Rick- Fish oil great benefits but not good for asthma,

[Guest guest]

Hi Rick,

You are right! WOW!!! I wonder who is not telling the TRUTH????

That makes me wonder on many other nutrients and drugs for that matter???

I have kids with asthma, now I have no idea what to give them.

Elaine

 

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" Rick Muenzer " <r.muenzer

 

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:42 PM

Re: Fish oil great benefits but not good for asthma,

 

 

> Hi Elaine

>

> Did you ever read:

http://www.asthmaworld.org/Essential_Fatty_acid.htm

> ??????

> I wonder where Colin Price gets his paychecks?? I'll bet drug companies

> have some influence on him.

>

> Rick

>

> Elaine121 wrote:

>

> > Harvard Heart Letter - Harvard Health

> > Onlinehttp://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/hrttext.shtml

> >

> > Harvard Heart Letter

> > November 2001

> >

> > Go Fish: a Good Choice for Preventing Strokes

> > There's little doubt that fish is a healthy food. It's low in

> > artery-clogging saturated and trans fats. What's more, fatty, cold-water

> > fish such as salmon or mackerel are high in omega-3 fatty acids, which

are

> > thought to help inhibit the formation of blood clots in arteries.

Although

> > the evidence clearly suggests that eating fish may lower your chances of

> > having a heart attack or developing an abnormal heart rhythm, the

connection

> > with stroke is still coming into focus.

> >

> > A large study of dietary habits and health, published earlier this year

as

> > part of the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, has helped clarify this link.

> > During the 14 years they were studied, 574 of the almost 80,000 women

had a

> > stroke. Most (46%) were thrombotic strokes, which occur when a clot

blocks

> > the flow of blood in an artery leading to or inside the brain (see

figure).

> > Another 32% were hemorrhagic strokes, caused by bleeding inside the

brain.

> > Seven percent were the result of emboli - clots carried to the brain

from

> > elsewhere in the body.

> >

> > Women in the Nurses' Health Study who ate fish at least twice a week

were

> > about half as likely to suffer a thrombotic stroke as women who ate fish

> > less than once a month. (Journal of the American Medical Association,

2001,

> > Vol. 285, No. 3, pp. 304-12.) This finding is in line with earlier data

> > showing that eating fish reduces the chances of having a heart attack,

since

> > flow-blocking clots are a prime cause of heart attacks. But the results

also

> > put the stroke-related benefit of eating fish into perspective, showing

that

> > it is smaller than the benefit of taking aspirin and may be completely

> > overshadowed by that effect. Among women who regularly took aspirin, the

> > amount of fish eaten had little or no effect on thrombotic stroke. In

other

> > words, if you take aspirin regularly, eating fish won't give you extra

> > protection against stroke. But it may have other health (and

gastronomic!)

> > benefits, and certainly won't do you any harm.

> >

> > Fish Oils May Hold the Key

> > Nurses' Health Study investigators also wanted to learn whether omega-3

> > fatty acids were an important ingredient in the apparent ability of fish

to

> > prevent strokes. So they estimated how much of these fatty acids the

women

> > ate each day during the 14-year study period and compared the stroke

rates

> > of women with high and low intakes. Those at the high end were less

likely

> > to have had any kind of stroke. In particular, women whose diets

included

> > the most omega-3 fatty acids and who didn't take aspirin on a regular

basis

> > were half as likely to have had a thrombotic stroke as those whose

omega-3

> > fatty acid consumption was the lowest.

> >

> > What works for thrombotic stroke need not necessarily work for

hemorrhagic

> > stroke. Indeed, there's some evidence that eating a lot of fish - and

thus

> > getting hefty doses of omega-3 fatty acids - might slightly increase the

> > risk of bleeding strokes. For example, Eskimos living in Greenland, who

take

> > in 50 to 100 times as much omega-3 fatty acids as the average American,

have

> > a higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke. But no such increased risk was seen

in

> > the Nurses' Health Study, even among women who ate fish five or more

times a

> > week.

> >

> > Benefits from Fish Don't Necessarily Mean Benefits from Fish Oil

> > The results of this study could reflect other factors common to the

women

> > who ate the most fish, such as exercising more, smoking less, or eating

more

> > fruits and vegetables. They could also reflect the ability of omega-3

fatty

> > acids to prevent platelets in the bloodstream from clumping together.

> > Aspirin is thought to prevent - and treat - heart attacks the same way.

> >

> > This well-designed study lends support to dietary guidelines that

recommend

> > eating more fish. It also allays fears that eating fish several times a

week

> > might lead to hemorrhagic stroke. But it doesn't give us a green light

to

> > take fish-oil supplements instead of eating fish. So far, there is

little

> > good evidence that these supplements offer any further protection

against

> > cardiovascular disease, and they could contain too high a dose of

omega-3

> > fatty acids - especially for anyone taking blood-thinning medications

such

> > as Coumadin. Fish oil supplements can also make breathing problems worse

for

> > people with asthma.

> >

> > Web related inquiries:

> > colin_price

> >

> > ©1997-2001 President and Fellows of Harvard College

> >

> > Getting well is done one step at a time, day by day, building health

> > and well being.

> >

> > To learn more about the Gettingwell group,

> > Subscription and list archives are at:

> > Gettingwell

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Elaine

 

What is neat about Asthma World's information, it doesn't cost much

for fish oil supplements and definitely non toxic.

But it may take several weeks/months to notice any real difference

Worth trying even while you are taking poisonous drugs. All you have

to do is let the doctor think his poisons cured you. ;-)

 

Rick

 

Elaine121 wrote:

 

> Hi Rick,

> You are right! WOW!!! I wonder who is not telling the TRUTH????

> That makes me wonder on many other nutrients and drugs for that matter???

> I have kids with asthma, now I have no idea what to give them.

> Elaine

>

> -

> " Rick Muenzer " <r.muenzer

>

> Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:42 PM

> Re: Fish oil great benefits but not good for asthma,

>

> > Hi Elaine

> >

> > Did you ever read:

> http://www.asthmaworld.org/Essential_Fatty_acid.htm

>

> > Rick

[Guest guest]

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" Elaine121 " <Elaine121

 

Friday, November 30, 2001 1:55 PM

Rick- Fish oil great benefits but not good for asthma,

 

 

> Hi Rick,

> You are right! WOW!!! I wonder who is not telling the TRUTH????

> That makes me wonder on many other nutrients and drugs for that matter???

> I have kids with asthma, now I have no idea what to give them.

 

Hi Elaine,

 

While getting their Omega ratio balanced may not cure the asthma there are ample

medical studies that it will improve

their condition. Basically a body with too much Omega 6 AA and not enough Omega

6 DGLA and Omega 3 EPA will be

proinflammatory which means any inflammatory stimulus will be over reacted too.

 

Why not download KIM (link below) and check their diet out for Omega balance? I

just may help.

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Good Health & Long Life,

Greg Watson, gowatson

USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/

PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe

KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe