Purslane? B-12 and Essential Fatty Acids

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I don't know much about the Omega 3 fatty acids. In my experience,

the kinesiologist first found I needed flax seed, then later after

months of adding flax to my diet, he said I didn't need the flax

seed, but a marine lipid concentrate supplement, which provided EPA

and DHA. My question would be, where do the fish get it from? They

would have to ingest something which would provide it or they would

have a deficiency also. And if they got it from eating other marine

life, then the other marine life somewhere down the food chain would

have to get it from a plant source.

 

I have always been thin, it is a trait I inherited from my dad.

There is no way, no matter how much I eat that I will get

overweight. Therefore, I wonder if my digestion can properly

assimilate fats, which could lead to a deficiency in essential fatty

acids.

 

Ron Koenig

 

RawSeattle , " Mike " <snyder68@h...> wrote:

> Hi Ron,

>

> I'm curious about EPA and DHA. Some people say our body makes

them

> from the plant omega-3's, such as flax and hemp seeds. Do you ever

> eat purslane for EPA? I searched for it in the stores but didn't

see

> any. In a recent interview with David Wolfe published on

> www.rawguru.com, David said he eats " DHA algae-oil " . In " Rainbow

> Green Live Food Cuisine " , page 43, Dr. Cousens writes

>

> " The one long-chain omega-3 fatty acid that is not available in a

> concentrated form is EPA (eicosapentanoic acid). For healthy vegans

> it is available in herbs such as purslane. For extreme metabolic

> situations such as manic depression, it is not available in

> commercial concentrated vegan form and must be obtained through

fish

> oil. "

>

> http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/interview-nazariah.html

> " An Interview with Nazariah By Frederic Patenaude

> ... And then, they discovered as recently as one year ago that

> there's a long-chain fatty acid, which is really important to the

> brain and is not found in any vegan source of food. Then about a

> month ago, Gabriel Cousens said that this long chain fatty acid,

> called EPA, is present in this kind of wild plant called purslane.

> But hardly anybody knows that in the vegan movement, because that

> just got discovered a month ago. And most of them don't know that

> they're even missing this long-chain fatty acid. ... "

>

> Thanks!

> Mike

>

> > RawSeattle , Ron wrote:

> > ...

> > Although I have not had any B-12 deficiency symptoms, when being

> > checked with kinesiology, I tested a need for both supplements

> > containing B-12, and for essential fatty acid supplements.