Archive for the ‘Omega 3’ Category
The Tragedy of Manufacturing Foods
Written by lsmithers -We’ve been eating Frankenstein foods for 5 decades. It began as far back as Crisco that was hailed much better for you than lard. Then in the 60’s, we were assaulted with chemically treated soybean oils, packaged and wrapped foods designed for a very long shelf life with your health secondary–if it was thought of at all.
This is a very common sense question we must all ask. What is your body to do with chemicals? When ingredients are added to foods you eat, ingredients you cannot name, pronounce or recognize, how do you think your body will respond?
Foods stripped of nutrition by processing, a dash of chemicals to preserve and vitamin fortified is a recipe for illness. Oh, it all gets quite confusing. Flowing headlines on packages that sounds so good, labels with ingredients you can’t read; ingredients that hide thanks to an FDA ruling allowing it; commercials assaulting our senses of the latest new food ready in less than 60 seconds accommodating our non-stop lives. Read more »
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The Facts About Flaxseed and ALA
Written by lsmithers -I read the other day on a flaxseed website that you don’t need fish – just take “heart healthy” flaxseed. Neither the FDA nor science has yet to give ALA (flaxseed is 57% ALA) or flaxseed itself a heart healthy classification. A “heart healthy” claim was given for EPA and DHA from fish. Here’s another statement found on a flaxseed website:
“ALA, may be even more effective than the EPA and DHA found in fatty fish and fish oils in lowering the risk of some coronary vascular disease problems.”
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Omega-ology 101: Omega-3 Basics
Written by lsmithers -“In terms of its potential impact on health in the Western world, the Omega-3 story may someday be viewed as one of the most important in the history of modern nutritional science.” - William S. Harris, PhD, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2003)
Well, Dr. Harris accurately predicted what was to come.
There’s been an awful lot written over the past four years about Omega-3s. Since 2004 when the FDA issued a health qualifying claim for EPA and DHA, an overwhelming amount of information, mis-information and products have been thrust upon consumers.
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