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We break down how omega-3 to omega-6 imbalance drives chronic inflammation that steals speed, recovery, and focus in motorsports. We share how to test, how to fix the ratio, and how to build resilient habits that hold up to travel, fumes, and pressure.

• acute vs chronic inflammation and why it matters
• target omega-6 to omega-3 ratio for performance
• common diet sources that skew the ratio
• symptoms that signal imbalance in racers
• why standard labs miss fatty acid status
• dried blood spot omega testing and metrics
• lifestyle levers that reduce inflammatory load
• supplement standards: dose, EPA:DHA, TG form
• dosing timelines, retesting, and safety notes
• benefits for recovery, sleep, focus, and longevity

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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Have you ever driven a car that felt strong but ran
just a little too hot?
The gauges look fine, nothing'sbroken, but lap after lap,
performance drops, wearincreases, and reliability
disappears.
Well, that's exactly whatchronic inflammation does inside

(00:21):
your body.
Today on Breaking Boundaries forChampions, we're talking about
the silent performance killermost drivers don't see coming.
Omega imbalance andinflammation, and what it does
to your joints, your brain, yourrecovery, and your longevity,
and how to cool the fire beforeit costs you seasons, not just

(00:45):
races.
If you want your engine runningcooler, cleaner, and stronger
for the long haul, this episodeis for you.
Hello, I'm Jeffrey Morta.
If you're like most in NASCAR'stop tiers, drivers, crews,

(01:07):
owners, or executives, whileyou're busy chasing podiums,
have you fully considered who'staking care of you?
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performance health, designedexclusively for the demands of
NASCAR.
As a certified high performancehealth coach and consulting

(01:29):
hypnotist, I've coached eliteentrepreneurs and athletes to
higher energy, sharper focus,and greater resilience,
naturally, safely, and backed byscience.
And right now, I'm bringing thatsame engineered approach to the
best in motorsport.
Here you'll find no wasted time,just a unique blend of

(01:50):
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Imagine a season withoutburnout, brain fog, or the
costly crash of your health.
Because the truth is the realrace starts within.
I'm grateful you're here.

(02:11):
Yes, welcome back to BreakingBoundaries for Champions, the
podcast built for drivers,teams, owners, and industry
leaders who know that the realedge in motorsports isn't just
mechanical, it's biological.
Today's episode will call itEngine on Fire.
And we're breaking down one ofthe most overlooked issues in

(02:33):
high performers, chronicinflammation, driven
specifically by omega-3 toomega-6 imbalance.
And we're going to talk moreabout what that is.
You see, inflammation, it's notthe enemy.
In fact, acute inflammation isabsolutely necessary.
It's how your body heals aftertraining, after racing, or after

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an injury or an impact.
But chronic inflammation, thisis low-grade systemic
inflammation.
Well, that's a different story.
That's like leaving the enginerunning hot lap after lap with
no cool down.
The car still moves, but wearincreases, power drops, and
eventually something fails.

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It's almost akin to running anengine at high RPMs with low
oil.
So inside the body, chronicinflammation accelerates.
Aging slows recovery, slow,clouds get uh focused, is where
I was going.

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Um, it interferes with hormones,um, and it drains long-term
performance.
And one of the biggest driversof that internal fire is fatty
acid imbalance.
Talking about omega-3 versusomega-6, you can equate this to
the fuel mixture being wrong.
Think of omega-6 fats as fuelthat burns hot, and omega-3 fats

(04:03):
are your cooling system.
So in modern diets, especiallyon the road, the ratio is
completely off.
We see this with so many casestudies.
Most people are running omega-6to omega-3 ratios of 15 to 1, 20
to 1, 30 to 1, even I've seen ashigh as 50 to 1.

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And optimal performance, to giveyou a little perspective, lives
closer to 2.5 to 1 to about 4 to1.
So ideally, we want to seeclients get down to about a 3 to
1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3.
And you might be wondering,where do these come from?
Well, omega-6s come from thingslike fried foods, seed oils,

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processed snacks, restaurantmeals, convenience foods, even
uh red meat can provide too manyomega-6s.
And omega-3s, those come morefrom fatty fish.
So think of wild-caught salmonor trout or anchovies or
sardines.
Uh, those are fatty fishes.

(05:05):
You can even get some omega-3sand things like haddock or cod.
Uh, you can also get omega-3sfrom things like uh chia seed or
walnuts, not as much as thefatty fish.
That's really the primarysource.
Um, and that brings in why weneed quality supplementation,
because the problem isn't thatomega-6 exists, it's that

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omega-3 is missing.
And that imbalance keeps theinflammatory fire burning
non-stop.
So let's talk about some obviousand not so obvious symptoms.
You might have an omegaimbalance if your joints feel
stiff, even without heavytraining, if recovery takes
longer than it used to, if youexperience brain fog or

(05:49):
irritability, or how if sleepfeels light and unrestful,
another one is your skin feelsdry and inflamed, or mood feels
reactive under pressure, uh,heart rate variability isn't
improving, your sleeping heartrate is um is too high.
And here's a sneaky one you canhave chronic inflammation even

(06:13):
if your standard blood worklooks normal, because
traditional labs they don'tmeasure fatty acid balance.
And there's a reason whymotorsports makes this problem
even worse.
The issue is amplified in racingbecause of oxidative stress.
This is like your body rustingfrom the inside out.

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And this comes from things likeexhaust and chemical exposure.
So if you can smell it, thosemolecules are getting into your
nose and getting into your body.
So if you can smell exhaustfumes, gasoline, chemicals in
the shop, uh in the garage area,those chemicals are getting into
your body and also amplifiedbecause of poor sleep cycles,

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travel fatigue, uh, time zonechanges, and especially
adrenaline output.
All of that increasesinflammation and depletes
omega-3s faster.
So it's more than just about thebalance of omega-6 to omega-3,
but it's about all of thosestressors that are depleting the
beneficial omegas in your body.

(07:18):
What this equates to isbasically your engine was
running hotter, but performanceis dropping.
So we also might be wondering,how do you know for sure if your
uh omega omega-3, omega-6 toomega-3 balance is uh in the
right ratio?
Well, this is where the guessingstops.

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The gold standard for testing,it's not blood serum testing,
like your doctor might runC-reactive protein to look for
inflammatory markers.
What we do is a dried bloodspot, omega-3, and inflammation
test.
And what this does is itmeasures multiple factors.
Omega-3 index, it measures EPAlevels, it measures D DHA

(08:03):
levels, uh, it also measuresomega-6 levels in your actual
omega-3 to omega-6 ratio.
It's done, uh, I said driedblood spot, so it's a simple uh
finger prick, so a lancet, andthen a couple of drops of blood
on a card that gets mailed intothe lab.
They rehydrate it and theyanalyze it with uh very specific

(08:24):
equipment.
This can be done, this test canbe done right at home or even on
the road.
And the results give us clear,actionable data.
And for our clients at VictoryLane Wellness, omega-3 testing
and advanced inflammationtesting are included in all of
the coaching packages.

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So, what do we do?
What do we do with thatinformation?
Well, we need to fix the firecorrectly.
Once you know your numbers, thesolution is proven and precise.
And this includes lifestyleadjustments.
We want to reduce those seedoils, we want to reduce those
fried foods, we want toprioritize whole foods, we want
to improve uh sleep consistency,we want to make sure we're

(09:09):
exercising enough, but notover-exercising.
It's the entire basically thede-stress protocol.
We're talking about diet,exercise, stress reduction,
toxin removal, uh, optimizedsleep, uh, emotional balance,
the science-backedsupplementation.
We'll talk about that in just asecond.
Uh, and of course, successmindset.
And the targetedsupplementation, this really

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matters, the omega-3supplementation, because a
high-performance omega-3 shouldmeet these standards.
It has to pass this litmus test.
Otherwise, you're either doingmore damage or just simply
throwing your money away.
It has to be a clinical dosage,enough to actually change lab
values.
There's so many products outthere that are maybe a half or a

(09:55):
third of a clinical dosage, butthey don't tell you that.
They don't tell you that youneed to take more than one or
two of these to be able toreally move the needle for your
omega-3 to omega-6 ratio.
The other, since we're talkingabout ratios, uh, it has to pass

this test as well (10:12):
a 2.5 to 1 EPA to DHA ratio.
This is ideal for inflammation,brain, and cardiovascular
health.
Now, why more EPA than DHA?
Because your body can convertEPA to DHA.
So we want to give it more ofthe one it can actually utilize
as a raw material to do theconversion over to DHA and not

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the other way around.
Uh, the next point here is itneeds to be highly absorbable.
So, what does that look like?
What do you look for on abottle?
You want it to say uh TGformulated.
What that stands for istriglyceride bound.
Very, very important.
And then minimally processed andnon-oxidized.
Oxidized oils increaseinflammation potentially, and

(11:01):
that can actually have just theopposite effect of what you're
taking the product for.
And then, of course, sustainablysourced.
Typically, it's uh based onanchovies.
There's a lot of other sourcesfor omega-3s that are advertised
out there, uh, like muscles orplant-based.
Um, and none of them in clinicalpractice really move the needle.

(11:21):
I mean, we see this every singleday looking at uh omega-3
inflammation lab tests beforeand a few months after somebody
has taken the test.
We retest again after they areon this protocol.
You know, it's not just take thesupplement and fix the problem.
The supplements are one of eightparts of uh of balancing the

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inflammation.
And then the last point, we wantto look for something that is
GMP manufactured.
GMP stands for goodmanufacturing processes, and
that kind of ties back intominimally processed and
non-oxidized as well.
So, how much should you betaking?
About two to three grams perday.
It's not that difficult.
And that's usually guided by labresults.

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So, for an example, uh, ifinflammation was not too
elevated or just formaintenance, about two soft gels
with dinner.
That's about two grams, one gramper soft gel, or one at lunch
and two at dinner would be yourthree grams.
How long do you take that?
About 12 to 16 weeks and thenretest.
Uh, but you're gonna know thedifference between how you feel

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after about 12 weeks than howyou felt uh before when you
decided to run this lab test.
And this is clinical dosing, notcasual supplementation.
Now, I do have to say that thecontent of this podcast, it's
for educational purposes, onlyand not intended to diagnose,
treat, cure, prevent disease,and not providing any medical

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advice.
Of course, you should alwaysconsult with a qualified
healthcare professional beforemaking changes to your health
regimen.
Now, the benefits of omega-3done right.
When omega-3 levels normalize,you'll often feel reduced joint
and muscle inflammation, you'llsee faster recovery, you'll see

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improved focus and mood.
Who doesn't want that?
Better cardiovascular health.
So you might see some of your uhcardiovascular metrics improve,
like uh VO2 max if you'retracking that.
Improved hormone signaling.
So if you're not testing uhsalvole um saliva hormones, then
you can just go by how you feel.

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So that improved hormonesignaling is one of the
benefits.
Better sleep quality, yes,balancing out your omega-3 to
omega-6 and your inflammationproduces better sleep.
And then greater stressresilience, longer-term brain
and heart protection, which Iknow is very important.
You know, when we're in our 20s,we are usually not thinking
about long-term brain health.

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But when we get into our, youknow, our 30s and 40s and even
older, um, you know,brain-related disease starts
about 20 to 30 years before adiagnosis.
Things like Alzheimer's,dementia, um, Parkinson's, that
happens way before a diagnosishappens.
And it's usually because oflow-grade systemic inflammation.

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So this is not a trend, myfriends.
This is cellular performancesupport.
And imagine your engine runningcooler, recovery improving week
by week, joints feeling younger,focus staying steady under
pressure.
And instead of wondering why youfeel worn down, you know exactly
what's happening and exactly howto correct it.

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And that's the differencebetween guessing and engineering
your biology.
If you're the kind of personwho's ready to test your omega
balance, reduce inflammation,and support long-term
performance and longevity, ourat-home lab testing and our
trusted omega-3 brands areavailable over at
jeffreymort.com forward slashshop, or you can go to Victory

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Lane Wellness and just click onthe shop tab at the top.
And remember, for single testsand supplements, use the
community discount code VICTY toget your discount.
Run the test, fix the ratio,cool the engine because
champions don't just drive fast,they drive smart from the inside

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out.
We'll see you next time.
Bye bye.
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