Dr. Mercola November 29 2007 142,548 views
Conventional medicine is a good thirty years behind alternative medicine.
Good one, Uncle Russ!
The other day I was explaining to the local ladies my diet strategy, central to which is taking care to get lots of good fats. They all thought they'd heard me wrong. I explained in detail pretty much what Dr. Mercola has above, with the exception of the importance of getting unadulterated Omega-6 as well, in the proper ratio. They listened because the results show. I think the Japanese have famously excellent health largely because they relish raw fish. I also think many of the current crop of health problems (diabetes is rampant) result from pollution of said fish. Word is that 90% of women here have endometriosis. Could it be the dioxins?
For David....I agree with you 100%. I have been SO health conscience via healthy eating and exercise. Just TRY saying something (in a very nice way) to someone who is drenching their food in salt, plate high in gravy, butter...and so on...your views on healthy eating and WHY! They DO look at you like your nuts or some kind of fanatic! It's like they have NO clue even with our TV having programs very often about the importance of this. They just DO NOT seem to GET IT! Maybe they just to not want any kind of advice because they didn't ASK for it. I guess I should just keep my mouth shut and LET them slowly kill themselves....SO frustrating!!
Thanks Russ, I think I'll eat my chia pet now.
smclark7 I loved your comment about eating your chia pet!
I agree with all aspects of this article bar one: while krill may be the best source for omega 3 fats and at the same time contain necessary anti-oxidants, it has one major flaw in my opinion.
Krill is the bottom of the food chain. This is one of two major food sources for blue and gray whales. At this moment, Japan has been harvesting krill and the other major food source for these large sea mammals: plankton. If you devastate the bottom of the food chain, the devastation will quickly work its way up.
So while krill oil may be ideal for human consumption, it is perhaps not the moral, responsible choice for consumption.
This is my big concern too. I just recently started using krill oil, but in the past couple of weeks I've heard from more than one source that harvesting krill can result in major problems for whales. So now I'm torn: what safe choice do I have?
Margaret
I agree. If humans eat consume something that has a detrimental effect on our system as a whole, no one wins in the end. I'm going to look for an alternative.
I am a member of the Nature Conservancy, and in the new issue of their magazine, one article discusses anchovies as a more sustainable alternative to larger fishes like tuna. It takes much less energy to produce these little fish, because they are at the bottom of the food chain. However, this seems to contradict what is being written here. Does anyone wish to comment for or against eating anchovies in relation to personal health and environmental issues?
As for me, I TOTALLY agree with you. There are WAY too many creatures on our earth that are becoming extinct and I believe MOST of it (maybe ALL of it) is because we humans are NOT taking care of our planet. We would NOT have to try and rely on alternatives to fish or anything else if it were not for US polluting our environment. It's SUCH a dilemma...how can you change people and the way they do things? It's almost impossible...even when we're bombarded with it on the news and other informative sources like the National Geographic channel. We've become WAY to concerned with just ME, ME, ME and not on the consequence of what we are doing to our planet. We ARE going to pay the price and that is SUCH a VERY sad thing. (I will add that I am 'guilty as charged' for doing the VERY same things many, many times just to save money...but, what ARE we to do? I only wish I had a 'soapbox' to get on and try to DRILL this into people...SIGH!!!!! :-o :-(
My 6'2" son had severe leg pains and cramps as a teenager. I took him to the doctor who told me that it was "growing pains" and he would have to learn to live with it. A research scientist from England said that 75% of all humans are allergic to dairy products and that we needed Omega 3 fish oil for our joints.
I convinced my son to stop eating dairy products and take 10-15 Omega 3 capsules a day, but only because he wanted to continue playing basketball. Within 2 weeks all pain ceased, but he hated taking them. He stopped when he graduated. Now he is a basketball coach and has players who have experienced the same thing he did. (Omega 3 deficiency)
Through the years I have tried various different Omega 3 supplements and fish products. All have been rejected by my children and grandchildren. Recently I found a brand that meets most of the requirements that everyone on this blog has been talking about; purity (free of heavy metals, PCB's or dioxin), from the smaller oily fishes; mackerel, sardines and anchovies, freshness with protection against oxidation damage, absorption in the intestines instead of the stomach and easy to take with no fishy aftertaste.
I talked my son into taking a capsule one morning after eating cereal with milk (What can I say...he's a grown man now) He refused until I challenged him. He did not get sick or purp that familiar yuky taste. Now even my 6 year old granddaughter swallows the pretty large capsule without water. No fuss and no struggle. After a couple of days of taking the supplement, my 9 year old granddaughter stopped wetting the bed! I read of a child taking this supplement and ADHD symptoms seemed to vanish. Another child stopped having frequent urinary tract infections. My son's headaches have stopped and I am praying that it will help him realize how smart his parents are.
Email me if you want to know the name of the product: hopkibm@yahoo.com.
Uncle Russ:
I'm disappointed in you. Calling somebody stupid is not an effective way to teach.
Perka