Re: RE:Question for Kiddietalk re: ProEFA

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim!

I heard that cooking will change the fish oils, and not in a good

way -however you can add the fish oil to the pancakes, eggs or

cookies after they are cooked. What a shame too -we all know our

kids would just love fish oil pancakes, eggs and cookies (that was a

joke -but... they do have fish oil ice cream!!

http://www.wnbc.com/health/1009635/detail.html )

It depends on which EFAs you use too. My friend -Ross

who is an Internal Medical MD out of Kimball Medical Center in Brick

NJ is one doctor who although is a traditional MD, studies, uses and

recommends EFAs to her patients, and her family (and friends -she

still says that she is the one that got me into the fish oils for

Tanner) uses flax seed oil in her cooking but takes and

recommends fish oil in the 'sushi' state and calls her

patients " fish deficient " (If you live near Brick NJ -I highly

recommend as an MD, she is much loved by her patients and the

other MDs -however she too will be moving to Florida near me at some

point...so hurry!)

Here is one article on cooking with oils that may help!

http://www.thaipharm.com/en/medical/vegetable.pdf

Here are a few articles on how to cook with flax seed

http://www.eco-vie.com/flax_cooking.html

http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/flaxpd5.htm

Information from Dr. Katz about flax seed (if used alone)

Flax seed oil or freshly ground flax seeds are an excellent source

of

the essential omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA or LNA) which is the

quintessential parent member of the omega-3 family of essential

fatty

acids (EFAs). The body transforms it into EPA and the EPA into

DHA.

This transformation is very inefficient (the yield is about 10%) and

is

further inhibited by over consumption of omega-6 fatty acids from

most

vegetable oils or certain disease states. Therefore, it is

advisable to

independently consume also ready made EPA and DHA from good

quality fish of from high quality fish oil supplements. Some

recommended

intakes are listed on the Introductory lecture on EFAs that I gave

at the

First Conference on Therapy of Verbal Apraxia, July 23-24, 2001,

town, NJ. (http://www.apraxia.cc)

The CHERAB Foundation's positive research results on potential

improvement in speech following EFA supplementation are based

on the use of ProEFA (Complete Omega) and that contains also

another essential fatty acid, GLA which is an omega-6 fatty acid.

The latter appears to be beneficial to children with apraxia. It is

not present in flax seed/flaxseed oil.

None of these materials present with any known side effects or

known toxicity in an otherwise healthy person. Nevertheless, we

advise

every user of supplements to use them under medical supervision.

We don't know your child and we cannot provide you with medical

advice.

Sincerely,

Katz, Ph.D. "

Hope that helps Kim!

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[Guest guest]

One way that we gave EFA to our younger son was to drip it onto a

vanilla wafer. It soaks in (sometimes you've got to scratch through

the brown outside) and if it was the 2nd one we gave him, he'd never

notice. Pancakes would probably work the same, too.

Marina

- In , " Heuvelhorst, Mark & Kim "

<mkheuvey@s...> wrote:

> Hi,

> Thanks for all the information on EFA. I am planning to start my

son (3.0

> years) on Pro EFA capsules soon. Do you know if it is OK to cook

it into

> something such as a scrambled egg or a pancake or cookie etc? Or

will the

> heat damage the effectiveness in some way?

> Thank you,

> Kim H