The Health Benefit of Omega 9 Fatty Acids

Your Body has the ability to produce Omega 9. Omega 9 fatty acids health benefits are one of overall health, however the body cannot produce it without the presence of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. The main benefits broken down are that it generally enhances immune function, helps to regulate blood sugar, by lowering resistance to insulin, and lastly and can aid in hardening of the arteries by lowering cholesterol.It can also aid in protection against certain types of cancer.

It is not considered “essential” since it is manufactured by our body, but not without an adequate amount of Omega 3 and Omega 6.  It is considered a monounsaturated fat or oleic acid. Good sources of omega 9 are olive oil and macadamia nuts, these are at the top of the list. Other good sources are avocado, and nuts and seeds, such as hazelnuts, pecans, peanuts (and peanut butter), sesame seeds and oil, cashews and pistachios. If one doesn’t consume the above, 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil daily in the diet will provide the necessary amount. There are supplements on the market for this oil, but I don’t personally see the need for one, given the food choices available and olive oil is so common in many cultures and especially these days in the west, especially in health conscious households.

Please be aware that the negative affect of over abundance of Omega 9 in the body has been positively linked to breast cancer.

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Bone Health Supplements – Crucial As We Age

Calcium is by far one of the most important bone health supplements, however, Vitamin D plays an important role in the body’s absorption of calcium. Our bones consist of approximately 35 to 40 per cent calcium. Phosphorus especially, Boron, Magnesium, Vitamin C, and Vitamin K and Zinc are also believed to be effective to help our bones as well. All of the aforementioned work together and support each other. Sunshine is a good natural source of Vitamin D, even if you can get 10-15 minutes per day.

Good natural sources for the above mentioned mineral and vitamins are garlic and onions, parsley, black pepper, cabbage dandelion, and cod liver oil. Good health sure seems complicated these days, doesn’t it? With good information and some “diet diligence”, it doesn’t have to be.

When we are growing up from infancy through early childhood, these nutrients are obviously very important for bone development, until we get to our teenage years, bone is being made and developed until at that point we reach what is known as peak bone mass. Then as we age,  bone mass begins a steady decrease.

In recent years, the FDA was promoting food over supplements, now they are saying the opposite, very strange in a couple of ways, certainly they know most people don’t eat a proper diet and that food quality continues to decline in quality due to pollution, dangerous herbicides and pesticides, soil depletion and so forth. On the other hand, certain politicians are now trying to “regulate” the supplement industry along with pharmaceutical companies and trying to basically take away the supplement market or regulate it to the point of ridiculousness. This is all because the two want their “piece of the pie, and will do anything they can to get it.

As we mature, our bodies manufacture less and less of the nutrients and absorb less of them also. We see bone deterioration and breakage and so forth at a much higher rate. This is an especially important time to be sure to be getting enough of these nutrients daily and n becomes very important. Choose your supplements wisely from reputable companies.

Mangosteen, believe it or not has been shown to effectively help increase bone density, I remember a lecture several years ago from a doctor stating he had actually been able to increase his own bone density through regular us  of Mangosteen supplementation. Acai may help as well as it contains some of the important nutrients need and mentioned above. Your physician can provide a simple test  to tell you what your bone density is, and I would advise it for older folks. Please follow their advice to avoid or correct avoidable problems. My personal opinion is that bone health supplements are a must, especially as we age.

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Best Foods that Contain Omega 3

While many people think that salmon contains the highest concentration of omega 3′s, that’s not the case, so let’s clear up what foods contain omega 3, and the highest concentration.

By far the highest concentration is found in flax seeds. Next on the list is walnuts, followed by salmon, especially Chinook. Interestingly enough, canned salmon apparently offers more overall nutritional value and and the essential oils. Sardines are also a very high source of the oil.

Cooked soybeans are also high on the list, as well as halibut, broiled or baked. According to  Dr. Oz, DHA omega 3 is the most important. There are 3 types of the oil, DHA or docosahexanoic acid, EPA or Eicosapentaenoic acid, and ALA or Alpha-Linolenic Acid. They are all important.  Cod and hemp oil are good sources as well. Other fatty fishes that are good sources are mackerel, albacore tuna, herring and lake trout.  Omega 3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Benefits of these oils are fort he heart, the brain, and normal growth and development. They are especially beneficial for  the heart and cholesterol levels and doctors advise to eat fish high in omega 3′s at least twice a week. I live in Chicago, where fresh fish is available, but not very fresh at the mega markets. I’m spoiled however, having living in places like Pensacola Beach, FL., New Orleans, and the coast of southern California and New Jersey. We do however have good fish mongers here, some with reasonable prices. I now make salmon patties at least once a week. Acai berries also contain omega 3, which I found very interesting.

Research shows that regular consumption, can reduce inflammation, and if you’ve been following the content on this site, we know inflammation, especially chronic low grade inflammation can lead to diseases such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis and more.  Also note that omega 6 leads to higher inflammation.  There are some good supplements on the market, please choose wisely, from a reputable company, recommended are a supplement high in DHA, pharmaceutical grade if you can find it, would be best. The The Mediterranean diet is said to have a healthy balance between Omega 3 and 6, both necessary for good health. I hope you find this article helpful in what foods contain omega 3 and the importance of it in your daily diet.

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Save Our Health Supplements – Block This Bill!

As someone who believes in dietary supplements, you may
have heard of some of the ongoing attempts by the drug
companies and the FDA to oppress and restrict our access
to the supplements we wish to consume.

Ever since the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health Education Act
(DSHEA) – a huge victory for folks like us – the powers that
be have tried to overturn or otherwise weaken that law.

The latest attempt is in the Senate right now. It’s called
Sen. McCain’s “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010″ (S. 3002).

Masquerading as a “safety” measure, it is essentially an
assault on the supplement industry. Below, you’ll find the
truly ugly details.

To voice your opinion about this issue, there is a link below that
takes you right to a site where you can find your two US Senators.

I have enclosed a suggested letter that you are welcome to cut and
paste in the “comments” box of your Senator.

PLEASE TAKE 3 MINUTES RIGHT NOW TO PRESERVE
YOUR RIGHT TO TAKE THE SUPPLEMENTS YOU WISH!

By the way, this is not a Republican versus Democrat issue…
Senator Orin Hatch, R- Utah has been a strong advocate FOR
supplements and co-sponsored DSHEA in 1994.

SAMPLE/SUGGESTED LETTER — FEEL FREE TO CUT AND PASTE:

Dear Senator,

I am writing to express my STRONG OPPOSITION to Sen. McCain’s “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010″ (S. 3002).

As I understand, this bill would require every person involved with supplements – all the way down to mom-and-pop health food stores – to register with the FDA. Next, every “dietary supplement facility” must turn over a complete list of the products and ingredients they sell or handle.

Should this bill become law, every dietary supplement sold today would essentially be up for review, superseding the DSHEA act passed in 1994. Supplements will be assumed unsafe, unless proven otherwise!

This is an outrageous assault on the American public’s right to access dietary supplements. In my opinion, it has little to do with safety and is a covert move to suppress and restrict access to supplements and tip more power to the drug companies. Moreover, it expands the FDA’s power to unacceptable levels.

If Senator McCain and the FDA truly want to initiate a new safety campaign, let’s turn our attention to the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry which kills over 100,000 Americans each year!

Sincerely,

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Health Freedom Alliance has been working for years to educate our readers about the benefits of vitamins and natural supplements and just when traditional medicine is starting to recognize the positive healthy effects the government just might take them away. If Arizona Senator John McCain has his way, many of the supplements you rely on for good health will disappear. And the cost of the few you can still get will explode in price.
Earlier this month, Sen. McCain introduced a bill falsely labeled the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010″ (S. 3002). This bill would require every person involved with supplements – all the way down to mom-and-pop health food stores – to register with the FDA. Next, every “dietary supplement facility” must turn over a complete list of the products and ingredients they sell or handle.
It gets worse. Should this bill become law, the state will determine if an ingredient can be sold. You see, under DSHEA passed in 1994, any ingredient sold before the bill passed could be sold legally forever. Well, no more. Under this bill, the FDA will assume any ingredient “adulterated” unless “there is a history of use or other evidence of safety.” Manufacturers and distributors must provide the FDA “with information, including any citation to published articles, which is the basis on which the manufacturer or distributor has concluded that a dietary supplement containing such dietary ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe.” And guess who is the ultimate judge and jury? The FDA!
Please help us fight for your health freedom and forward this email to your friends and loved ones. To call or email your Senator’s office in Washington. follow this link:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

I personally sent this to the 2 Senators from Illinois, and only Roland Burris responded. It was a what looked like a standard form letter from a staff member, but as least it was a response. If this law passes, apparently per Burris it is under review in the Senate currently, and you don’t do something to stop it, them you have no reason to complain, in my opinion.

Well, they’re at it gain. Please see below from MLM WatchDog. com

Save Our Supplements – Stop These Politicians!

Below is another sample letter you can use.

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Weight Loss Supplements – Which are Safe?

Weight loss supplements are big business, especially here in the U.S. Obesity is on the rise. According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, data from 2 NHANES surveys show that  adults ages 20-74, obesity more than doubled from 1980 to 2004. In children ages 2-5,  obesity almost tripled in the same period. In children ages 6-11, the same, and for ages 12-19, obesity more than tripled. So do weight loss supplements help?

It wouldn’t appear so that anything is working. Seems like a lot of people these days want the easy way out, weight loss is no exception. Take a pill, weight comes off. Most weight loss pills available over the counter have not been proven effective and some are down right dangerous. A number of the supplements claim to decrease appetite, which is part of the problem, people eat too much, but again, do they even work?

I might be crazy, but I’ve noticed a trend in restaurants over the past so many years, but the serving sizes at so many eateries are ridiculously large. It’s no wonder so many are overweight, and complain about lack of energy, it takes a lot of energy to digest food, especially when you eat too much to begin with.

O.K., lets talk about what’s available in weight loss supplements and diet pills. Part of the problem is that are not many standards or controls in place that these products have to pass in order to be marketed to consumers. Many of the products contain numerous ingredients, and the effects on the body individually or collectively are not known.  Some of the more popular weight loss supplements available are Hoodia (watch out for counterfits), fucoxanthan, an antioxidant found in brown seaweed, chromium, ehpedra (banned in the U.S. in 2004), bitter orange, similar to ephedra, and CLA which is conjugated linoleic acid. Various supplements either claim to suppress appetite, burn fat, increase metabolism and all kinds of other very technical things.

I see no great believable information on any of these products. Sustainable weight loss doesn’t come with an easy fix. What makes sense is to watch calories, carbohydrates,  and sugar and fat intake. Active people may need 2500 calories daily, less active people 2000. Talk with your doctor or have them recommend a nutritionist. Make a plan and stick to it. Exercise regularly. Some overweight folks may have a physical problem such a hypothyroid which causes a slower than normal metabolism. Avoid fad diets or programs that promise big weight loss quickly or very low calorie diets.

Sustainable weight loss takes time and due diligence, you didn’t gain the weight overnight, don’t expect it go away overnight, whatever you do, please do it safely. I am aware of one company that offers weight loss products that many people I know have used and have had good success with. The products are all natural, don’t have 100 different ingredients, and the company has been around a long time, 51 years actually. One of the products contains Leucine, which has been shown to allow you to lose weight without losing muscle. Click HERE for product info. As far as mangosteen goes, I know some product users have reported weight loss, our Acai product would be an excellent choice if you are strictly interested in weight loss, as it has a very low glycemic level.

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I am a Supplement Skeptic

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Discount Supplements – Most Aren’t Worth It

Discount Supplements, you can find cheap supplements everywhere, on your local grocers shelf, drug stores etc. My first question is this, why would anyone shop for supplements based on cost? Isn’t your health about the single most important thing in your life? Well, let’s re-phrase that just for fun, health, wealth, and love, those are the top 3, not necessarily in that order.

I have been involved in the health and wellness arena for many years, well over twenty now actually. It started back when I was an athlete and heavily involved in martial arts. I was using supplementation such as vitamins and protein products and the like. I worked with many, a friend introduced me to a company that had been around for many, many years, I won’t mention them by name as I am still involved with them and it is against policy to talk openly on the Internet about them, but these supplements were not “discount” supplements by any means, in fact pricey compared to what I had been using from stores.

Within a few weeks I was starting to feel a difference, that was a first. This was through a “network marketing ” company. I began to experiment with different supplements from other network marketing companies and found the products to be vastly superior for the most part. From that time forward, I have found that the best supplements were rarely cheap and often were marketed via network marketing or MLM. I can’t tell you why,  just that it seems it is so.

When choosing health supplementation, natural supplementation makes the most sense. A person should research the company producing the products. Find out about the process the company uses to produce the products. Are the raw ingredients run through stringent quality control before processing? This is a big one. BIG! What type of facility are their products made in? Is it clean? State of the art? Are the ingredients pure and free from chemical additives and artificial additives? Lastly, who runs the company, what are their philosophies and track records? I have done this type of research on numerous products and was shocked with some of the findings, nothing I would put in my body and expect good results from.

There are a number of mangosteen products on the market, in juice form, powders, pills, and so on. Many are just extracts, some claim extra added xanthones that are off the charts on the ORAC scale etc. The mangosteen powder in capsule form I work with contains 515 mg of pure mangosteen rind or “pericarp”. I’ve seen the effectiveness in double blind studies. The mangosteen fruit is very complex. There are more than 60 xanthones, each with a different property, catechins, polyphenols, sterols, polysaccharides, proanthocyanidins, polysaccharides, pycnogenol, epigallocatechins, and epigallocatechin gallate. With the exception of catechins and polysaccharides, the rest are phytochemicals.

The only way to take full advantage of all of these is in a form of pure mangosteen pure rind or powder , many years of research and development have found this to be so. There have been many hundreds of thousands of research papers written on the phytochemicals and compounds found in this fruit and their affects, very impressive.  This company controls the process from the growing field to finished product. The fruit is freeze at a specific time in the growing process. Every capsule contains 515 mg of pure mangosteen rind or powder, quite potent compared to the other products on the market, That’s quality, that’s a world class product, I have seen some processing facilities of some other mangosteen products, I won’t mention names, definitely not at all impressive. There a number of companies that do produce excellent natural health supplements with very high standards, my advice, check them out first, your health may depend on it. We have available mangosteen and acai products at a very reasonable price, as we deal directly with the “manufacturer’s” of the products

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Health Supplements Can Insure Better health

Health supplements and health and wellness in general are such a huge topic these days, I almost don’t know where to begin. Health is now one of the biggest topics on the internet, and the health and wellness industry is slotted to be the next trillion dollar industry according to analysts. Especially here in the United States, the general state of the masses is nothing to brag about. Obesity and chronic health conditions run rampant.

The good news is that we are now more aware of this fact than ever before in history.  People are starting to figure out that carefully choosing the foods we consume, along with exercise and high quality natural health supplements are allowing us to regain our health.

Personally, the first question I had when choosing a primary physician was, ” how do you feel about, and what do you know about nutritional health and natural health supplementation? If they scoff or get that perplexed look, I know immediately I need to keep looking. I work with many individuals daily who have adopted the above philosophies, many of whom have completely turned their health around and now enjoy wellness as a way of life.

The health supplement market is overwhelming, just walk into any of the many shops, I won’t mention names, and you will become dizzy with all the products and the new latest and greatest. The sales person will no doubt tell you everything they carry is the best available and you need it. When watching the news, what has been discovered only months ago is now many times negated, so much controversy it’s hard to keep track. I would humbly suggest working with a doctor, have necessary blood panels to determine your present state of health, vitamin deficiencies, etc., to determine a starting point. Just taking handfuls of vitamins and health supplements is not effective and can be dangerous.

In my experience in the health and wellness industry, the best products almost always use network marketing or MLM as the marketing vehicle, in other words, the best natural health products and supplements are not usually found on store shelves, no offense to health food stores or their proprietors.

As much as this site is about a specific mangosteen product, I don’t pretend it is the means to all ends. I work with another company that carries a full line of natural nutritional products and supplements, a company that has been around a very long time. If anyone is interested, I would be glad to recommend several companies products I am familiar with, that are of excellent quality. I will at some point be doing some product reviews. I will also be able to offer an in home test at a great discount that will show you the amount of free radical damage in your body. I’m also working on a similar type of test for C-Reactive Protein testing that will show you the amount of inflammation in your body. The majority of people, especially in the U.S., just don’t either eat the right foods, consume too much processed food, and/or are not getting the needed nutrition they need and need the addition of good quality health supplements to stay well.

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