. Gómez Candela, L. M.ª Bermejo López and V. Loria Kohen Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit. La Paz University Hospital. Madrid. Spain. Abstract IMPORTANCIA DEL EQUILIBRIO DEL ÍNDICE OMEGA-6/OMEGA-3 EN EL MANTENIMIENTO The modification of dietary patterns has led to a DE UN BUEN ESTADO DE SALUD. change in fatty acid consumption, with an increase in the RECOMENDACIONES NUTRICIONALES consumption of ω-6 fatty acids and a markerd reduction in the consumption of ω-3 fatty acids. This in turn has given rise to an imbalance in the ω-6/ω-3 ratio, which is Resumen now very different from the original 1:1 ratio of humans in the past. La modificación de los hábitos alimentarios ha llevado Given the involvement of ω-6 and ω-3 essential fatty a un cambio en el consumo de ácidos grasos, con una acids in disease processes, the present article examines aumento de los ácidos grasos ω-6 y una marcada reduc- changes in dietary patterns that have led to the present ción en el consumo de los ácidos grasos ω-3. Esto a su vez reduction in the consumption of ω-3 essential fatty ha dado lugar a un desequilibri