essential fatty acids, Diet considerations.

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ayurveda, Todd Caldecott <phyto@w...>

wrote:

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> http://www.krispin.com/omega3.htm

>

> I think the comments re: omega 6 fatty acids as well short chain

> omega-3's such as flax oil are particularly germane

>

> if the above is too confusing, here it is in a nutshell:

>

> •for cooking: use butter/ghee, coconut, olive or sesame ONLY, at

low to medium temperatures

> •avoid all seed/grain oils: canola, sunflower, safflower, peanut,

corn, flax, hemp

> •avoid transfats: hydrogenated oils, margarine, blackened meat,

> deep-fried fats

> •supplement with omega 3s: salmon, sardine, anchovy etc.; best

> vegetarian omega 3 source is perilla oil, but in reality, animal

source remains the best as only these contain docosahexanoic acid

(DHA); dosage ranges are between 5-10 g daily (= to 1000-2500 mg

EPA/DHA each daily)

> •eat grass fed, free range or wild meat, poultry and fish ONLY

>

> all of the above is ESPECIALLY key in childhood nutrition,

especially DHA, to ensure proper brain/nervous system development

 

Dear Members,

 

Though everything what Todd has written looks outside Indian

Ayurveda, there is a lot of substance in that. With the influence of

pharmaceuticals, chemical analysis of plants, and research on what

contributes to cure, we cant avoid this "westernization" of Ayurveda.

Though it is a new "avtara", we should, without leaving the old

ayurveda, accept the findings. IN this connection, the author was

meditating a lot on why a "fish" treatment given for asthma at

Hyderabad, India for last two generations, works for many. A small live fish

just removed from fresh water is put inside the mouth of a patient

on "full moon" day and he gulps it down along with some other

medicine. Though many have termed it as quackery, the answer is

provided by following:

 

FISH OIL MAY HELP WITH ASTHMA

 

A research study summarized (along with other relevant studies) on

the "Inernational Health News Database":

 

http://www.oilofpisces.com/asthma.html

 

"LARAMIE, WYOMING. Asthma is an increasingly common affliction in the

Western world. It is estimated that between 20 and 25 per cent of all

children suffer from one or more symptoms of asthma at some point.

There is evidence that a high dietary intake of linoleic acid (n-6

PUFA) may exacerbate asthma symptoms. Linoleic acid is found in

particularly high concentrations in vegetable oils such as safflower,

sunflower, and corn oils. Researchers at the University of Wyoming

now report that adjusting the dietary intake of polyunsaturated fatty

acids (PUFAs) may be effective in reducing asthma symptoms in many

patients. Their experiment involved 26 non-smoking asthma-sufferers

aged 19 to 25 years. The normal dietary intake of n-6 PUFA was

determined for all participants at the start of the study and after

one month. For the first month participants were given fish oil

capsules containing enough EPA and DHA to adjust their intake ratio

of n-3 PUFAs (fish oils) to n-6 PUFAs to 0.1:1. During the second

month the participants had their n-3 PUFA to n-6 PUFA ratio adjusted

to 0.5:1. The average fish oil intake required to produce the 0.5:1

ratio was 3.3 grams per day. Extensive testing showed that more than

40 per cent of the participants experienced a significant improvement

in their breathing ability and better resistance to asthma attacks

while on the high fish oil diet. The researchers conclude that

dietary supplementation with fish oils or other enriched sources of n-

3 PUFAs may be a viable therapy for asthma. Broughton, K. Shane, et

al. Reduced asthma symptoms with n-3 fatty acid ingestion are related

to 5- series leukotriene production. American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition, Vol. 65, April 1997, pp. 1011-17"

 

This is just one of a growing number of studies that shows how fish

oil may be able to help with asthma and other breathing problems.

referred to as COPD. These include asthma, bonchitis, and emphysema.

 

What surprises author is the fact that the fish cures asthma for many, but in

reality, fish never breaths!! It survives in water all the time with very little

oxygen available in water! So does it teach asthma patients to survive with

little oxygen in Kapha dosha (Earth+Water)? Appears similar to Pranayama

Kumbhaka also helps asthma patients, teaching them how to live with less oxygen.

This is also an example, how, the food ingested passes on it's intelligence to

the consumer. Please note that fish is eaten live, so when it dies, it really

lives in a new specie, by way of its intelligence.

 

This shows that many of studies in West are initiated as analysis

of facts. Indian scientists (Maharshis) millenium ago knew many

things without chemical studies. Such people with ancient knowledge

still exist, even today. May be they do not know that they are dealing with

Omega-3, Omega-6, DHA, etc.

 

Dr. Bhate

[Guest guest]

Dear Vaidyas:

 

I like to comment some valuable experience I have with ashtma,below

i descrived the topic.

 

I do have a definitive positive experience with myself as an ex-

asthmatic sufferer, no symptoms whatsoever for the last seven years.

Simple by following a far away from perfect dina-charya and Ritu

charya + some pranayama and/or chanting vedic mantras. So I didn¡¦t

know anything about less oxygen but I trusted the Pranayama science

and by keep practicing I came to the conclusion that systems when

practiced methodically really works .

 

My son which has been diagnosed as an Asthmatic sufferer by

conventional medicine , and , Every body knows what is the

allopathic solution for this condition, inhalers+ steroids. Once

again having faith in the fundamentals of Ayur veda and considering

that children in general are not very keen in adopting any form of

discipline, we begging to adopt the pranayama method adjusted in a

way as to attract a child interest, we use flute lessons, on a

daily basis, luckily he enjoyed it, asthmatic symptoms were

dramatically reduced, but the real change came after we attended a

seminar of Dr. Buteyko¡¦s teachings.

We did observe that these techniques prove to be very effective, even

with a not easy child as a patient .

 

Breathing less, seems to be the key, How do we came to this

conclusions ? We monitor on a daily basis and twice a day , we wrote

down notes in a chart with various columns, time of the day ,

holding the breathing (time in seconds), pulse rate , whether

conditions, time of the year, other rout nary habits regular food

intake yes or not, especial occasions such as birthday parties,

general response including symptoms increase or decrease, etc.

The findings were astonishing , and at the end of every exercise the

pulse rate was definitely lowered and firm, we were taught that this

will be a positive sign , is this correct ? In any case the result is

that we cut and eliminate in 6(six) month time the intake of

ventolin , and reduce the intake of steroid by 70%.

 

Once again we experience the connection and or triger factors that

brings some bad food combinations , including overeating, and the

intake of some foods, such as dairy products and and white fish,

require longer digestion timings, if I¡¦m not wrong our physiology

requires more oxygen, and more breathing and the breathing and heart

rate increases no matter how less the fish breath ļ or is the

personal prakrity what determines the outcome of this food

intolerance, that I don¡¦t know. I will love to know your views on

this important subject.

Hope that this is usefull to you all.

 

I wish you a good day

 

chai nitai