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nifwitch

Nif's omega-3 lecture

May 19, 2008 21:33

The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them
My vow to eat greens every day stems from reading Queen of Fats by Susan Allport. (I'm not succeeding, but I'm trying a lot harder than I used to.) I had already learned a little about omega-3s from reading Real Food by Nina Planck, but Queen of ( Read more... )

omega-3s, real food, greens every day

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emmieyiza May 20 2008, 15:44:11 UTC

Dude. Really interesting stuff ( ... )

From Katy emmieyiza May 22 2008, 17:14:42 UTC

This is really interesting - I've been hearing a lot about O-3 and O-6, but was never really clear on the reasons for the different health results ( ... )

nifwitch May 22 2008, 19:21:19 UTC

Hi Katy!

Isn't Michael Pollan great? These are the books that have helped form my food politics and reform my diet:

Real Food by Nina Planck
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
In Defense of Food, an Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan
Queen of Fats by Susan Allport

We take fish oil capsules too.

I definitely think that vitamin D has been another factor in my journey away from depression. Walking to work and gardening have been good for me.

I've also noticed that since I've reformed my diet and lifestyle that I have far fewer fibromyalgia episodes. I remember haze of pain and fog that I lived in 10 years ago. Now, I feel normal more often than not. Most of my bad FMS days are PMS-linked.

In September I will get my cholesterol checked and see my doctor. I'm really curious about what changes may be revealed. I'm a little anxious, but I'm also really hopeful. One of my aims in life is to never again be threatened with statins.

From Katy emmieyiza May 22 2008, 21:50:50 UTC

I actually swallow plain oil out of a bottle. Originally, this was because I had heard that the heat used in the process of sealing the little capsules makes the oil less potent, but it's also because it works out to be cheaper by quite a bit. I understand not everyone wants to swallow slimy fish-flavored goo first thing in the morning, though ( ... )

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From Katy anonymous May 23 2008, 01:32:47 UTC

Yeah, my shopping tendancies are pretty similar. I've recently added one: we're having a lot of trouble filling the local food bank shelves, so now every time I go to the grocery store (which is actually 2-3 times/week some weeks) I get at least one item that is the non-perishable equivalent to whatever I'm getting for myself. Every once in a while I go all-out and get "parallel groceries": two sets of groceries, one for me, one for the food bank. It's actually brought home to me what a large percentage of my shopping is in the produce section, because I end up having to go through the canned aisle looking for things I've never bought ( ... )

fishes nifwitch May 23 2008, 14:18:35 UTC

We tend to be fish wimps and eat a lot of salmon and tuna and not much else. I wonder if the list you have is like the one the co-op posts? If I had a pocket version I could take it with me to restaurants.

From Katy anonymous May 23 2008, 17:23:13 UTC

Oh, dear, now you've let me talk about fish. I could go on and on and on ( ... )

cereal nifwitch May 23 2008, 20:36:32 UTC

Yes, I will forward you the recipe for soup with arugula.

I can't do granola: I love it, but I'm too sugar sensitive. Sometimes I put plain, uncooked rolled oats in my yogurt with fruit, and I actually find that really satisfying. We recently acquired a toaster, so toast and a bowl of yogurt also seems to work pretty well for me.

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Fish oil morgan_starfire May 25 2008, 20:59:57 UTC

I have friends with MS (also auto-immune, also inflammatory) who have seen great results -- meaning, fewer daily symptoms and fewer exacerbations -- with eating fish regularly and/or taking supplemental fish oil. Enough so that the person closest to me with MS, who's a scientist and doesn't usually accept anecdotal evidence, went from vegetarian to "fishetarian ( ... )

From Katy morgan_starfire May 26 2008, 19:17:17 UTC

Yes, I'm still in Seattle. I'm gone off and on most of the summer, doing field work, but it would be great to see you when you're out here. Sand Point is several neighboorhoods east of me, basically just on the other side of the University. It doesn't actually rain 24/7 out here, I promise, but the total hours of daylight get really short in the winter. Do you have my e-mail address? Maybe Nif would forward it to you?

More on fish oil: I have heard some people express concern about the amount of Vitiamin A in some fish oils interfering with bone deposition. I run a perpetual A shortage, so I actually try to buy high-A versions, but this is not common.

Re: From Katy morgan_starfire May 26 2008, 21:57:26 UTC

Hi, Katy!

I'll also check Athena's Web, and I'll send you my email address as well. We'll get to Seattle in mid-August; we have an apartment in Radford Court, about three miles from the U.

We spent a week in Tacoma two summers ago for Friends General Conference Gathering, and the weather was just delightful. :) We're in southeastern MI right now, in what's supposed to be the other cloudiest city in the US. So we shall see. I'm mostly feeling adaptable...

Cheers,
Stasa