Omega-3 ESSENTIAL Fat

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Roger wrote:

>From what I understand you get more than enough omega 3's from fruits

and green leafy vegetables. Several of the international health

organizations claim that we only need about 3% of our total daily

calories coming from fat.

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Yes, about 3 months ago I eliminated all processed oils from my diet,

including olive oil. The oils I get are from food. It is amazing how my

skin is no longer dry--even the skin on my elbows and heels is soft.

You'd think the opposite would happen.

 

All foods have a varying ratio of the three macronutrients: protein,

carbohydrates and fat. For example, even blueberries have fat and protein

in them. When I learned about macronutrients I relaxed. OK! Perfect!

Whatever protein, carbs and fat I need will be in the fruits, veges, nuts

and seeds that I eat.

 

When you eat all raw you no longer have to count calories, pop pills

(they just make expensive urine anyway) or worry about deficiencies!

 

However, I'm still wondering about flax seed. Everyone raves about flax

seed and wonderous, precious and rare Omega-3 ESSENTIAL fat. Roger--what

fruits and green leafy veges have Omega-3s?

 

Because I'm nursing a 6 month old baby I want to be sure and get all the

essential nutrients for his health and developing brain and body.

 

I had heard that flax seed tastes sweet and nutty. Maybe my seed is bad,

but it tastes like plastic to me. I have a jar full on the counter. Do

you have to keep flax seed in the frig? How do you know if it has gone

bad?

 

Jenny Silliman

 

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Hi Jenny,

 

A great resource to read on this issue is pages 122 - 136 from Dr.

Fuhrman's book " Eat to Live. " That book will answer almost any questions

you have in regard to eating a mostly fruit and vegetable diet. I'd

agree with about 90% of the things he has to say in the book. It is a

treasure house of valuable information.

 

There are some things in the book I think he doesn't have right. For

instance he advises to eat a pound of cooked veggies per day. Also

recommends beans and no food combining info. Plus he seems to think more

is always better when it comes to nutrients.

 

Instead we need just the right amount of nutrients. The superfood for

babies is mother's milk. But it wouldn't be a superfood for a rat baby.

It would be insufficient in certain amino acids.

 

Guess what, USRDA used to base its protein requirements on the needs of

rats. The key here is that the food closest to mother's milk in

nutrients is a variety of different fruits. Fresh, ripe, raw, organic

fruits are the closest thing you could call a superfood for humans.

 

Too many nutrients and you can't absorb them all anyway. It just creates

extra toxins for the human body to release. Therefore it is enervating

and slows the release of your toxic load. I've experienced this myself

with a so-called raw and whole food based supplement that I used to

think was great. The Ultimate Meal. When maintaining 100% raw the

nutrients in there actually overload the system and become toxic.

 

Roger

 

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