Supplementing EPA/DHA is necessary since dietary sources are limited.  Are you eating sardines and other oily fish daily ?? I know I’m not!

95% of Americans are deficient.

Wow. That’s a mighty hefty statistic.

Breast-fed babies of mothers who supplemented with Omega-3’s, years later scored higher on standardized tests of reading, visual interpretation, nonverbal skills and math.  Researchers found that boys with ADHD have significantly lower levels of both EPA and DHA than those without the disorder.

Mayo Clinic investigators state: “The mental apparatus of the coming generation is developed in (the womb) and the time to begin supplementation is before conception.”

A normal brain cannot be made without an adequate supply of omega-3 fatty acids and there may be no later opportunity to repair the effects of an Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency once the nervous system is formed.

It’s important for mom to continue supplementing after delivery to reduce postpartum depression.

Continue supplementing with Omega-3 during breast-feeding or add one capsule to the day’s supply of formula.

Add to baby’s food and give one to baby to chew when teeth appear.

Fish oil is anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory.  Reduces the occurrence of ear infections, colds and viruses.

Remarkably clean source of Fish Oil

the above information was sourced:  barb lagoni – nutritionist

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Supplementing EPA/DHA is necessary since dietary sources are limited .

95% of Americans are deficient.

Wow.

Breast-fed babies of mothers who supplemented with Omega-3’s, years later,scored higher on standardized tests of reading, visual interpretation, nonverbal skills and math.  Researchers found that boys with ADHD have significantly lower levels of both EPA and DHA than those without the disorder.

Mayo Clinic investigators state: “The mental apparatus of the coming generation is developed in (the womb) and the time to begin supplementation is actually before conception.”

A normal brain cannot be made without an adequate supply of omega-3 fatty acids and there may be no later opportunity to repair the effects of an Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency once the nervous system is formed.

It’s important for mom to continue supplementing after delivery to reduce postpartum depression.

Continue supplementing with Omega-3 during breast-feeding or add one capsule to the day’s supply of formula.
Add to baby’s food and give one to baby to chew when teeth appear.

Fish oil is anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory.  Reduces the occurrence of ear infections, colds and viruses.

Remarkably clean source of Fish Oil

the above information was sourced: barb lagoni – nutritionist

whimsical fish art flickr image credit

I share this information constantly. Quality sources of Essential Fatty Acids really do provide the amazing benefits mentioned below.

EPA

An Omega-3 essential fatty acid found in cold water fish

• Makes platelets less sticky so they are less prone to form clots
• Improves blood flow by preventing the restriction of blood vessels
• Studies show that EPA can dramatically decrease blood levels of triglycerides and cholesterol
• Lowers blood pressure, if high
• Decreases the bad LDL cholesterol
• Increases the good HDL cholesterol
• Studies show a decrease in pain and stiffness in people with arthritis who supplement with EPA.
• Improves circulation to the extremities
• Helps prevent eczema and psoriasis
• Helps reduce migraine headaches

GLA Plus

Derived from borage seed oil, GLA is used to form prostaglandins, which regulate many important body processes

• Dramatically reduces premenopausal symptoms including bloating, breast tenderness, irritability, depression & aggressive behavior
• Greatly improves sexual hormonal response & sexual interest
• Reduces menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, vaginal dryness & mood swings
• Has been used successfully to help with fertility problems
• Increases metabolic rate without dieting & therefore increases weight loss
• Helps prevent hair loss
• Greatly improves the condition of hair, skin and nails
• Significantly improves the itchy rashes associated with eczema & psoriasis
• Notably improves the symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and lupus
• Studies show dramatic improvements in hyperactivity & ADD with GLA supplementation.
• Helps lower high blood pressure, high blood levels of cholesterol & Triglycerides
• Improves dry eye syndrome & atrophy of the salivary ducts

WHAT ABOUT LECITHIN?

Lecithin also contains essential fatty acids.  Soybean lecithin contains 57% linolenic acid (which is converted into GLA) and 9% linolenic acid (which is converted into EPA).  However, the lecithin from most other oils contains only linolenic acid.

LECITHIN

• Contains choline which helps the body to utilize fats and cholesterol properly and is involved with the transmission of messages in the brain and nervous system
• Helps keep cholesterol from depositing in arterial linings.
• Prevents and dissolves gallstones and kidney stones as a result of its emulsifying action on fatty substances
• Is an important component of bile, where its main function is to emulsify—break into small droplets—food fats, thus making digestion of fats easier
• Critical for the liver’s role in detoxification, i.e., getting the toxins & poisons out of our bodies
• Helps with memory and learning since lecithin is an integral component of the myelin sheath, which surrounds the nerves in the brain.  It allows nerve impulses to flow smoothly
• Helpful in weight loss because it draws fat and cholesterol into the bloodstream where it can be burned.

Sourced from Gemma Gorham, M.P.H. brochure about essential fatty acids – 1996

Supplementing EPA/DHA is necessary since dietary sources are limited .

95% of Americans are deficient.

Wow.

Breast-fed babies of mothers who supplemented with Omega-3’s, years later scored higher on standardized tests of reading, visual interpretation, nonverbal skills and math.  Researchers found that boys with ADHD have significantly lower levels of both EPA and DHA than those without the disorder.

Mayo Clinic investigators state: “The mental apparatus of the coming generation is developed in (the womb) and the time to begin supplementation is before conception.”

A normal brain cannot be made without an adequate supply of omega-3 fatty acids and there may be no later opportunity to repair the effects of an Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency once the nervous system is formed.

It’s important for mom to continue supplementing after delivery to reduce postpartum depression.

Continue supplementing with Omega-3 during breast-feeding or add one capsule to the day’s supply of formula.  Add to baby’s food and give one to baby to chew when teeth appear.

Fish oil is anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory.  Reduces the occurrence of ear infections, colds and viruses.

Remarkably clean source of Fish Oil

the above information was sourced:  barb lagoni – nutritionist

whimsical fish art flickr image credit

That stuff we bottle to help you with your well being?

It’s got PCB’s or Polychlorinated Biphenyls – a carcinogenic,  liver dysfunctioning agent/ environmental pollutant in it!

You know that stuff that was banned in the US in the 70′s but is still being illegally dumped into our waterways?

Do me a fav and ignore the fact that our label says otherwise – we don’t really test for contaminants – our industry just doesn’t require that we do so.

When the news of this lawsuit came my way I shook my head.  MORE deplorable manufacturing practices.  I don’t know how the folks at these large companies can sleep at night

I like the way our Dr Chaney verbalized the news and the difference our company offers and has offered for a very long time.  I feel remarkably proud that I sell quality.

I especially enjoy his commentary on the FDA – shouldn’t this stuff be taken off the shelves?  What does the FDA do anyway?

He said:

It’s so tempting…

You’ve been getting your supplements from a company that you know and trust – a company that does clinical studies on their products and performs rigorous quality controls.

You know their products are pure, safe and effective…

BUT…

You’re shopping in your favorite drug store or discount store and you see the same supplements for just a couple of dollars!

You can’t help thinking…

“Wow! Here’s the same stuff I’ve been taking for a lot less money”…”Why not save my money?”…”They must have run some quality control tests on their products”…

“After all, how bad can they be?”

The answer is – pretty bad!

The events of last week illustrate just how bad.

On March 2nd, 2010 the makers and sellers of fish oil supplements were sued by the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation in California for not telling consumers that their products contained toxic levels of PCBs.

I find it amusing and somewhat scary that the FDA did not initiate this action and force the manufacturers to take their contaminated products off the shelves.

Instead an environmental consumers group had to sue them for not including PCBs on the label! They sued them under California proposition 65 which requires a warning label whenever a product contains toxic ingredients.

The defendants in this lawsuit were Omega Protein, a Houston-based company that is the world’s largest producer of omega-3 fish oil, and the many companies that they produced fish oil for – companies like Rite Aid, CVS, GNC, Now Health Group, Pharmavite, Solgar and Twinlab.

And those aren’t the only ones. The Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation only tested 10 omega-3 supplements manufactured by Omega Protein to date and have found PCBs in all of them. They plan to continue testing and to add other companies to the lawsuit if their products are also contaminated.

Even scarier is that many of labels on these products said that the omega-3 supplement was treated to reduce or remove PCBs. As a consumer you were lead to believe that they were safe!

The bottom line is that the manufacturer probably didn’t test for PCBs and neither did the companies selling their omega-3 supplements to the consumer

The alternative – that they tested the products, knew that they were contaminated with PCBs and sold them to the public anyway – is even worse.

As if that weren’t scary enough the FDA announced a massive recall of products containing textured vegetable protein manufactured by a company called Basic Food Flavors because of salmonella contamination.

The problem is that there are at least 56 different kinds of consumer products containing this company’s textured vegetable protein – including salad dressings, dips, packaged snacks, potato chips and soup mixes

(Who knew that salad dressings contained textured vegetable protein?).

That means that this recall will be huge. It will affect many foods that most people buy and use every day.

Once again, the problem is that neither the manufacturer or the companies using the textured vegetable protein had run the basic quality control assays that would have detected salmonella contamination.

So what can you do as a consumer?

Here are my recommendations:

1) Get your supplements from an established company with a reputation for quality and integrity. I would recommend choosing a company that has been around for a number of years so that you know that their reputation is based on their track record over the years rather than just on hype.

2) Make sure that they run rigorous quality controls on their products.  I would choose a company that requires pharmaceutical grade quality controls on their products.

3) Make sure that they have published clinical studies on their products that prove both safety and effectiveness. Again I would recommend choosing a company that has many published clinical studies on their products rather than just one or two.

To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney

P.S.   These supplements are my personal recommendation because this company  insists on rigorous quality control tests on every one of their ingredients and on their finished products.  For example, they import ultra pure, triple distilled fish oil from England and test it for PCB contamination after they receive it. They also have published over 70 clinical studies on their products in peer-reviewed scientific journals. They are unique in the industry.

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Pretty strong statement, eh?

I have worked with enough clients over the years who have followed a very specific nutritional protocol for lowering their cholesterol and can say we’ve done it time and time again.  Lowered cholesterol by 30 points in 30 days.  I feel confident enough to at least say that, when they follow the protocol – it works!!

A nutritional protocol is a recipe for health success, it combines the many nutrients we know benefit an individual at the cellular level and we use that recipe towards a specific goal – like lowering their cholesterol. Often a client will say well I’d prefer to not to take this part of the recipe.  While I can go along with that, it’s a clients choice after all, however that is not what I recommend.  To me it’s a bit like trying to make a cake without flour. If an ingredient is missing can you really expect cake?

One of the major ingredients in the lowering your cholesterol naturally protocol is fish oil.

If you are eating sardines, anchovies and mackeral regularly, then your diet provides the essential fatty acids you need. Guess what? Americans might eat 13 lbs of fish per year and mostly they are eating the wrong kinds of fish.  When was the last time you ate Mackeral?

Taking a fish oil supplement guaruntee’s a daily source of fish without going fishing and provides these remarkably fishy health benefits:

reduces triglycerides and cholesterol

raises HDL ( good cholesterol)

lowers blood pressure

reduces risk of blood clots

reduces risk of heart attack and stroke

reduces inflammation

reduces arthritis inflammation and pain

alleviates autoimmune diseases

improves eczema, colitis, arthritis, MS, psoriasis, migraines

prevents preterm deliveries and toxemia

helps support brain, eye and joint health

essential for the brain, eyes of a developing fetus

sourced from nutrition and you ( thank you )

Taking a high quality clean, ultra pure, pharmaceutical grade full spectrum fish oil assures that the above mentioned benefits are then available to the blood stream and assimilated at the cellular level, which is our ultimate goal.

Your cells need this stuff to survive, to heal, to grow.

Be reminded that all sources of fish oil are not created equal. There is growing concern that the sources of fish for fish oil supplements are tainted, after all the waters are polluted, this  pollution shows up in our fish.

Impurities and contaminants such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium,dioxins, and PCBs are NOT found in our product.
It’s important to source your supplements from a company who prides itself on quality control, triple – distillation for product purity and the strongest concentration of fish oil.

Our product contains a full spectrum of seven naturally occurring omega-3 fatty acids EPA, DHA, ALA, and more. It also contains higher levels of EPA and DHA than leading brands. DHA is critical for brain development and function.

Your heart thanks you.

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