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What Can A Little Fish Each Day Do For You?
by Judi Singleton
Supplementing with omega-3 oils - rich in EPA & DHA - have been found
to keep blood free flowing, vessels flexible and help protect people
from heart attacks. But superior heart health isnt all that fish oil can do for you.
Theres much much more! Omega-3 supplements, high in EPA and DHA, can
help people with depression, PMS, arthritis and other inflammations,
such as migraines. Theyre also important during pregnancy, nursing and
infancy when a babys eyes, nerves and brain are developing. If youre using omega-3 without EPA and DHA, youre wasting your
money. For example, youll probably be surprised to find out that
although flaxseed has omega-3 oils, there is no EPA or DHA in it. Fats from fish (salmon, trout, cod, halibut), sesame seeds, flaxseed or
soybeans improve most skin conditions including psoriasis.
Supplementation of the diet with flax seed oil, evening primrose oil or
fish oils is recommended. Cod liver oil or salmon oil capsules are more
palatable for those with less enthusiastic appetites for fish. These
high essential fatty acid foods interfere with the bodys production of
inflammatory chemicals, the ones causing psoriasis lesions to swell and
turn red.
Specific therapeutic foods for controlling asthma are: Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids: vegetable, nut, seed oils, salmon,
herring, mackerel, sardines, walnuts, flaxseed oil, evening primrose
oil, black currant oil. Take at least 1 T of one of raw oils daily to
minimize bronchial inflammation.
Warning. Eating farm raised salmon. When you eat a farm-raised fish, you are nearly eating the same type of
meal as eating beef. The fat content of the fish can be no different
from what they are fed. Farm raised fish are fed corn meal, soy and canola oil. When the fish
are fed these foods, the concentration of their fats turns far away
from the ideal, beneficial 3:1 omega-6 to omega-3 ratio to a ratio far
closer to the 20:1 found in commercially-raised beef.
Several weeks ago the FDA agreed with the EPA and now recommends that
all pregnant women avoid fish as up to 10 percent of them have high
enough mercury levels to cause neurodevelopmental defects in their
children. So fish oils are the next best alternative. Although some of
them are old fish and even the inners are sqeezed for the oil so be
sure you know where the fish oil comes from.
So make salmon a part of your diet at least this month buy Copper River wild salmon from Alaska then go back to taking salmon oil capsules and
eating canned salmon for the rest of the year.Avoid fish that are more likely to contain mercury including swordfish, shark, tuna, king mackerel and lobster. Limit canned tuna, and if youre not sure about a fish, dont eat it.Shop in conscientious markets that include sustainability in their mission. Talk to the fish guy or gal; find out where their fish comes from and what their policies are. At least that is what I got out of all I read this month on salmon and fish oil supplements.
References Fish Oil Update by Richard A. Passwater The Omega Rx Zone: The Miracle of the New High-Dose Fish Oil by Barry Sears
James McNairs Salmon Cookbook by James McNair, Patricia Brabant ( 1987) Food As Medicine: How to Use Diet, Vitamins, Juices, and Herbs for a
Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life by Dharma Singh Khalsa Four Seasons of Inner and Outer Beauty : Rituals and Recipes for
Wellbeing Throughout the Year by Peggy Wynne Borgman Beyond the 120 Year Diet : How to Double Your Vital Years by Roy L., M.D. Walford An absolute must-read is Multiple Sclerosis - a self-help guide to its
management by Judy Graham
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