Does Good Health Have To Be A Mystery?

Ever Wonder Why Heart Disease Became The Number One Killer Of People Over Forty-Five Today?

In answering this question, research has been pointing to the diet for over thirty years. Everyone I know, myself included, didn't understand all the pieces of this puzzle. Having moderately high blood pressure and wanting to bring it down, I've gone through fat-free diets; high carbo diets; high protein diets; eat right for your type diets; and crazy combinations of all the above. None of them worked as well as the diet I am using today (as are most of my clients).

 What I've learned is this: only healthy cells can make a healthy body. How can a person achieve this? By restricting the diet to 90% healthy foods (I have binge days where I eat anything). Here is what has worked for me. Whole foods such as Chia Seeds. Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA), Essential Fatty Acids (EFA's), proper food combining (this includes saturated fats, i.e. coconut oil), and plenty of clean (distilled) water. In my experimentation, each of these nutrients made some difference. When I was able to develop a balanced diet for myself, the results were dramatically better. I now enjoy much quicker healing from whatever is going around. Have I had to made significant changes in my diet? Yes, especially removing trans-fatty acids. Removing foods containing trans-fatty acids (hydrogenated, partially-hydrogenated refined oils) has been difficult. They are found in most processed foods (even so-called "health foods"). Results; the cost of my eating is down; I'm back to eating some meat (fish or fowl) on occasion; my blood pressure is down; my endurance is up. Life is fun for me!

Trans-fatty acids are formed when certain oils are exposed to heat (see explanation above). When excessive amounts of these trans-fatty acids are in the diet, they also take their place in the cell wall. Since they are straight, they are unable to inter-lock with other fatty-acids leaving the cell wall vulnerable to invasion and disease. The cell wall actually has microscopic holes that allow pathogens entry into the cell. Research is pointing to the fact that an increase in trans fatty acids in the diet is a possible link to the high incidence of heart disease in our country. Consider that we have eighty to ninety billion cells in our body. Ponder the fact that their health determines our health. It's easy to see why providing essential amino-acids via whole, raw, organic AFA Algae, essential fatty acids from organic Chia Seeds, and clean water are such important parts of a balanced diet.

How much omega-3 oil is in Chia Seeds?

Chia seeds are higher in alpha - linolenic acid (omega-3) than flax seeds (Compsition of Chia Seed and Flas Seed pdf. file) or any other grain. They contain about 30% lipids (fats). Of that, 60-63% is linolenic acid. Also remember this is a natural source of omega-3. By ingesting the food in a whole form, there is no processing to recover the oil (you never have to be concerned with ingesting rancid oil when you are using fresh, organic Chia Seeds) They also contain vitamin A, B, C, and E, plus Boron (plus, about five times the calcium in whole milk), Iron, Magnesium, Niacin, Phosphorus, and Potassium. Chia seeds contain all the essential amino acids making them a complete protein (20-25%). There is no question Chia seeds can play an important role in health and healing.

Up date: Learn what the White House and the OMB has to say about the importance of omega-3 oils in the diet. Press release; 05-28-03, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/pubpress/2003-13.pdf

References:

Essential Fatty Acids In Health And Disease by Edward N. Siguel, M.D., Ph.D.

Omega-3 Oils, A Practical Guide by Donald Rudin, M.D.

Sunlight by Zane R. Kime, M.D. ,M.S.

The Oil Protein Diet by Dr. Johanna Budwig, Ph.D

Smart Fats by Michael A. Schmidt, Ph.D.

The Magic of Chia by James E. Scheer

Note: Flax seed and flax seed oil have been the main stay of many people's diet for quite some time. New research is bringing some serious questions to bear on this practice. I encourage you to read the excerpts I have from a study carried out by Ricardo Ayerze (h), University of Arizona, Department of Arid Land Studies. Title: Compsition of Chia Seed and Flas Seed (pdf file). Click Here