Acohn,

The ratio most mentioned is 1:1 to 4:1 for Omega-6/Omega-3.

Most people in English speaking countries far exceed the 4:1 ratio unless they avoid the vegetable oil and eat cold water fish or take supplements. Cooking with corn oil and using common salad dressings easily throws the ratio far outside the range. Skin diseases, bowel diseases and many other conditions could be related to this. My hand skin problem completely disappeared on my LC diet plan with proper oils. The doctor's could not help.

The best book about fat is "Know Your Fats" by Dr. Mary Enig.
She writes much of the information on the Weston A. Price Foundation.

The 1:1 ratio is suspect because the Eskimos lived in very good health on salmon which has a lot of Omega-3 and very little Omega-6. The ratio for Atlantic wild salmon is 0.25:1 according to Dr. Enig's book.

Kent