So I apparently got myself omega 6 deficient
Apparently it is possible to get omega 6 deficient. I keep reading it's not possible on raypeat subreddit. But I apparently got myself there.
It all started 3 years ago when I discovered the keto diet and about the dangers of seed oils and omega 6. I then did about 1 year of keto then 9 months of carnivore and then animalbased until now. Throughout the years I've kept my omega 6 at the range of 4-6 grams per day. 0 cheat days, only eggs, meats, fruits and a few veggies when I tried to reintroduce.
I was initially eating 2300-2500 calories and about 6 grams of omega 6 for the first 2 years of keto/carnivore and I felt fine. I didn't exercise too much, about 3 times a day. Then I switched to animalbased (meat+fruit) because I got tired of handling all the different electrolytes and the constant calf twitches. For the first 6-8 months I was still eating 2500 calories but then slowly went up to about 3200 calories currently. My omega 6 actually went down to 4 grams a day since starting animalbased because I ate less fat in general.
In the past 6-8 months I've also started increasing my exercise intensity to about 6-7 days a week instead of 3 days a week. And that along with the calorie increase which happened at about the same time period I started seeing all of the issues related to omega 6 deficiency pop up.
First it was dizziness/lightheaded which I thought it was electrolyte issues at first and upped magnesium which helped for only about a month. Then it was wound not healing. Wounds used to heal within a week or 2 weeks but now it's taking 3-4 weeks and my most recent wounds have been here for more than a month with only a light scab. I was also not sweating anymore or very very little when I used to always sweat after workouts. Then I started noticing pimples and skin issues on my face which I haven't had ever since eating keto/animalbased.
I didn't know what was going on and started going down the vitamin rabbit hole trying different ones one by one: omega 3, magnesium, boron etc. I also tried switching foods to specific ones with certain vitamins to see if it helps. Eventually trying to find a tolerable food with boron, I landed on nut butters. All of the fruits with boron such as raisins, dates, grapes, peaches etc all gave me bad reactions of lethargy, bloating or hand numbness. I started feeling different on the second day of eating cashew nut butter. Initially I thought it was boron working but then I remembered I tried raisins and dates and they had more boron but I didn't get the same response.
It finally dawned on me that it was probably the omega 6. All of the symptoms I listed above went away in about 3-5 days. I started sweating normally after a workout, the dizziness went away. My energy is also through the roof.
My guess is that 6 grams of omega mega 6 at 2400 calories which is about 2.25% with 3 workouts a week is enough but 4 grams at 3200 calories which is about 1.15% and 6-7 workouts a week is not and in about 6 months I got omega 6 deficiency symptoms.
According to the raypeat subreddit there's no such thing as omega 3 or 6 deficiency only fat deficiency and I listened to them until now and even tried upping my butter in take which did not help. I'll be sticking to at least 2-4% omega 6 from now on because it seems for me 1.15% will give me deficiency. I'm not sure if this is the case for other people but at least now there's an anecdote of 1 of how low you can go with omega 6 before getting deficient.