Comments on: Eskimos, Heart Disease, and Omega-3s: The Plot Thickens http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:18:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Aaron Ashmann http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-85916 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:40:31 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-85916 Seth, I think there is more to be done in testing polyunsaturates vs monounsaturates and saturates. Do you think you can perform some more tests on flax vs butter and flax vs coconut oil (for cognitive tasks). This might give us more light on if the weston a price crew was on to something. Also, are you familiar was ray peats work on the subject. If the weston price crew is correct that saturates allow for better functioning of omega 3 and 6 - and this is said on both weston a prices website and ray peats- then your test of flax vs butter and flax vs coconut oil- should show the saturates coming on top- or at least being better over time. There main argument is that saturates promote better brain functioning- lets look at this! Your tests vs olive oil didn't say much because both the above camps say that monounsaturate consumption doesn't nessasarily lead to better brain function. Seth, I think there is more to be done in testing polyunsaturates vs monounsaturates and saturates. Do you think you can perform some more tests on flax vs butter and flax vs coconut oil (for cognitive tasks). This might give us more light on if the weston a price crew was on to something. Also, are you familiar was ray peats work on the subject. If the weston price crew is correct that saturates allow for better functioning of omega 3 and 6 - and this is said on both weston a prices website and ray peats- then your test of flax vs butter and flax vs coconut oil- should show the saturates coming on top- or at least being better over time. There main argument is that saturates promote better brain functioning- lets look at this! Your tests vs olive oil didn’t say much because both the above camps say that monounsaturate consumption doesn’t nessasarily lead to better brain function.

]]> by: peter http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-82564 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:33:23 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-82564 marcus's authority re high rates of heart disease in Palestinians is consistent with Kendrick explanation, i.e., that extreme stress is the cause of heart disease (altho i tend to think that no single factor is absolutely controlling. marcus’s authority re high rates of heart disease in Palestinians is consistent with Kendrick explanation, i.e., that extreme stress is the cause of heart disease (altho i tend to think that no single factor is absolutely controlling.

]]> by: DAvid Marcus http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-82354 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:41:21 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-82354 I also noticed that in another post you mentioned the Israeli Paradox, where Jewish Israelis who consume polyunsaturated fats are supposed to have higher coronary disease rates than Non-Jewish Israelis who consume monounsaturated fats. A few recent studies have actually found that Arab Israelis have much higher heart disease risk than Jewish Israelis - among the highest rates in the world in fact - despite the fact that they drown their food in olive oil. See, for instance, http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/2/448 I also noticed that in another post you mentioned the Israeli Paradox, where Jewish Israelis who consume polyunsaturated fats are supposed to have higher coronary disease rates than Non-Jewish Israelis who consume monounsaturated fats. A few recent studies have actually found that Arab Israelis have much higher heart disease risk than Jewish Israelis - among the highest rates in the world in fact - despite the fact that they drown their food in olive oil. See, for instance,

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/2/448

]]> by: Dennis Mangan http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-81911 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:05:07 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/12/01/eskimos-heart-disease-and-omega-3s-the-plot-thickens/#comment-81911 Eskimos' fish consumption with consequent high protein intake is also responsible for their high rates of osteoporosis. Eskimos’ fish consumption with consequent high protein intake is also responsible for their high rates of osteoporosis.

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