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"Since most Americans consume far more omega-6 than omega-3 fatty acids, the SuperFood wild salmon and its rich supply of omega-3 fatty acids can contribute significantly to weight-loss success. There's another issue worth considering in regard to weight loss and dietary fat: Researchers have recently been learning that it's not just the amount of fat in the diet that affects weight loss or gain; it's also the type of fat. Studies have found that diets high in saturated fat promote weight gain beyond the simple mathematics of caloric intake." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Eat adequate omega-3 fatty acids (from fish, nuts, beans, olive oil) or supplement with omega-3 fatty acids by rotating your consumption of fish, flax, and EPA/DHA oils. Rotate these with borage and evening primrose oils that provide a natural blend of omega-3 and omega-6, particularly helpful to hormone balance. • Exercise thirty minutes each day, ideally. • Maintain a normal weight. Cancer and Diet Most people develop cancer from an environmental exposure affecting a genetic tendency. We also know that such genetic tendencies can be improved by the foods we eat." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Other research shows that higher dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids is associated with a lowered risk of autoimmunity in children who are at genetic risk of type 1 diabetes. VITAMIN D. A striking body of data shows that having higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may lower the risk of developing multiple sclerosis significantly. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health examined more than 7 million U.S. military personnel who had serum samples stored in the Department of Defense Serum Repository and correlated each individual's vitamin D levels." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The researchers wondered if the omega-3 fatty acids in the fish might be significant as a moderator and improver of behavior. The researchers speculated that the exercise programs may have benefited the children's brain structure.33 This has been established by experiments with mice. Mice that run in cages experience a growth of brain cells, and mice that run in cages together with other mice experience even greater growth of brain cells." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"You may be aware that arginine and omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential to endothelial health and other bodily functions, are plentiful in fish. But there are other, healthier sources of these substances, which I will discuss when I recommend dietary supplements for those on my program. 2. Dairy products. That means butter, cheese, cream, ice cream, yogurt, and milk—even skim milk. 3. Oils. All oils, including virgin olive oil and canola oil. (For more on this subject, please see Chapter 10.) 4. Refined grains." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.) "Those without disease can consume walnuts in moderation because they can provide considerable omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for many essential bodily functions. But I am extremely wary of nuts. Although short-term studies funded by nut companies show that they may positively affect good and bad cholesterol, I know of no long-term studies indicating that they can arrest and reverse heart disease, and patients may easily overingest them, elevating their cholesterol levels. Now, for the foods you are allowed—in fact, encouraged—to consume." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.) "Omega-3 fatty acids. You can fulfill your daily requirement by consuming one tablespoon of flaxseed meal each day—perhaps sprinkling it over cereal. Be sure to refrigerate ground flaxseed. 6. Cholesterol-lowering drugs. These must be taken under a physician's supervision. My own preference is one of the statin cholesterol-lowering drugs, which should be started when you begin the nutrition program. Together, the drug and your new way of eating will usually reduce your total cholesterol level to less than 150 mg/dL in just fourteen days." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.) "There is no doubt that the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish are valuable, but there are other, safer sources of these acids, which I will discuss in Chapter 8. 5. US DA recommendation: "When selecting and preparing meat, poultry, dry beans, and milk or milk products, make choices that are lean, low-fat, or fat-free." This is largely obfuscation—confusing and misleading for the vast majority of people who are unfamiliar with the science. There are no fat-free meats. Some meat is merely less fat than other meat—and thus slightly less toxic. The same is true of poultry." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"High consumption of omega-6 can increase inflammation; in contrast, omega-3 fatty acids have strong anti-inflammatory properties. Omega-3 is most readily available through the consumption of fish and shellfish. Wild salmon, North Atlantic mackerel, sardines, flounder, sole, scallops, shrimp, pollack, red snapper, and tilapia are best because they all have a low mercury content. Avoid farmed salmon, which has a high PCB content, and high-mercury fish such as king mackerel, marlin, orange roughy, shark, swordfish, tilefish, and tuna." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Flax oil is the highest food source for omega-3 fatty acids and is great for your mood, skin, hair, nails, and digestion; but because lignans are not oil-soluble, flax oil is not very effective for helping your estrogen metabolize better. For improved estrogen metabolism, you really need to eat ground flaxseeds. You can grind flaxseeds in a coffee grinder or simply buy flax meal, available in most health food stores." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"At the turn of the millennium, one of the most touted supplement was omega-3 fatty acids, found in high concentrations in fish oil. It was widely believed to be a powerful antioxidant that protected against cancer. Alas, a review published in 2006 found no evidence that this supplement was related to the incidence of that dread disease.12 Even more: taken-for-granted beliefs about dietary practice have not held up to scientific scrutiny." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"There are two types: omega-3 and omega-6. omega-3 fatty acids are most important, as they bring balance to our hormones, reduce inflammation, regulate our blood sugar, prevent blood clotting, keep our cholesterol and triglycerides in balance, relax our blood vessels, and make our cells healthy and resilient. Omega-3 fats are found in fish oil, olive oil, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and some organ meats. The most important omega-3 fats are EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), both made from alpha linoleic acid." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"The effects omega-3 fatty acids have on tumor growth depend upon background levels of omega-6 fatty acids and antioxidants. Variations in these compounds may account for previously inconsistent results in experimental carcinogenesis. This factor not only applies to lab experiments; it also applies to epidemiological studies of population groups. A number of factors may have been overlooked by designers of epidemiological studies, including the following: There has generally been no accounting for background omega-6 intake that would affect fatty acid ratios." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"John's Wort, SAMe, and omega-3 fatty acids eventually may prove to he valuable additions to the psychiatrist^ pharmacologic armamentarium, both as monotherapy and as adjunctive therapy for mood disorders. Current research data are compelling, from a standpoint of both efficacy and safety...." —David Mischoulon, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard University Department of Psychiatry Depression and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital covered by the country's national health care system, and in fact is the number one prescribed antidepressant in Germany and most of Europe." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "High-quality fish oil supplements are an excellent way to get the many health benefits of the omega-3 fatty acids (see page 299). Other ingredients you may see on the ingredients list in a glucosamine-chondroitin formula may include sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa), grape seed extract, boswellia, and turmeric, all of which have varying degrees of anti-inflammatory action. Exercise for Arthritis You may feel like exercise is out of the question if you have arthritis. Not so." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "And omega-3 fatty acids, which are a part of a number of "combo cures," have a positive effect on so many areas of health and well-being that it's hard to imagine how anyone on the planet wouldn't benefit from them. So the "cures" in this book will never hurt anyone, and I like to think they will help most people—at least a little, if not substantially. Best of all, not one ingredient in any of the "cures" is addictive, and not one of them has the remotest potential for abuse or for death by overdose." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Not only are they loaded with the aforementioned astaxanthin, but they're a great source of valuable omega-3 fatty acids. Krill oil is increasingly being researched for its health benefits (see below), and one of the nicest of those benefits is the effect krill oil has on premenstrual syndrome (PMS). In a double-blind, randomized clinical trial, seventy patients diagnosed with PMS (by the standards of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised) were treated for three months with either krill oil or plain old omega-3 fish oil." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Their supplement program featured CoQIO, alpha-lipoic acid, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acids. The combined therapy, they found, effectively sped recovery time. In another experiment, Rosenfeldt's group started sixteen heart patients on a similar program about a month before cardiac surgery. Six weeks after surgery, they found the patients experienced significant improvements in medical tests and quality of life compared to other patients receiving conventional care." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "People still take in about 60 percent of their diet in the form of fat and are not consuming sufficient quantities of fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and other nutrients. This amount of fat carries the risk of poisoning the body with pesticides and insecticides that ultimately end up in fatty tissue high in the food chain. The same limitation holds true for the South Beach diet." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "High levels of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. The body cannot make essential fatty acids, so we must consume them as dietary fats (or oils) in the right balance. They allow for the storage of energy, the absorption of vital nutrients and vitamins, the production of numerous hormones, and the smooth function of the body. Dietary fats come in two basic forms: saturated and unsaturated. Saturated fats are found in meat, poultry, and whole-milk dairy products. We tend to eat too many of them, creating an increased risk for cardiovascular disease." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"In addition to having deficient hormones, these women have mood problems (from lack of omega-3 fatty acids) as well as difficulty making new bone. Specialty lab tests can measure your digestive enzymes and the fat content of your stool to see if this is a problem. If so, lipase and bile supplements can be added to help you absorb essential fats. Many women with bone loss are put on medications when they in fact need hormones, lipase, magnesium, trace minerals, and vitamins B3 (niacin), B6, D, E, and K." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"There is some disagreement as to the right ratio between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. Our early ancestors probably ate roughly equal amounts of omega-6 and omega-3 essential fatty acids. In the modern industrialized countries, most people eat from 10:1 to as high as 30:1 omega-6 to omega-3. Based on the research of Yeluda and Carasso,64 many modern alternative practitioners recommend a ratio of 4:1. This ratio of fatty acids will produce a favorable production of the friendly prostaglandins, series 1 and series 3, and a limited amount of the unfriendly series 2 prostaglandins." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Spinach provides your body with a rich infusion of SuperNutrients including lutein/zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids, glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, vitamins C and E, the B vitamins including thiamine, riboflavin, B6, and folate; minerals including calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, and zinc; various polyphenols, and betaine. That's a pretty impressive array of nutrients for a simple, delicious leaf. And, in fact, it's only a partial list of the nutrients in spinach." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Enter wild salmon, a top source of the omega-3 fatty acids. Research studies are beginning to reveal the power of omega-3s to promote weight loss in a variety of complex ways. One study with mice found that fish oil affected body fat distribution among the subjects. In this study the mice were divided into three groups. Some were fed soybean oil, some lard, and others fish oil. Those who were fed fish oil developed less visceral fat, which refers to the fat surrounding the organs that is difficult to reduce and a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease17." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"I personally use 800 lU daily. 4. omega-3 fatty acids, such as flax seed oil or fish oil, help lower the blood pressure and improve the circulation. According to Jordan S. Rubin, N.M.D., C.N.C, more than 60 double-blind studies show that "either fish oii supplements or flaxseed oil [both rich in omega-3 fatty acids] are very effective in lowering blood pressure," as well as significantly reducing the risk of developing heart disease {Patient Heal Thyself, 2003, p. 136). Take four 1,000 mg soft-gels daily of either flax seed oil or fish oil, (or both). 5." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.) "The American diet has drastically altered its ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the last century favoring omega 6 (pp. 1-2). The suggested ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids is 1:1, however the current ratio (the American diet) is approximately 20:1 omega-6 to omega-3." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"I also recommend an MVP (see section 172) and omega-3 fatty acids, 1-3 capsules three times a day. (See section 94 for the complete lowdown on omega-3 fatty acids.) If you don't want to take fish oils (omega-3 fatty acids are marketed primarily as EPA [eicosapentaenoic and docosah-exaenoic acid]), other natural sources of omega-3 fatty acids are flaxseed oil, pumpkin oil, canola oil, and soy oil (1-2 teaspoons added to a salad dressing should help). Significant amounts are also found in English walnuts, navy beans, kidney beans, soybeans, and Great Northern beans. 225." - Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Flaxseed is also high in omega-3 fatty acids and it can provide benefit by balancing other higher order fats, particularly omega-6. The fiber and omega-3 fatty acids contained in flax can also lower blood pressure and reduce risks of coronary events. Flaxseed can be purchased in most health food stores and some grocery stores. Most stores also sell flax oil but it is better to consume flax from freshly ground seed rather than oil. Flax oil has a tendency to become rancid; a long transition time from extraction of the oil to consumption may render the oil more harmful than beneficial." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.) "Fish oil's main components are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), both of which are omega-3 fatty acids. One of the studies measured the blood levels of EPA and DHA from 317 men with prostate cancer, compared to 480 age-matched healthy men as controls. The men with highest levels of both had a significantly lower risk for prostate cancer as the men with the lowest levels.9 Omega-3 fatty acids are also abundant in most nuts and seeds, and in dark green leafy vegetables. Many of the food and herbal items that help with chronic diseases have high levels of omega-3." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"The lipid hypothesis cannot be reconciled with the carbohydrate hypothesis, and the theory that a deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids (call it the neolipid hypothesis) is chiefly to blame for chronic illness is at odds with the theory that refined carbohydrates are the key." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

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