FATS FOR HEALTHY HEARTS

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FATS FOR HEALTHY HEARTS JoAnn Guest Apr 03, 2005 11:39 PDT Herbal Medicine

Research Report: Volume 1 No. 3

1998

 

by Udo Erasmus, Ph.D.

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Fats for healthy hearts? To most of you, that sounds like a

contradiction because you have been told over and over that fats cause

heart attacks, that fats increase cardiovascular problems.

 

So many people have adopted a low-fat or even a no-fat diet. Bad idea!

Did you know that some patients on low fat vegetarian intervention

studies to reduce heart disease died from the results of cardiac

arrhythmia?

 

You need to know that there are two stories on fats. There are fats that

predispose to heart attacks and strokes (because they make our platelets

more sticky), but there are others that " protect us "

 

from heart attacks and strokes.

 

There are fats that kill and fats that heal.

 

So let us talk about the healing fats. There are two of them.

 

They're called essential fatty acids.

 

Substances your body cannot make but every cell must

have. You have to get them from what you eat.

 

One essential fatty acid (omega 6) is present in large quantities in

most food oils.

 

The other (omega 3) has been largely removed from our food supply.

 

Both are important to health.

 

But the one that's missing, the omega 3 essential fatty

acid, has the most pronounced benefits on the " health " of our hearts and

arteries.

 

It protects our heart and arteries in several ways. Let me list and

explain 10 hearty reasons for including good fats in your diet.

 

1. Omega 3 fatty acids make our platelets less sticky. They thereby

decrease the chance of a clot forming in an artery and clogging that

artery.

 

In other words, they make a heart attack, stroke, or other embolism

(clot) in our body " less likely " .

 

2. Omega 3 fatty acids make our red blood cells more flexible.

 

This means that blood will flow more " easily " through our capillaries

lowering blood pressure and improving delivery of nutrients and oxygen

to our cells.

 

3. Omega 3 fatty acids lower blood fats (triglycerides), a risk factor

for

cardiovascular disease caused by sugar, carbohydrates, hard fats and

lack of exercise.

 

4. Omega 3 fatty acids lower high blood pressure by means of a

hormone-like

substance (prostaglandin) made from them.

 

This substance " relaxes " arterial muscle

tone, which lowers blood pressure.

 

5. Omega 3 fatty acids " lower cholesterol " to some extent, although they

work even

better when combined with the kinds of " fiber " which " escort

cholesterol " from our body and thereby prevent its reabsorption from our

gut.

 

6. Omega 3 fatty acids stabilize the heart beat, preventing heart beat

abnormalities (arrhythmia) that can lead to cardiac arrest.

 

7. Omega 3 fatty acids improve kidney function and " water metabolism " .

Poor kidney function and water retention can lead to high blood pressure

 

 

8. Omega 3 fatty acids improve energy levels, leading us to be more

physically

active. Physical activity has many beneficial effects on our heart and

arteries.

 

9. Omega 3 fatty acids elevate mood, lift depression, and improve our

ability to

deal with stress. High stress levels promote high blood pressure, water

retention, inflammation, and " blood clot formation " .

 

10. Omega 3 fatty acids lower " fibrinogen " levels.

 

Fibrinogen is another factor that can lead to the formation of an

" artery blocking " blood clot.

 

 

But let me now balance the story.

 

Even though the omega 3 fatty acids are vital

to heart health, you need the omega 6 fatty acids also.

 

So it is important for you to keep in mind that a balance of both is

what you need.

 

Where do you go to find what you need for cardiovascular health? I can

point you to two products that I developed with the health of your heart

in mind.

 

One is known as Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food Blend. It is a balanced

source of both (omega 3 and 6) fatty acids essential to health.

 

These good fats come from ground certified organic flax, sunflower, and

sesame seeds. They are part of what we call the RIGHT FAT DIET™. The

Wholesome Fast Food Blend contains 52

whole foods, food concentrates, herbs, and extracts.

 

It is an exceptional source of the kinds of fiber that escort

cholesterol from your body, stabilize blood

glucose, feed the friendly bowel bacteria, and detoxify your body. Udo's

Choice Wholesome Fast Food Blend is a whole food foundation for good

cardiovascular health.

 

The second product that can protect your heart and arteries is Udo's

Choice Perfected Oil Blend, a scientific blend of active essential fatty

acids and oil soluble phytochemicals that help increase metabolic rate

and increase caloric burning.

 

It is composed of certified organic flax, sunflower and sesame oils,

with medium chain triglycerides, evening primrose oil, lecithin, vitamin

E, and unrefined oils from the germ of rice and oats.

 

We made this oil blend with great care and with cardiovascular health

in mind. It is better balanced and more

effective for heart health than any other oil.

www.udoerasmus.com

 

REFERENCES:

 

1 Fats that Heal Fats that Kill, Udo Erasmus, Ph.D., (Alive, Vancouver,

1994)

 

2 The Omega-3 Phenomenon, D. Ruden and C. Felix (Avon, 1987)

 

3 Owren PA. " Coronary Thrombosis: Its Mechanism and Possible Prevention

by

Linolenic Acid " Annals of Internal Medicine 63:167, 1965

 

4 de Lorgeril M and others. " Mediterranean Alpha Linolenic Acid-Rich

Diet in

Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease " The Lancet 343:1454,

1994.

 

5 Improving Atherogenic Risk in Hyper-lipidemic Humans with Flax Seed

Supplementation, Marvin L. Bierenbaum, M.D., Tom R. Watkins, Ph.D.

(Kenneth L.

Jordan Heart Fund, U.S.A.)

 

6 Does Dietary Linolenic Acid Influence Blood Pressure?, E.M. Barry, J.

Hirsch

(Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 44:436-440, 1989)

 

7 Effect of Flax and Dietary Alpha-Linolenic Acid on Blood Platelets in

Human

Subjects, B.J. Holub (Proceedings of the 53rd Flax Institute, U.S.A.,

1990)

 

8 Use of Flaxseed as a Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acid in Human Nutrition,

Molly

A. Dieken (Proceedings of the 54th Flax Institute, U.S.A., 1992)

 

About Udo Erasmus, Ph.D.

Udo Erasmus is an internationally recognized authority on the role of

fats,

oils, and cholesterol in human health. He received his Bachelor of

Science

degree in Honours Zoology with a major in Psychology from the University

of

British Columbia, followed by graduate studies in biochemistry and

genetics.

Several years of research in the field of nutrition led to him write his

first

book, Fats and Oils, which earned him a Ph.D. in nutrition and was later

 

expanded and republished as Fats That Heal Fats That Kill.

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