OMEGA-3 is a group of fatty acids. Man was designed to maintain healthy with a diet that had a near balance of Omega-3’s, with another group of fatty acids, the Omega-6’s. Modern grain based, highly processed diets, high in cooking oils and fast foods, often have about 20 times more Omega-6, then Omega–3 in them. The Omega-3 that historically was especially well balanced in meat, and milk, which is now out of whack, because milk and beef cattle are all raised on grain.