Fish Oil Health Benefits: I Hate It When I’m Right (But This is Good News For You!)
Posted by Michael Byrd on Nov 30 2006 | Tagged as: Fish Oil Health Benefits
Science proves it! Now I’m going to be even harder to live with (as if I wasn’t already). Following nature’s blueprint, as I’ve been recommending for years, is the only way to maximize your family’s health and well being.
In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers from the National Cancer Institute found that increased intakes of alpha linolenic acid (ALA) – by itself – may increase the risk of advanced prostate cancer. The same study found that a combination of essential fatty acids ALA, Linoleic Acid (LA) and Arachadonic Acid (AA) did NOT increase prostate cancer risk. It was also found that a combination of omega-3 EPA and DHA intakes actually lowered the risk of prostate cancer. (AJCN, Vol. 80, No. 1, 204-216, 2004)
This study helps to demonstrate what I’ve been saying for years and that is the importance of “balanced” essential fatty acids, over isolated fatty acids, for optimum health. Of course, eating a whole food rich in whole grains and oily fish is important, but so is taking whole food, human food supplements, based on nature’s balanced blueprint.
So, where do you find a proper and balanced concentration of ALA, LA and AA (as they are found in whole foods)? The answer is simple; in any product that contains Tre-en-en Grain Concentrate. It’s easy to find and the best part of all is that this balanced essential fatty acid product has been there since 1958!
And, what about EPA and DHA? Well, Salmon Oil Plus is the only product that gives you the naturally balanced ratio of these omega-3 fatty acids, plus all 6 other omega 3 family members. They include ALA, SDA, ETA(3), ETA, HPA and DPA.
Hopefully, after reading a study like this, nobody who really cares about their health would knowingly take high concentrations of ALA. But, millions of people do this unknowingly every day. ALA is found in animal and non-animal sources, however, the most popular and aggressively marketed source of concentrated ALA comes in the form of “flaxseed oil.” This oil, pressed from the linseed, is unbalanced and has a very high concentration of ALA. Linseed oil (aka flaxseed oil) is used for many things, like paints and furniture polishes for example. But, it’s not listed in the USDA Database as edible for humans (by the way, neither are Borage oil or Evening Primrose oil).
ALA, in and of itself, is not bad – when balanced with other essential fatty acids as this study has shown. So, you can see, and science proves once again, that a balanced, whole food philosophy is the right philosophy for you and your family’s health. And balanced nutritional supplements give you many more benefits for your money and none of the dangers associated with isolated supplements.
Do yourself a favor. Don’t make me right again and continue taking something like flaxseed oil. Eat more nutritious whole grains and oily fish or click here to learn more about Salmon Oil Plus and click here to learn more about Tre-en-en concentrate.
