Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I know I've read it before, but can you provide us with or point us to a list of Omega 3 and Omega 6 food sources? thanks, pennytbrownerski <tbrownerski@...> wrote: Until you address the Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio in the diet and more importantly in your cell membranes, you will feel like constant crap. Take a good hard look at what you are eating and what your ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6 is in your diet. The western diet is 20:1 Omega 6 to Omega 3 where is should be 1:1. So if your cell membranes are stuffed full of Omega 6 and trans fats, taking all the pills in the world isn't going to make you feel any better or have more energy. Elevated Omega 6 will tend your body towards inflamation because the ecosanoids produced are the inflamatory prosteglandins. The cell membranes are not fluid when the ratios are wrong. The red cells don't flow as well through the capillaries because they are more rigid, white cells don't get into the tissue spaces as effectively, signaling through the cell membrane is sluggish, becoming refractory to insulin is a common result. The membrane's proteins don't pump ions as well, you get a poor seperation of charge and a dropped cellular electrical potential.The cells becomes less efficient at energy utilization, there's less transport in and out of good and bad elements, the environment becomes acidic and you now have set the conditions for disease. Chronic infection, diabetis, heart disease, cancer, chronic fatigue, auto immunity, you name it. If you don't start here, you're never getting out of the health issue hole that you've dug for yourself. The more attractive your internal environment is for the bad bugs, the more you are going to attract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Omega 3 is an essential fatty acid (EFA) that your body cannot synthesize, it needs to come from your diet. It's vital need is totally overlooked. Two common omega 3 EFA's are EPA and DHA which come from cold water fish oils. A good source would be Nordic Naturals or Carlsons which have the mercury and other toxins removed. A plant source is flax seed oil which has ALA and your body can convert to EPA and DHA. Avocados are also another good plant source. Grass fed animals have omega 3 in their milk and fats as do chickens fed flax and seaweed. Omega 6 is found in grain fed animals even farm raised fish. Most all of the common food oils such as corn, sunflower, safflower, canola, peanut, soybean are very high in omega 6. Even olive oil has only a 13% omega 3 content. There is a group Flax2 that is devoted to flax oil use in diease states and Dr. Johanna Budwig who was a omega 3 proponent in the early 50's. Dr. Budwig's material is a pretty good read. She called omega 3 the energy bridge probably because she was trained as a quantum physicist as well as a biochemist. There are labs that will test your cellular fatty acid ratios from your red blood cell membranes. Sick people commonly have levels as low as 2% of their cell membranes composed of omega 3 EFA's. The minimum recommended is 8% for normal functioning. Trans fats are a whole issue in and of themselves. The average trans fat consumption in the US is somewhere around 12 grams per day per capita. This stuff has no place in our food supply. It is a slow acting poison. Labeling is a start, but the majority of foods still has this stuff in them. Bringing up your omega 3 content of your cells is a start getting rid of your aches and pains caused by chronic inflamation. Of course you could also get the same releif by taking COX 2 inhibitors. > Until you address the Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio in the diet and more > importantly in your cell membranes, you will feel like constant crap. > Take a good hard look at what you are eating and what your ratio of > Omega 3 to Omega 6 is in your diet. The western diet is 20:1 Omega 6 > to Omega 3 where is should be 1:1. So if your cell membranes are > stuffed full of Omega 6 and trans fats, taking all the pills in the > world isn't going to make you feel any better or have more energy. > Elevated Omega 6 will tend your body towards inflamation because the > ecosanoids produced are the inflamatory prosteglandins. The cell > membranes are not fluid when the ratios are wrong. The red cells > don't flow as well through the capillaries because they are more > rigid, white cells don't get into the tissue spaces as effectively, > signaling through the cell membrane is sluggish, becoming refractory > to insulin is a common result. The membrane's proteins don't pump > ions as well, you get a poor seperation of charge and a dropped > cellular electrical potential. > The cells becomes less efficient at energy utilization, there's less > transport in and out of good and bad elements, the environment becomes > acidic and you now have set the conditions for disease. Chronic > infection, diabetis, heart disease, cancer, chronic fatigue, auto > immunity, you name it. If you don't start here, you're never getting > out of the health issue hole that you've dug for yourself. The more > attractive your internal environment is for the bad bugs, the more you > are going to attract. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Sorry, I do know this about Omega 3s. I even bought a book on good and bad fats (Sally Fallon). I was just wondering if you could provide a link to a simple list of good and bad foods. Especially knowing which ones to avoid, I think would be helpful. I've also heard that flax seed oil has its drawbacks. I took it for quite a while, but I think other oils may be easier to digest. pennytbrownerski <tbrownerski@...> wrote: Omega 3 is an essential fatty acid (EFA) that your body cannot synthesize, it needs to come from your diet. It's vital need is totally overlooked. Two common omega 3 EFA's are EPA and DHA which come from cold water fish oils. A good source would be Nordic Naturals or Carlsons which have the mercury and other toxins removed. A plant source is flax seed oil which has ALA and your body can convert to EPA and DHA. Avocados are also another good plant source. Grass fed animals have omega 3 in their milk and fats as do chickens fed flax and seaweed. Omega 6 is found in grain fed animals even farm raised fish. Most all of the common food oils such as corn, sunflower, safflower, canola, peanut, soybean are very high in omega 6. Even olive oil has only a 13% omega 3 content. There is a group Flax2 that is devoted to flax oil use in diease states and Dr. Johanna Budwig who was a omega 3 proponent in the early 50's. Dr. Budwig's material is a pretty good read. She called omega 3 the energy bridge probably because she was trained as a quantum physicist as well as a biochemist. There are labs that will test your cellular fatty acid ratios from your red blood cell membranes. Sick people commonly have levels as low as 2% of their cell membranes composed of omega 3 EFA's. The minimum recommended is 8% for normal functioning. Trans fats are a whole issue in and of themselves. The average trans fat consumption in the US is somewhere around 12 grams per day per capita. This stuff has no place in our food supply. It is a slow acting poison. Labeling is a start, but the majority of foods still has this stuff in them. Bringing up your omega 3 content of your cells is a start getting rid of your aches and pains caused by chronic inflamation. Of course you could also get the same releif by taking COX 2 inhibitors. > Until you address the Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio in the diet and more > importantly in your cell membranes, you will feel like constant crap. > Take a good hard look at what you are eating and what your ratio of > Omega 3 to Omega 6 is in your diet. The western diet is 20:1 Omega 6 > to Omega 3 where is should be 1:1. So if your cell membranes are > stuffed full of Omega 6 and trans fats, taking all the pills in the > world isn't going to make you feel any better or have more energy. > Elevated Omega 6 will tend your body towards inflamation because the > ecosanoids produced are the inflamatory prosteglandins. The cell > membranes are not fluid when the ratios are wrong. The red cells > don't flow as well through the capillaries because they are more > rigid, white cells don't get into the tissue spaces as effectively, > signaling through the cell membrane is sluggish, becoming refractory > to insulin is a common result. The membrane's proteins don't pump > ions as well, you get a poor seperation of charge and a dropped > cellular electrical potential.> The cells becomes less efficient at energy utilization, there's less > transport in and out of good and bad elements, the environment becomes > acidic and you now have set the conditions for disease. Chronic > infection, diabetis, heart disease, cancer, chronic fatigue, auto > immunity, you name it. If you don't start here, you're never getting > out of the health issue hole that you've dug for yourself. The more > attractive your internal environment is for the bad bugs, the more you > are going to attract.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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