Combination of oils promotes heart health

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Combination of oils promotes heart health

 

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SHP: Dr. DeSilva as you

know, research continues to confirm the cardiovascular health benefits

of essential fatty acids. Our research and development team has taken

action to formulate what we believe is the best EFA-cardiovascular

health supplement on the market. We placed it in our Swanson® Condition Specific line and call

it Cardio Health Oils. We’re very proud of this new

product and we think it will help a lot of people.

Dr. DeSilva: Yes, I have

seen Cardio Health Oils advertised in your

publications and I find it very interesting. It sounds very good.

SHP: Could you give us

some background on essential fatty acids (EFAs) and the role they play

in promoting cardiovascular system health?

Dr. DeSilva: Discovery of

the roles essential fatty acids play in heart health is not new. I

remember in the 1970s when the benefits of omega-3 EFAs found in salmon

were first being touted. We knew that salmon oil was good for heart

health. I remember my in-laws were very much into taking omega-3

supplements. Then the initial response to the health benefits of

omega-3s and omega-6s died down in the ‘80s and ‘90s. In the past few

years interest has rekindled because of more data supporting the

cardio-protective effects of EFAs.

SHP: Between the omega-3

and omega-6 EFAs, is one form more important than the other?

Dr. DeSilva: First of all,

omega-6s are pretty unstable. The omega-3s have more of a beneficial

effect. Both are important when working together, but there needs to be

a balance. I think the recommendation today is a two-to-one or

three-to-one balance of omega-3s to omega-6s. The higher ratio of

omega-3s helps even out the instability of the omega-6s. And don’t

forget omega-9 fatty acids, they are important too.

SHP: Some people ask us

why Cardio Health contains so many different oils.

They ask if specific oils have EFAs, why should it matter which oils

the EFAs come from.

Dr. DeSilva: I have heard

similar questions about antioxidants. What I tell people is that each

antioxidant (or oil in this case) has a different method of operation,

even though they carry basically the same benefit.

The analogy I use is that there are various

ways to get into a house. You can go through the front door, you can go

through the back door, you can go through the side door, or you can

even go through a window. There are different methods, but in each

instance you still get into the house. The same holds true for the oils

yielding EFAs...they produce the same essential effect, but their

mechanisms of action are different. So a supplement like Cardio

Health Oils is a real good idea. The combination of flaxseed

oil, virgin olive oil, walnut oil, almond oil, wheat germ oil and

salmon oil is splendid.

However, consumers who are on

blood-thinning medications, even aspirin, should check with their

doctors before taking Cardio Health Oils.

Dr. Derrick DeSilva, Jr., M.D.,

is a practicing internist and part of the attending staff at Rariton

Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ. He also maintains a private

medical practice that incorporates natural therapies and

pharmaceuticals (Integrative Medicine). Dr. DeSilva serves on the

teaching staff at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, NJ. He is a

published author, lecturer, and host of his own radio talk show, “Ask

the Doctor.” Dr. DeSilva was also named one of the Best Doctors in the

New York Metropolitan Area by New York Magazine and in New Jersey by

New Jersey Monthly Magazine in 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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