Comments on: Marion Nestle on Omega-3s http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: asoff eracchi http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-44594 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:41:05 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-44594 Seth: Great stuff on your blog, I see that you have an interest in Omega oils, I was wondering whether you plan to cover Omega 5 oil. This is oil that is extracted from the seeds of pomegranates, usually by cold press methods. It has superb medicinal properties for men and women. Two California companies sell great Omega 5 oil products to include gel caps. I have been using the products of one of them for quite some time and simply adore the innovation. see: www.pomega5.com Please review and I am awaiting to hear your thoughts on this item. asoff Seth:

Great stuff on your blog, I see that you have an interest in Omega oils, I was wondering whether you plan to cover Omega 5 oil.

This is oil that is extracted from the seeds of pomegranates, usually by cold press methods.

It has superb medicinal properties for men and women.

Two California companies sell great Omega 5 oil products to include gel caps. I have been using the products of one of them for quite some time and simply adore the innovation.

see: www.pomega5.com

Please review and I am awaiting to hear your thoughts on this item.

asoff

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-41284 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:28:49 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-41284 Thanks for the info, Peter. Thanks for the info, Peter.

]]> by: peter http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-41052 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:36:40 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-41052 i just got my blood test back and it shows that my HDL (good cholestrol) went from 48-50 to 58 since i've started taking flax seed oil on a daily basis. there were two subtypes of HDL measured, HDL-2 and HDL-3. Both were above the reference range. HDL-2 is better than HDL-3. (my hdl3 was way above ref. and my hdl2 was only slightly above the ref. ) The point of all this is that one measurement of the benefit of omega-3 is the effect on HDL. If Seth were to conduct a study, the measurements might include HDL2 and HDL3. It might be interesting to see if consuming DHA would increase the HDL3 more than flax seed oil. i just got my blood test back and it shows that my HDL (good cholestrol) went from 48-50 to 58 since i’ve started taking flax seed oil on a daily basis.
there were two subtypes of HDL measured, HDL-2 and HDL-3. Both were above the reference range. HDL-2 is better than HDL-3. (my hdl3 was way above ref. and my hdl2 was only slightly above the ref. ) The point of all this is that one measurement of the benefit of omega-3 is the effect on HDL. If Seth were to conduct a study, the measurements might include HDL2 and HDL3. It might be interesting to see if consuming DHA would increase the HDL3 more than flax seed oil.

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-40712 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:16:10 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-40712 Igor, that's a very interesting example, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Timothy, vitamins may not help when you are not deficient -- e.g., don't have scurvy. There is no doubt that vitamins produce miraculous recoveries from certain diseases (or to be more precise, certain symptom clusters). Igor, that’s a very interesting example, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Timothy, vitamins may not help when you are not deficient — e.g., don’t have scurvy. There is no doubt that vitamins produce miraculous recoveries from certain diseases (or to be more precise, certain symptom clusters).

]]> by: Timothy Beneke http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-40707 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:11:18 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-40707 "The single nutrients called vitamins produce miraculous improvements in vitamin-deficiency diseases." My very casual impression is that the research findings that have been showing up in the press in the last year or two suggest that there is little evidence that taking vitamins helps people; and may in fact be harmful. Yes, Vitamin C was a major success with scurvy, but most of the other empirical evidence appears to be very disappointing for vitamins... That's just my impression... “The single nutrients called vitamins produce miraculous improvements in vitamin-deficiency diseases.”

My very casual impression is that the research findings that have been showing up in the press in the last year or two suggest that there is little evidence that taking vitamins helps people; and may in fact be harmful. Yes, Vitamin C was a major success with scurvy, but most of the other empirical evidence appears to be very disappointing for vitamins…

That’s just my impression…

]]> by: Igor Carron http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-40461 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:58:06 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/05/marion-nestle-on-omega-3s/#comment-40461 Seth, It is interesting to see that we do not understand why this is happening and that there seems to be even more potentially compelling examples i.e.: http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2007/08/short_bowel_syndrome_and_the_p.php Igor. Seth,

It is interesting to see that we do not understand why this is happening and that there seems to be even more potentially compelling examples i.e.:

http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2007/08/short_bowel_syndrome_and_the_p.php

Igor.

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