Omega 3's and why we need them.

Omega 3’s and WHY we need them
 “We are what we eat” right?
Well more accurately “We are what our food eats.”
 
 Lets look at Fish oil more closely
In theory of everything: the majority of chronic incurable degenerative diseases are linked to inflammation.
The most critical driver of inflammation is the ratio of Omega 6 to  Omega 3 fats. Americans consume far too many inflammatory omega 6s and  far too few anti-inflammatory omega- 3s.


Your body requires Omega 3s
to reduce inflammation and keep your telomeres healthy (telomeres are what control your bodies aging process…..super important).
 
INFLAMMATION, INSULIN RESISTANCE, and OXIDATIVE STRESS are your  enemies. The cure to fighting this off is VITAMIN D and OMEGA 3 FATTY  ACIDS.
 
Omega  3s are one dietary item that can mitigate the damage that sugar does to  the brain and promote biochemistry and the processes that can  predispose us to happiness.
We were actually told to avoid this type of fat 40 years ago which  is why I believe there are so many medical doctors still telling their  patients to avoid fish oil, which is complete hog wash!
 
Most modern people are boiling pots of inflammation: HOT STEAMING CHURNING CAULDRONS of disordered, chaotic inflammatory responses. – William Davis MD.
He recommends a combined dose of Omega 3s fatty acids which are EPA and DHA NOT FISH OIL….there is a difference.
 
Being sarcastic here but
Thanks to farm subsidies and the power of Monsanto’s global soybean  monopoly, Americans now consume about 18 billion pounds of soybean oil a  year…WHAT?
That means about 20 percent of our calories come from soybean oil.  At the turn of the century, vegetable oils were almost unknown in the  food supply.
 
What  surprising to most people is that meat and chicken are BIG sources of  Omega 6 fats. Industrial farming has led farmers to switch their feed  from grass to corn and cereal grains and now those Omega 6 vegetable  fats comprise a significant portion of ‘Animal’ fat.
“You are what you eat” or more accurately “You are what your food eats.”


We now eat about ten times as much Omega 6 as Omega 3s and some people eat up to twenty-five times as much.
Balance in this area is absolutely critical. The omega-6 fuel  inflammatory pathways in the body while Omega 3 fats are inflammatory  FIGHTERS!- Dr. Hyman
 
Dr.  Hibbeln has found that the increase in Linoleic acid (a plant based  Omega 6 that is found in corn, soy, sunflower, safflower, cotton,  peanut, canola etc.) mostly from soybean oil, in the diet from 1960-1999  in five countries studies predicted a 100 fold increase in the risk of  homicide deaths…WHAT??
Not only do these vegetable oils result in more heart attacks,  obesity, and cancer but they may make people murderers….that may seem  extreme but the facts are the facts.


Considering  Omega 3 fats make up much of your brain tissue, this makes sense  because high intake of Omega-6 fats interfere with the benefits of  Omega3 fats.
 
Side  note: Corn is high in omega 6 fatty acis and are completely void of  Omega 3 fatty acids. Hence why corn is pro-inflammatory and linked to  increased risk of pain, artery disease, dementia, cancer and autoimmune  diseases etc. ( we will talk more about corn in a later post).
 
It’s  quite likely that most of the diseases of modern civilization, major  depression, heart disease, and obesity are linked to the radical and  dramatic shifts in the composition of the fats in the food supply. – Dr.  Hibbeln
(don’t even get me started on fish oil and the benefits it has for fighting depression amongst many of brain issues.)
 
SO here are some guidelines- Infants, children, pre-puberty needs-
DHA should be greater than EPA (2.6/1)
900 mg of EPA + DHA per day  
(nutri-west brand- complete childrens 8 daily)
 Adults: An ideal ratio of ALA, EPA, DHA and GLA. EPA should be double DHA.
3000mg/day of EPA+ DHA Omega 3s from purified fish oil per day.
 
Sources of quality Omega 3s I like:
Nordicnaturals.com- great kid option
Nutri-west.com- great kid options
Standardprocess.com
 
Literature researched by Dr. Dan Murphy who is citing multiple sources
Written up by Dr. Ashley Carnes