Benefits & new information on Omega 3 oils….
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Today's post: Wednesday, 4-18-2007
Benefits & new information on Omega 3 oils….
A recent article was so well done on the benefits of omega 3 oils I include it first today. There is also new information on how to get the most benefits from omega 3 oils & I include that second.
This is the first part of today’s post: This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com. :
A Magic Pill That Is Essential to Your Health By Jon Herring
What if there were a magic pill that could raise your children's IQ, improve their behavior, and cause them to pay more attention in the classroom? And what if the same pill could improve your cholesterol and triglycerides, reduce inflammation, and lower your risk of heart attack and stroke?
But that's not all. This magic pill would also reduce the risk of cancer and diabetes, improve arthritis symptoms, foster weight loss, reduce asthma and allergies, increase fertility and improve sexual function, fight cognitive decline, reduce wrinkles, improve skin tone, and increase your overall energy.
It might sound too good be true, but it's not. All of these health benefits - and many more - are right at your fingertips.
But they don't come from a "pill." They are well-documented benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. These healthy fats are absolutely essential to life. Your body just won't work properly without enough of them.
And considering that omega-3 fatty acids are in short supply in the modern diet, most people are deficient.
The best food sources of omega-3s are eggs, grass-fed beef and wild game, and fatty fish. (Always choose fish you know to be free of mercury and other toxins.) These sources are rich in DHA and EPA, the omega-3 fatty acids your body needs most.
You can also get omega-3s from plant sources, like flax seeds and walnuts, but you'd have to eat large amounts to get close to the levels of DHA and EPA you can get from animal sources.
The easiest way to consume a sufficient amount of these essential fats is to take a fish oil supplement. The brand I use is Carlson's. There's no fishy taste, it's been proven to be mercury-free, and it's available in just about any health food store.
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The new information on Omega 3’s:
Actually, it’s not entirely new as many people have known it already & even written books on it.
But yesterday’s health news online on Reuters reported a study that shows how many benefits this second approach can have.:
The second principle that allows you to get the most out of ADDING more omega 3 oils is to also LOWER or limit the amount of omega 6 oils consumed
---as it’s the balance or ratio between the two that produces health effects or problems depending on the ratio. And, most people in the United States now take in too much omega 6’s as well as too little omega 3’s.:
From Reuters online news on 4-17-2007 “
Fatty acid (imbalance) tied to depression and inflammation
(I added the word imbalance for clarity & accuracy. David)
By Anne Harding Tue Apr 17, 1:11 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
The imbalance of fatty acids in the typical American diet could be associated with the sharp increase in heart disease and depression seen over the past century, a new study suggests.
Specifically, the more omega-6 fatty acids people had in their blood compared with omega-3 fatty acid levels, the more likely they were to suffer from symptoms of depression and have higher blood levels of inflammation-promoting compounds, report Dr. Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser and her colleagues from Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus.
These compounds, which include tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6, are "all-purpose 'nasties' for aging," and have been tied to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, arthritis and other ailments, Kiecolt-Glaser told Reuters Health.
Omega-3 fatty acids are found in foods such as fish, flax seed oil and walnuts, while omega-6 fatty acids are found in refined vegetable oils used to make everything from margarine to baked goods and snack foods.
The amount of omega-6 fatty acids in the Western diet increased sharply once refined vegetable oils became part of the average diet in the early 20th century.
Hunter-gatherers consumed two or three times as much omega-6 as omega-3, Kiecolt-Glaser's team notes in their study, published in Psychosomatic Medicine, but today Westerners consume 15- to 17-times more omega-6 than omega-3.
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How to eat less omega 6 oils.:
1. Use only extra virgin olive oil in most cooking. Soy & corn oils are high in omega 6’s while extra virgin olive oil is not. Extra virgin olive oil is mostly monosaturated omega 9’s.
2. Eliminate all refined grain foods; & at least cut your consumption of whole grains to a moderate level. Grains tend to be high in omega 6’s; & the hunter-gathers we are descended from ate virtually no grains. This step is also a key to not getting fat or staying fat as it forces you to eat more vegetables.
3. To the maximum extent you can avoid eating meat that has been grain fed or penned up & force fed EVER. Wild caught salmon; sardines; nuts; beans & lentils; beef fed ONLY grass; & similar foods are healthful protein sources that do NOT have a lot of omega 6’s.
Focus on Your Health:
In it we post health commentary & reviews of books, eBooks, & other things that improve or protect your health or which enable you to live longer, to be more prosperous, & to be more effective. We do posts on staying healthy; preventing disease; aging more slowly; weight loss; exercise; nutrition; & news in medicine.
Today's post: Wednesday, 4-18-2007
Benefits & new information on Omega 3 oils….
A recent article was so well done on the benefits of omega 3 oils I include it first today. There is also new information on how to get the most benefits from omega 3 oils & I include that second.
This is the first part of today’s post: This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com. :
A Magic Pill That Is Essential to Your Health By Jon Herring
What if there were a magic pill that could raise your children's IQ, improve their behavior, and cause them to pay more attention in the classroom? And what if the same pill could improve your cholesterol and triglycerides, reduce inflammation, and lower your risk of heart attack and stroke?
But that's not all. This magic pill would also reduce the risk of cancer and diabetes, improve arthritis symptoms, foster weight loss, reduce asthma and allergies, increase fertility and improve sexual function, fight cognitive decline, reduce wrinkles, improve skin tone, and increase your overall energy.
It might sound too good be true, but it's not. All of these health benefits - and many more - are right at your fingertips.
But they don't come from a "pill." They are well-documented benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. These healthy fats are absolutely essential to life. Your body just won't work properly without enough of them.
And considering that omega-3 fatty acids are in short supply in the modern diet, most people are deficient.
The best food sources of omega-3s are eggs, grass-fed beef and wild game, and fatty fish. (Always choose fish you know to be free of mercury and other toxins.) These sources are rich in DHA and EPA, the omega-3 fatty acids your body needs most.
You can also get omega-3s from plant sources, like flax seeds and walnuts, but you'd have to eat large amounts to get close to the levels of DHA and EPA you can get from animal sources.
The easiest way to consume a sufficient amount of these essential fats is to take a fish oil supplement. The brand I use is Carlson's. There's no fishy taste, it's been proven to be mercury-free, and it's available in just about any health food store.
**************
The new information on Omega 3’s:
Actually, it’s not entirely new as many people have known it already & even written books on it.
But yesterday’s health news online on Reuters reported a study that shows how many benefits this second approach can have.:
The second principle that allows you to get the most out of ADDING more omega 3 oils is to also LOWER or limit the amount of omega 6 oils consumed
---as it’s the balance or ratio between the two that produces health effects or problems depending on the ratio. And, most people in the United States now take in too much omega 6’s as well as too little omega 3’s.:
From Reuters online news on 4-17-2007 “
Fatty acid (imbalance) tied to depression and inflammation
(I added the word imbalance for clarity & accuracy. David)
By Anne Harding Tue Apr 17, 1:11 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
The imbalance of fatty acids in the typical American diet could be associated with the sharp increase in heart disease and depression seen over the past century, a new study suggests.
Specifically, the more omega-6 fatty acids people had in their blood compared with omega-3 fatty acid levels, the more likely they were to suffer from symptoms of depression and have higher blood levels of inflammation-promoting compounds, report Dr. Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser and her colleagues from Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus.
These compounds, which include tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6, are "all-purpose 'nasties' for aging," and have been tied to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, arthritis and other ailments, Kiecolt-Glaser told Reuters Health.
Omega-3 fatty acids are found in foods such as fish, flax seed oil and walnuts, while omega-6 fatty acids are found in refined vegetable oils used to make everything from margarine to baked goods and snack foods.
The amount of omega-6 fatty acids in the Western diet increased sharply once refined vegetable oils became part of the average diet in the early 20th century.
Hunter-gatherers consumed two or three times as much omega-6 as omega-3, Kiecolt-Glaser's team notes in their study, published in Psychosomatic Medicine, but today Westerners consume 15- to 17-times more omega-6 than omega-3.
******************
How to eat less omega 6 oils.:
1. Use only extra virgin olive oil in most cooking. Soy & corn oils are high in omega 6’s while extra virgin olive oil is not. Extra virgin olive oil is mostly monosaturated omega 9’s.
2. Eliminate all refined grain foods; & at least cut your consumption of whole grains to a moderate level. Grains tend to be high in omega 6’s; & the hunter-gathers we are descended from ate virtually no grains. This step is also a key to not getting fat or staying fat as it forces you to eat more vegetables.
3. To the maximum extent you can avoid eating meat that has been grain fed or penned up & force fed EVER. Wild caught salmon; sardines; nuts; beans & lentils; beef fed ONLY grass; & similar foods are healthful protein sources that do NOT have a lot of omega 6’s.
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