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Best natural form of omega3

iraci — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:36:57 +0000

I want to share this information, because my son is taken this product and hi is making a lot of progress...

Sacha Inchi oil naturally contains 45% Omega-3 an award-winning flavor! Oh Mega! Sacha Inchi oil is obtained from cold-pressed Sacha Inchi seeds that grow in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest and it was used to feed one of the most powerful civilizations in history, the Inca Empire.

Today, Oh Mega! Sacha Inchi oil is very popular due to its amazing omega content, especially omega-3 , which our bodies do not produce on their own.

Sacha Inchi contains the highest omega-3 concentration of any food on the planet.

Award-winning for its taste alone, sacha inchi oil is making a major breakthrough in the US for health and nutrition – especially as a completely natural, organic replacement for fish oil and other omega-3 supplements.

High unsaturated fatty acids content *Low level of saturated fatty acids *Vitamins A and E *Balanced Omega composition

Sacha inchi seed is grown wildly in the Peruvian Amazon, it was known by native Peruvians thousands of years ago. The Incas represented sacha inchi seed in their ceramics. This seed is also known as the inca peanut.

Scientific researches have found that Sacha inchi is one of the best oilseeds by its composition and high nutritional profile:

Its oil is high in fatty acids: omega 3 (over 48%), omega 6 (36%) and omega 9 (8%)

Sacha inchi oil has a high digestibility (over 96%)

It contains antioxidants vitamin A and vitamin E alpha-tocopherol

Over 60% of the kernel is full of high quality proteins (99% digestible)

Sacha inchi oil is very rich in essential and non-essential amino acids, in sufficient quantities to improve the general human health.

sacha inchi oil has more omega 3 then cod liver oil.

The seeds of Inchi have high protein (27%) and oil (35 - 60%) content. Its oil is one of the largest plant sources of the Omega family of fatty acids, an essential for human life. It contains Omega 3 (48%), Omega 6 (36%), Omega 9 (9%), and protein (27%). They are also rich in iodine and vitamin A and vitamin E.

Modern Uses

Sacha Inchi oil production is increasing in the Peruvian Amazon and is gaining international recognition for its taste and health properties. In June 2007, Sacha Inchi oil won the Médalle D'or (Gold Medal) at the AVPA^[1] Specialty Foods Commodities competition. Sacha Inchi has been called a super food because of its high content of essential fatty acids. The oil has a mild flavour, not bitter, with a nutty finish. With new research emphasizing the health benefits of Omega fatty acids, interest in sustainable sources of Omega is increasing. Sacha Inchi oil is used in vegetarian diets to provide a plant source for Omega-3 fatty acids.

Humanitarian group Oxfam and a group called SEPAR are collaborating to develop techniques for growing Sacha Inchi. Used as a cash crop, Sacha Inchi is bringing money to rural areas and allowing indigenous groups like the Ashaninka to stay in villages.^[

Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty Acids for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial in Children and Adolescents

scottie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:51:22 +0000

Title	Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty Acids for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial in Children and Adolescents
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Johnson M, Ostlund S, Fransson G, Kadesjo B, Gillberg C
Journal Title	Journal of Attention Disorders
Year of Publication	2009
Volume	12
Issue	5
Pages	394-401
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18448859?ordinalpos=16&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Full Text	Omega-3/omega-6 fatty acid supplements may help children with autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This article describes a randomized, placebo-controlled study of 75 children and adolescents (8-18 years old) diagnosed with ADHD. Children had ADHD symptoms including poor concentration (attention deficit) and/or hyperactivity. Some of the children had other symptoms in addition to ADHD, including Asperger's and autism-like symptoms. The authors described the autism-like symptoms as deficits in motor control and perception. Children received a daily dose of 732 mg omega-3 fatty acids, 60 mg omega-6 fatty acids, and 10.8 mg vitamin E. Some children improved after 3 months of supplements, and more improved after 6 months of supplements. For people with inattention or autism-like symptoms, 58% improved after 6 months. The authors think that essential fatty acid supplements may help children with autism who show deficits in attention, motor control, and perception ("DAMP syndrome").

Charlotte, NC Offers Therapies and Support

scottie — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:52:57 +0000

Teaser:

Udo Erasmus, who in the 1980s, introduced the importance of essential fatty acids, gave several lectures in Charlotte, NC.

Body:

Udo Erasmus, who in the 1980s introduced the importance of essential fatty acids, gave several lectures in Charlotte, NC. His focus is on the appropriate combination of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

Mariame Boujlil, who speaks English, French, Arabic, and Spanish, has started World Alliance for Families and Children. This group offers support to non-English speaking parents of children with autism.

Read original article .

Safety Considerations of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

scottie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:50:42 +0000

Title	Safety Considerations of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Eritsland J
Journal Title	Am J Clin Nutr.
Year of Publication	2000
Volume	71
Issue	1(Suppl)
Pages	197S-201S
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10617971&query_hl=35&itool=pubmed_docsum
Full Text	This article presents an overview of the side effects of supplementation with essential fatty acids (EFAs), and concludes that there is a very low risk of significant side effects. The author cautions, however, that distilled and purified EFAs should be used for supplementation. The author reviews the research showing that EFAs, especially omega-3 fatty acids, have had mostly positive health impacts on cholesterol, immune function, and cancerous tumors. There have been a few studies showing negative effects of EFA supplementation. Most of these studies, however, have been with omega-6 fatty acids as opposed to omega-3 fatty acids. The author notes that increasing the dietary intake of EFAs should be done at the same time that saturated fats in the diet (found in meat and dairy products) are decreased. This way, weight gain will be prevented because the total fat intake is constant. Further, the author notes that EFA supplements can be contaminated with toxins, including mercury and pesticides. Therefore, supplements that are purified and distilled to remove these toxins should be used. The author also suggests that omega-6 fatty acids should be, at most, 10% of the daily intake of calories.

Plasma Fatty Acid Levels in Autistic Children

scottie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:44:18 +0000

Title	Plasma Fatty Acid Levels in Autistic Children
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Vancassel S, Durand G, Barthelemy C, Lejeune B, Martineau J, Guilloteau D, Andres C, Chalon S
Journal Title	Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids
Year of Publication	2001
Volume	65
Issue	1
Pages	1-7
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11487301&query_hl=31&itool=pubmed_docsum
Full Text	This article provides evidence that omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) in the blood of children with autism are significantly lower than in other children. Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are critical for healthy brain function, especially the communication between brain cells. To test the idea that autism can be linked to deficiencies in EFAs, the authors compared the blood levels of omega-3 and omega-6 EFAs between 15 children with autism (3-17 years old) and 18 children with mental retardation, but not autism (1-19 years old). The results showed that omega-3 fatty acids were significantly lower in children with autism, but there was no difference in omega-6 fatty acid levels between the two groups of children. Therefore, the children with autism in this study had a higher ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids than in other children. Finally, the authors review the evidence suggesting that children with autism may not be able to effectively use EFAs. This could be because an enzyme called PLA2 may be overactive in children with autism. In addition, genetic studies suggest that the gene that produces PLA2 may be linked with autism.

The Oxford-Durham Study: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation with Fatty Acids in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

scottie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:36:46 +0000

Title	The Oxford-Durham Study: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation with Fatty Acids in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Richardson AJ, Montgomery P
Journal Title	Pediatrics
Year of Publication	2005
Volume	115
Issue	5
Pages	1360-1366
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15867048&query_hl=26&itool=pubmed_docsum
Full Text	This article reports on the results of a well-controlled study showing that supplementation with essential fatty acids (EFAs) improves the reading, spelling, and behavior of children with dyspraxia (developmental coordination disorder or DCD). Dyspraxia (DCD) is a disorder in which children have difficulty making normal movements. Children with DCD also have difficulty with learning, social interaction, and appropriate behavior. Children with autism are more likely than those in the general population to have DCD. It is already known that deficiencies in EFAs can produce problems in attention and behavior; this article tested whether supplementation with EFAs could improve the symptoms of children with DCD (ages 5-12). Children were randomly divided into two groups: 55 received EFA supplements, and 55 received placebo for three months. EFA supplements consisted of a daily dose of 80% fish oil and 20% evening primrose oil. This supplementation resulted in doses of 558 mg EPA and 174 mg DHA (both omega-3 fatty acids), as well as 60 mg alpha-linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid), and 9.6 mg vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol). Each child's motor skills, reading, spelling, and behavior were rated by people who were blind to whether the child was receiving EFAs or placebo. There were no significant improvements in the motor skills of children receiving EFA treatment, but the reading, spelling, and behavior of these children did improve by the end of the three months as compared to children who had been receiving placebo. After the three-month period, children who had been receiving placebo began the same EFA supplementation treatment, and similar improvements were then seen in these children.

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Food Chain in the United States

scottie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:17:14 +0000

Title	Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Food Chain in the United States
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	KrisEtherton PM, Taylor DS, YuPoth S, Huth P, Moriarty K, Fishell V, Hargrove RL, Zhao G, Etherton TD
Journal Title	Am J Clin Nutr.
Year of Publication	2000
Volume	71
Issue	1(Suppl)
Pages	179S-188S
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10617969&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum
Full Text	This article concludes that, for optimal health, more omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) should be added to the American diet. The authors offer charts listing foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, including flaxseed and fatty fish (for example: halibut, mackerel, herring, tuna, salmon, sardines). They explain that the US population gets plenty of omega-6 fatty acids in milk, vegetable oils, and meat products. The current ratio between the omega-6 and omega-3 EFAs in the US diet is about 10 to 1, but the recommended ratio is about 2.3 to 1. The authors propose that adults in the US should have at least 650 mg of the two omega-3 EFAs, DHA and EPA, each day.

Essential Fatty Acids

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:13:12 +0000

Essential Fatty Acids

I could go on and on about essential fatty acids (EFAs). They are important. They are found in breast milk. Only recently are they being put in formula and only in the more expensive lipil formula. They are similar to the cod liver oil that our parents may have given us. There are plant sources of EFAs (i.e. flax) and animal sources (i.e. fish). Animal sources appear to be better absorbed and more effective than plant sources. There is a good and well thought out article on EFA's that can be found at PWS Playroom (http://www.pwsplayroom.com/efa.htm ).

These unsaturated fatty acids are easily used by your body to form the brain and the lipid layer around cells. Saturated fats (like butter) compete with unsaturated fats. There is some talk that ingestion of EFAs contributes to brain formation and intelligence. Have you heard about breast fed babies being smarter? If it is true, it is likely due to EFAs. Have you heard of fish being brain food? If this is true it is likely due to EFA's.

Check out the Cherab Foundation on EFAs (http://www.cherab.org/information/dietaryeffects/efabasics.html ). There is a lot of anecdotal evidence about fatty acids and language development. I found this story persuasive.

Finally, there is the role of these EFA's in metabolism. I haven't seen much discussion about this. I would welcome anyone's opinion as this is a stretch for me. But, there are a group of receptors called PPAR. They bind fatty acids and they are involved in numerous diseases including diabetes. Saturated fatty acids appear to bind them and initiate an inflammatory response that can have many bad downstream effects, such as heart disease. Unsaturated fatty acids compete for these receptors and have an anti-inflammatory effect. I am mulling this over...

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Sources

Nordic Naturals ProEFA. It can be found on http://www.speechville.com. You can order through the speechville site -- I know Kirkman labs and http://www.omega-direct.com handle this type. Other parents use the Natural Factors Rich Old Bend for Kid.

I have now switched to the Ultimate Omega formula. I am not convinced that we need more Omega-6's (present in the ProEFA blend) and would rather just supplement with the Omega-3's.

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Working them into your Diet

There is an interesting book called the Omega Diet that talks about oils. In my opinion, the book is a bit extreme, but makes really good points. I think that a diet high in flax oils and fish oils is good for most everyone.

I think that if you get into the groove it won't be so hard to incorporate. Maybe it will "work" and maybe it won't but probably you will all be healthier. There are many places to work in flax oil. There is a type of yummy bread made by Natural Ovens that has high levels of flax oils. They also make great (but expensive) snack bars. Plus, there are great frozen waffles with flax oil.

Fish can be eaten for fish oil and fish oil is pretty easy to take in capsule form. My whole family takes it. We call it "smart medicine."

The Omega Diet also mentions walnut oil and canola oil. I make my own salad dressings (oil and vinegar and spice) and switched from olive oil to walnut oil. It was pretty easy and tasty. I don't really bake, but keep thinking that bran muffins or banana nut bread made with walnut oil would probably be pretty tasty.

I am also a big honey person. When my kids want something sweet, I give them a teaspoonful of honey. They like it. Local honey is best if you can get it.

Also, this year we made the switch from regular potatoes to sweet potatoes. I am not sure what your guy would say about sweet potatoes, but they suit us well. It seems that you could do most anything with them that you could with real potatoes. Plus, they have the added benefit that you can add walnuts (and walnut oil??) and cinnamon and honey to them and call them dessert. :)

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Research

Nutr Health. 2004;18(1):3-27. Related Articles, Links

From superior adaptation and function to brain dysfunction--the neglect of epigenetic factors.

Saugstad LF.

Oslo Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway.

With optimal pregnancy conditions (natural, enriched diet which includes fish) African (Digo) infants are 3-4 weeks ahead of European/American infants in sensorimotor terms at birth, and during the first year. Infants of semi-aquatic sea-gypsies swim before they walk, and have superior visual acuity compared with us. With adverse pregnancy behaviour (fear of fat, a trend to dieting), neglecting the need for brain fat to secure normal brain development and function, we run a risk of dysfunction--death. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome victims have depressed birth weight, lower levels of marine fat in brainstem than controls, and >80 suffer multiple hypoxic episodes prior to death. Depressed birth weight (more than 10% below mean) is seen in learning and behaviour disorders, and a trend towards weights of less than 3kg is increasing, which supports a rise in antenatal sub optimality. Given marine fat deficiency in pregnancy and infancy, neurons starved for fuel could delay myelination and maturation in the latest developed Frontal Lobes. The phylogenetic oldest Lateral Frontal Lobe System (feed-back mechanism etc.) derived from olfactory bulb-amygdala, which crosses in Anterior Commisure is probably spared, while the Medial Frontal Lobe System derived from Hippocampus-Cingulum and crosses in Corpus Callosum (delayed response task) is most likely affected. The rise in infantile autism (intact vision and hearing) with deficit in delayed response task only, could suggest a deficit in the Medial Frontal Lobe System. The human species is unique; 70% of total energy to the foetus goes to development of the brain, which mainly consists of marine fat. It undergoes pervasive regressive events, before birth, in infancy and at puberty. Minimal retraction of neuronal arborisation is advantageous. Attributable to adverse pregnancy childrearing practice, excessive retraction is likely prenatally and in infancy. Pubertal age affects the fundamental property of nervous tissue, excitability: excessive excitatory drive is seen in early, and a deficiency in late puberty. It is postulated that with adequate marine fat, there is probably no risk of psychopathology at the extremes, whereas a deficiency could lead to paroxysmal (subcortical) dysfunction in early puberty, and breakdown of cortical circuitry and cognitive dysfunctions in late puberty. The post-pubertal psychoses, schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychosis at the extremes of the pubertal age continuum, with contrasting excitability and biological treatment, are probably the result of continuous dietary deficiency, which has inactivated the expression of genes for myelin development and oligodendrocyte-related genes in their production of myelin. The beneficial effect of marine fat in both disorders, in other CNS disorders as well as in developmental dyslexia (DD) and ADHD among others, supports our usual diet is persistently deficient. We have neglected the similarity of our great brain to other mammals, and our marine heritage. Given the amount of marine fat needed to secure normal brain development and function is not known, nor the present dietary level, it seems unduly conjectural to postulate that a dietary deficiency in marine fat is causing brain dysfunction and death. However, all observations point in the same direction: our diet focusing on protein mainly, is deficient, the deficiency is most pronounced in maternal nutrition and in infancy.

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