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EPA/DHA/Omega 3 This is not the real story, The Cambridge International Institute for Medical Sceince

Thu, 2010-07-08 14:41 — dave

 

I will attempt to scan the document quoted for more tid bits,  here is the beginning of the Paper that I think is pointed to the topic.   I receive many calls on EPA/DHA and i struggle with the question.  The struggle is not about how much EPA/DHA the FCLO andf Skate have as they will have the same levels as any other CLO.  Approx 15% of the oil will be EPA and 10% DHA for the FCLO.  The Skate will be higher in DHA than FCLO.

 

My frustration is focused on how Media Medicine has confused the real issue.  The story should be focused around the thousands of nutrients tied to the fatty acid structure.  Nutrients in a whole food oil product vary based on the structure of the fatty acid ratio.  The Industrialization of our sacred food oils has clouded or reduced the conversation to a point of a few fatty acids and i think this is a shame as this is not the story and it confuses the general population.

 

One correction or note i will make on below,  the article says that fish oils are made up of almost exclusively Omega 3 fats.  this is not true,  the FCLO is high in Omega 9's (which are have been identified as a hormone) and Omega 7's (which are not common in many foods and are most important for cell membrane health). 

 

Published by The Cambridge International Institute for Medical Sceince

 

The Scientific Calculation of the Optimum PEO Ration

 

T he Easy Solution: The Peskin Protocol PEOs

Parent Essential Oils (PEOs): The DIFFERENCE

I am often asked how my EFA-based recommendations differ from

others. The answer is simple but very significant. The term “Essential Fatty

Acids” is being misused so frequently that I was forced to coin a new phrase,

Parent Essential Oils (PEOs).

This term “Parent Essential Oils” refers to the only two true essential fatty

acids: parent omega-6 (LA) and parent omega-3 (ALA). The term “parent”

is used because these are the whole, unadulterated form of the only two

essential fats your body demands, as they occur in nature. Once PEOs are

consumed your body changes a small percentage of them—about 5%—into

other biochemicals called “derivatives,” while leaving the remaining 95%

in parent form.

This is crucial to understand. There are a host of omega-6 and omega-3 oils

being sold as EFAs that are not EFAs, but rather nonessential derivatives

such as EPA, DHA, and GLA. Fish oils are made up almost exclusively

of omega-3 derivatives. Scientifically and biochemically, calling derivatives

such as EPA, DHA and GLA by the term “EFA” is wrong. Derivatives

are not EFAs because they are not essential—your body has the abilityto make them

as needed. My research has shown that supplementing with

the derivatives so commonly found in the marketplace and mislabeled as

“EFAs” can easily be harmful to your health.

Why are the parent forms—PEOs—so important? Many of the EFAs sold

in the stores consist of manufactured EFA derivatives. To be clear, your

body doesn’t need or want these derivatives, because it makes its own

derivatives out of the Parent Essential Oils (PEOs) you consume as it needs

them. Taking fish oil and other health-food-store “EFAs” often overdoses

you with derivatives, which can be very harmful.

Don’t make the common “EFA mistake” by unknowingly substituting

derivatives for parents! Since the term has become so confused by so

many it is time to focus on the essence of what they are and why they are

so vital to our health and well being.

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