I want to make a special mention to a very special oil I learned about from my Hare Krishna friend.
It’s called Udo’s Oil, and the one I buy is the Omega 3-6-9 DHA blend. Let me break it down for you:
Omega 3 and her sisters Omega 6 and Omega 9 are all essential fatty acids (EFA’s). When most people think of EFAs, they think of the daily tablespoon of cod liver oil that their mothers made them slug back, or a slab of dead salmon or other fish where conventional nutritional ‘wisdom’ says it is sourced from. What many people don’t realize is that Omega 3 and her sisters are originally sourced from plants. Then, when fishies eat these plants, they get the EFAs in them too. But you don’t need to eat fish to consume your EFAs my friends!
Plant sources rich in EFAs that people love to eat include flaxseeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds. The health bennies of these seeds are endless, and I could fill up an entire blog with data on it, so I’m not going to bother! But I'll give you a quick preview anyways:
- Increases your brain power with focus, and memory
- Fights the growth of cancer cells
- Promotes optimal immune function
- Prevention of depression, heart disease, arthritis
- Increase of healthy skin cells
- Calms digestive disorders
- Blocks migraine headaches
- Lowers LDL cholesterol
- Reduces all kinds of inflammation
- Helps strengthen hair for a nice glossy coat
DHA is another part of this Udo’s Oil I buy and is derived from blue algae, another magic food with a myriad of health bennies up its sleeve. Udo’s Oil Omega 3-6-9 DHA blend cleverly mixes all of the key nutrients together, into one super magical oil. I eat Udo’s Oil everyday, with everything! It tastes great on toast in place of butter (with a sprinkle of sea salt), on salads to dress them, as well as for focaccia bread dipping and in stews, soups and casseroles. You can use it to make pates or dressings or whatever else you like! I plow through about 500 mL in a month or less. It makes me feel like I’m sparkling and glistening inside and out :)
Perhaps it would be worthwhile to explain your preference for the UDO "Omega 3-6-9 DHA Blend" in specific terms--
ReplyDelete1. What are the benefits of the particular 369 formulation, as opposed to any other?
2. Does UDO's Oil observe the widely-noted rule-of-thumb that omega 6 intake remain about twice the omega3 intake?
3. Flax oil is rich in omega3, but this oil is not the same oil in fish. Flax fatty acids are short chain, and only fish show the long chain omega3 fatty acids. Human conversation of short- to long-chain is not very efficient, so another source of omega3 long chains must be found, if fish are too polluted to be eaten, long term.