Fish Oil

Dr. Barry Sears revolutionized nutritional thinking around the world with his 1995 landmark #1 New York Times best seller The Zone. With The Zone, and his subsequent bestselling Zone books, Dr. Sears describes how a scientifically proven plan of moderate carbohydrate consumption balanced with appropriate amounts of protein and fat may help you live a longer and better life.

In his best seller, The Omega Rx Zone, Dr. Sears greatly expands the potential of the Zone to alter how we think about optimal health in general. Drawing upon his own research, as well as recently published studies, he reveals how a revolutionary new technological advance in fish oil manufacturing, never before available to the general public, may be the magic bullet to wellness.

This new high-dose, pharmaceutical grade fish oil is very rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Scientific evidence reveals a diet rich in long-chain Omega-3 fatty acids helps support:

a healthy brain*

a healthy heart*

a healthy immune system*

healthy joint movement*

healthy kidneys*

balanced mood and sense of well being*

strength and stamina*

and, helps maintain cholesterol levels that are already within the normal range.*

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

This new generation of fish oil is much different from the historical, impure, terrible-tasting cod-liver oil. As Dr. Sears points out, the fish oil doled out by our mothers and grandmothers, and currently sold at health food stores, has never been pure enough to be used in the quantities it takes to realize its potential benefits. The new pharmaceutical grade and ultra refined fish oil is more concentrated, free of dangerous toxins, and has been clinically tested with spectacular results.

By following the Zone diet and adding ultra-refined fish oil to your daily routine, Dr. Sears believes that each of us will reach our maximum potential for optimal health.

Information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and is not intended to act as a substitute for medical advice provided by a qualified health care provider.

If you are currently taking fish oil, please do your research and make sure that you are only taking the best.

Bev Storer is a writer and researcher in the field of nutrition and nutritional supplements. To learn more about ultra refined fish oil, visit http://www.omega3zone.biz or e-mail her directly at info@omega3zone.biz

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Fish oil is the best known source of Omega 3 fatty acids. Pharmaceutical grade fish oil is purified and filtered and is the best fish oil supplement. According to Dr. Barry Sears, best-selling author of the Zone Diet, even if a person eats fish three to five times per week, a daily fish oil supplement is still recommended.

Omega 3 fatty acids are essential to the body, but the body does not produce omega 3 fatty acids, so omega 3s must be obtained from food. Years ago, parents gave their kids cod liver oil which was nasty tasting and smelly. Today’s many pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplements are a much better alternative and are usually purchased in capsule form, so they are easy to swallow and easy to add to a healthy diet.

What is so important about omega 3 fatty acids?

The omega 3 fatty acids found in pharmaceutical grade fish oil help the body to rebuild brain cells and maintain healthy brain function. Fish oil has been shown to improve the symptoms associated with arthritis. It is hard to say which is the one best fish oil benefit, because there are so many. Studies have shown that omega 3 fatty acids in the diet may reduce the risk of heart disease and even cancer, but the beneficial effects on the brain may be obtained in a matter of weeks.

Fifty percent of the brain’s weight is fat and one third of its mass is omega 3 fats. Since we know that we must consume omega 3, because the body does not produce it on its own and most of us do not eat fish often enough, our best alternative is a pharmaceutical fish oil supplement. Certain conditions like depression and attention deficit disorder have shown improvement after pharmaceutical fish oil supplementation. People report improved memory and ability to concentrate after adding a high quality fish oil supplement to their diets.

There is always the question of quality when it comes to purchasing vitamins and other dietary supplements. The best advice is to read the label and make sure that the company is using pharmaceutical fish oil. The best fish oils, those containing the most omega 3s, come from fatty fish. One of the most interesting pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplements we’ve found and use ourselves is made from Hoki.

Hoki is a deep water fish native to the pristine coast of New Zealand, and is naturally very high in the two crucial types of Omega 3’s, called DHA and EPA.

Regardless of what kind of product you buy, the best fish oil is always pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplements.

Your health depends on it, so why not buy the best?

Learn more about the best pharmaceutical grade fish oil made from New Zealand Hoki at http://www.omega-3-fish-oil-guide.com

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America’s major dietary deficiency - EFA a panacea for good health

Today you cannot so much turn a corner without seeing a sign on a fast food restaurant’s window boasting the “Low Carb” menu. You cannot read a magazine without seeing an ad for “Adkins friendly” foods. Everyone it seems is preaching the Low Carb Diet. You are told what not to eat in a sentence. “Lower your carbohydrate intake” they say, but no one is emphasizing what you should eat. As there is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate for life, we humans can do just fine without bread, rice and potatoes. However, this food group does provide very cheap and quick fuel and has been used throughout history to nourish armies and feed the masses.

Proteins and fats are “essential” and without some in our diet, humans would perish. So I am going to focus on an important component of the diet, once you have cut your carbs down. The American (for that matter the modern) diet is deficient in fats. Yes, fats. The once blacklisted lambasted substance that dieticians had viewed as the single culprit for obesity is now being viewed as the panacea for good health. There is a nationwide fat intake deficiency. Not any fat mind you as the fast food industry is an ample supplier of the “wrong kinds of fats.” I am speaking of the omega-3 fatty acids and since the 1850’s dietary intake of these fatty acids has taken a nosedive. The omega-3 Fatty Acids (n-3FA) is a structure different from the n-6 and n-9 FA that we are more prone to find in our French fries and double cheeseburgers. Sources of n-3FA are from animal (fish) salmon, mackerel, tuna, and sardines, and from plant sources such as Flaxseed and Borage oil.

First and foremost, fatty acids are crucial in fetal development and early childhood development from neonates to adolescence. The brain is mostly comprised of fat and requires fatty acids. In particular docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) as building blocks. When someone calls you a fat-head, take it as a complement. The more dietary fat you take in the better chances you have of developing a health central and peripheral nervous system. Recently companies that manufacture infant formula have added lipids high in DHA, Enfamil LIPIL for example. Studies show that children exposed to higher concentrations of fatty acids in their diet tend to do better scholastically.

The health benefits of Omega Fatty Acids (n-FA) abound. Much research was gathered by studying the Inuit diet with a ratio of n-6:n-3 of 1:2.5 and other cultures (Okinawa, Japan for example) that consumed much of their dietary fat from fish in the 6:1 ratios. The Inuit (Eskimo) diet consisted almost exclusively of meat (there is very little space to grow “greens or grains” in the Arctic) and their meat source was overwhelmingly from the sea. Hence, their intake of rather high ratios of n-3 FA gave them near insusceptibility against cardiovascular disease. Since about the turn of the last century our ratios have changed drastically to that of about 20:1 and as a consequence we suffer a grave n-3 FA deficiency. This dietary state happens to be a pro-inflammatory condition. There are very strong scientifically proven connections between diets low in n-3 FA and higher incidences of a number of diseases. They include cardiovascular disease. Heart attacks and strokes are more common in people not consuming enough of this essential FA. There is even a connection with multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia and depression, and even osteoporosis. Research in the last few years has shown marked improvements in depression with high doses of EFA as the only treatment.

Since the link was made some years ago between inflammation and heart disease, it behooves one to do whatever to reduce the inflammation in our systems, beyond relying on a pill. As inflammation relates to many of the arthritises and degenerative diseases of our bodies, nutritionally minded doctors will often prescribe n-3 FA to their patients to help with the pain and progression of arthritis. There is obviously not enough room in this article to discuss specifics, but the take home message here is this. Of the near fifty know essential nutrients our body needs for survival, the one that has the highest daily requirement is the “essential fatty acids” and the consequences of suffering a deficiency has a major impact on the human body.

JP Saleeby, MD is Assistant Medical Director of LRMC-ED, and CEO of VSN a pharmaceutical grade dietary supplement company (http://www.vitasanus.com). Dr. Saleeby also practices integrative preventive medicine in a telemedicine forum, visit http://www.saleeby.net for more information. He can be reached for comment at jpsaleeby@aol.com.

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