The Incredible Importance of Omega-3's

re: The Incredible Importance of Omega-3's

nathansmommy1973 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:47:15 GMT

I for one do not like seafood so I have to take a supplement if I want all the benefits of Omega 3 in my diet. I've been recently introduced to the Neurovi brand Omega 3 which is supposed to be one of the best out there and so far so good. It's also not as expensive as one of you said supplements are, i get it from their website for about $20 something dollars.. I used to take Shaklee brand but I can't afford all of their products since they are outrageously expensive. The one I'm using now seems to do the trick. Anyone else try it?

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Heather Marsh — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:05:46 GMT

It is my understanding that insufficient levels of dietary (unrefined) sources of the omega oils and saturated fats are even more important in pregnancy, and that inadequate levels will result in PND.

Anyone have further info on this?

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ezra34 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:45:53 GMT

Omega-3's are PUFA's (poly unsaturated fatty acids ).. They are all bad. Omega-3's are less bad than omega-6's, but bad none the less. Mercola is spot on so much of the time, I wish he would look into the evidence that the PUFA's are harmful to the body. There's a reason the body doesn't make them...they're bad. Flax oil is a wood preservative....all the seed oils peroxidize quickly (i.e. go rancid )... they are only slightly different from diesel fuel ( i.e. biodiesel )

NUTRI-SPEC.NET search for omega-3's The emperor has no clothes PUFA's are as bad as trans fats

Ezra34@hotmail.com / NC Naturopractor

re: The Incredible Importance of Omega-3's

mike4 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:23:59 GMT

Morning,

I use only flax seeds. My question is why doesn't one just use cod liver oil, which from what i'm reading, give one the omega's, plus vit D-A-etc. With all the other vit. in it seems like it's a 1 stop shop :o)

If there is a downside to cod oil (hear emulsified is the best to take) please enlighten.

thanks

Mike

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Maurine1 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:51:10 GMT

I don't understand why more doctors don't realize the extreme effectiveness of MEGAdoses of vitamin C to fight infections. Well, I do understand: when antibiotics (now often losing their effectiveness) came on the scene, with all the pharmaceutical implications, something as simple (and non-profitable for the drug companies) as vitamin C treatment dropped from sight. People die from pneumonia when a 50g injection could turn it around in MINUTES. The desperate body sucks it up so quickly that it is gone from the bloodstream almost immediately. Excellent information is in Irwin Stone's The Healing Factor: Vitamin C Against Disease. http://vitamin foundation.org/stone/

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Pjmont — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:23:00 GMT

Keeping the Omega 3 to 6 ratio in the 1:2 or 1:3 range is ideal for preventing future cancers. Thus when I have fatty meat, I pop an enteric coated Omega 3 capsule to balance out my ratio even approaching 2-3 caps. Unfortunately though peanut butter when not coated in pesticide, has too high Omega 6 (so you need a Omega 3 capsule) but don't forget you are also getting one of the best things for you upper respiratory track from peanuts besides apples or green tea. Also don't forget that eggs are high in saturated fat as well so it's best to get your Omega 3 in the egg already. And if you want to avoid AMD, soft boil the eggs to keep the lutein in the yolk (4-1/2 minutes boil to cold water cool down).

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Bjarne — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:08:54 GMT

Omega 3 capsules from Kirkland - bought in Costco - or Salmon oil 1000 from General Nutrition Center (GNC) all contain contaminants. I have a radionic scanner as I am working as a holistic health therapist, and this scanner can be used to scan whatever. I have scanned the tab water, the súpplements I am taking incl. omega 3 and whatever might have my interest to know the amount of toxins, parasites, fungi, vira, bacteria, vitamins and minerals.

When I had scanned some sunflower seeds that I like very much I gave up eating them for some month as the scanning result was too scaring.

Today I have concluded that the best protection any of us might have is a strong immune system. And should I somehow get some unwanted toxinds I will be able to handle them with Radionics.

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Charisse — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:02:26 GMT

You can get omega 3's from grass fed beef (free range, not just dried hay..know where it comes from and how it was raised)...Studies have shown that it has the same amount of omega 3's as wild salmon.....also from carlson's cod liver oil..D3 too

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tink0119 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:46:10 GMT

What kind of omegas are you supposed to take? And should you take the same amount of omega 3, 6, &9. How do you know how much is a good balance. Can you get too much of one and not enough of the other?

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flbooks7 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:08:39 GMT

I know some of these things are very important for our health...my problem is being able to afford them. I bottle of good quality fish oil or krill oil is very expensive. I recently started taking the B-12 that they sell on this site and it's been very very helpful, but that was as much as I could afford for awhile. It's like you have to concentrate on one thing for awhile...then quit using that so that you can afford something else. I know you can get some things through food sources, but quality food is also very expensive. Not buying quality food is expensive as well...when you look at the deterioration in your health from not doing so. There are so many challenges to keeping your family healthy nowdays and I don't see as it's going to improve for awhile anyway. I'm not a negative person....just trying to work through some real health challenges in my family on a very limited budget.

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dpmsurf — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:35:05 GMT

Omega 3 is the power house of American Health. It can turn back the problems caused by too much Omega 6. It is a little disheartening to see that it does not have immediate effects. I would think that for some problems like arthritis and other inflammatory problems it probably would have positive effects. These positive effects would start right away when you started to increase your omega 3 levels.

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Carol M — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:55:26 GMT

The article states that fish is high in omega 3 fatty acids, and do you know where the fish get that from? From what they eat of course - algae. So go right to the source - eat algae instead of taking isolated and synthetic supplements! And I don't mean the "man made" algae, like spirulina and chlorella is that are grown artificially in cement ponds. But get the good stuff - the wild kind. Go wild!

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