Re: Out with the Omega-3, in with the next hot product?
- From: "Lefty" <phluge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:45:38 GMT
Leila<leila_abu-saba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Re: Omega 3s - we supplement our kids with it because of researchAbsolutely. What I wanted to illustrate here is that, for example, people
showing its benefits on neurological function; and eldest kid has
medical issues I won't elaborate on here that have been shown to
benefit from Omega 3s. But we're careful not to eat too much fish that
could have high levels of mercury. It's such a balancing act.
In the end, as always, eat a wide range of foods, and eat them low on
the processing chain... prepared foods, foods with lots of ingredients
on the label, are just not going to be as healthy for you as things you
cook up yourself from whole ingredients - veg, fruit, whole grains,
animal proteins, nuts and legumes. IT's not all that difficult to
explain, but in this world it requires effort to actually eat this way.
Leila
are told not to eat much fish due to mercury but to include X amount of
Omega-3 which now turns out to be crap (your childrens special needs are of
course an exception to this). So people go out and buy fish oil supplements
so as to get Omega-3 but avoid mercury; this because their doctor says they
have a heart risk and need Omega-3, spending their money on this when, in
fact, they don't need the Omega-3 supplemented at all because the
heart-benefit claims are false. They could have ate reasonable amounts of
the good, healthy fish instead of a pill. This much money could afford way
more in terms of healthy food because fish oil caps are processed and
expensive.
Nobody researches harder to enable a performance/health balanced diet than I
do--and I am saying it IS difficult to maintain balance in the amounts of
nutrients in the amounts of food I need when, after adjusting a diet I find
out that the adjustment is based on nonsense. For me, adding something, or
changing something is sometimes a big adjustment. The complaint is that
they allow misinformation, which should be regulated.
When they came out with the studies that eggs must be limited, people for
whom eggs were the best source of morning protein because they were easy
and, importantly, available, had to find other sources. That takes work. I
don't mind work, but I don't want to work on my diet on the schedule chosen
to publish studies. You can say well just substitute Tofu-- meaning learn to
cook a new kind of food and adjust it to taste over the next several weeks
to see if it is what you need; you don't simply exchange Tofu for eggs, you
have to learn about it. What if I am currently focusing elsewhere in a
training area?
They put ingredients on a can in order of quantity, they should make them
label nutritional research by prominence of sponsor. AND they should make
the corporate sponsor of a study deemed to be false reimburse or buy back
anything purchased under recommendations that are later shown to be
motivated only by profit.
--
Lefty
Life is for learning
The worst I ever had was wonderful
Leila<leila_abu-saba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1143222462.663079.263970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Re: Omega 3s - we supplement our kids with it because of research
showing its benefits on neurological function; and eldest kid has
medical issues I won't elaborate on here that have been shown to
benefit from Omega 3s. But we're careful not to eat too much fish that
could have high levels of mercury. It's such a balancing act.
In the end, as always, eat a wide range of foods, and eat them low on
the processing chain... prepared foods, foods with lots of ingredients
on the label, are just not going to be as healthy for you as things you
cook up yourself from whole ingredients - veg, fruit, whole grains,
animal proteins, nuts and legumes. IT's not all that difficult to
explain, but in this world it requires effort to actually eat this way.
Leila
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