Posted on 03/01/2010 4:36:49 PM PST by decimon
Some sixty percent of the human brain is fat, much of that, perhaps half, is DHA.
Human breast milk is loaded with the stuff. Just like fish.
I know one thing.
There were a hell of a lot fewer autistic kids when people (many people, at least) ate fish on Fridays.
We need to stop eating everything we are eating and start eating everything we are not eating
Thanks, I'll pass your professional opinion on to my girl friend...........(I'll send you the check later)
From what I've read, with cod liver oil you might get too much of vitamin A to get enough of omega-3 and vitamin D.
I started taking fish oil and without any other changes in lifestyle or nutrition, my heart palpitations disappeared, and my resting heart rate dropped significantly. The changes were immediate.
I have read that taking fish oil can cause a vitamin E deficiency, so that is something to watch out for.
I can catch salmon in the rivers and the Sound here. All the Omega3 I want fresh.
That there is the best advice ever. Americans eat junk food loaded with HFCS, saturated fats and partially-hydrogenated soybean oil. We need to start eating real food again. I'm a hypocrite though; today I had a cheeseburger for lunch and half a box of Thin Mints. Thin mints are from the Devil's workshop!
Do you mix it with anything? Or just straight from the bottle? I know several people who put a tablespoon of flax seed oil in their drinks every morning.
Cod liver oil has a lot more Vitamin A in it (as well as D) than straight fish oil does. I take both, Cod liver oil in the winter for the extra vitamins and fish oil in the summer.
Carlsons has great liquid cod liver and fish oils that have NO bad taste and no fish burps. You could use them as salad dressing they’re so mild. They’re nitrogen packed in glass bottles, not cheap (about 28$ a bottle at vitacost.com, best price I’ve found) but really good stuff.
LQ
Nope, I’ve never mixed it although you can easily.You could probably mix it into anything. I would prefer salad dressing. There is no fish taste what so ever. If I’m feeling really healthy crazy I’ll do a table spoon of both flax seed and fish oil at breakfast time. OD’ing on DHA/EPA.
That has been my experience as well.
Try hot tabasco, then try 10,000,000 doses of Omega-3 fish oil (only for medicinal lubrication of course.)
I go in for lab work next month to see if it reduced my cholesterol and triglycerides.
He also recommended Red Yeast Rice.
Both are good, I’ve heard Cod Liver oil is better. It’s readily available in the natural foods section of your grocery store.
Until that time, I'll believe my own doctor, whose specialty is "alternative medical research," who tells me that women are at risk for osteoporosis and other ailments due to the lack of sun (vitamin D3) and need for Omega 3 oils for all, especially the elderly and babies exposed to lack of sunlight from either no exposure or constant use of sunscreens, which she says are "bad for everyone" as the ingredients constantly ingested through the skin, isn't healthy.
We take pretty high doses of fish oil ourselves, and about 3000 IU Vit D3. Keep taking both.
“There were a hell of a lot fewer autistic kids when people (many people, at least) ate fish on Fridays.”
True.
But not just any fish. That was wild-caught fish.
Omega-3 is developed in animals when they eat grasses. This is true for fish when they eat kelp and sea grass and for land animals when they graze on grass, such as grass-fed beef.
The problem is that alot of the fish in the store is farm-raised and on those farms they fed the fish a grain-based diet. Grass-fed beef or chicken has more omega-3 than farm-raised fish.
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