Comments on: Yes, Canker Sores Prevented (and Cured) by Omega-3

by: Tom

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:47:20 +0000

For lots of discussion on canker sores, check http://www.mouthulcers.org

by: Gina

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:31:38 +0000

Hello to all,
I’m also suffering from canker sore all my life that’s why I found this site cause am so desperate to know how to prevent and cure this sickness and I tried so many medicines prescribed by Dr. and over the counter . I also try switching my toothpaste now I’m using argelitz( it is an organic toothpaste) and try to used heompathic medicines but apparently non of those work for me and am sick and tired of this sickness. I always have sores sometimes 7 at the same time and it does’nt stop, one would healed and then there is another one coming out. Its so painful , I cannot eat, talk, smile and my husband is complaining because he cannot even kiss me and it makes me crazy. So maybeam going to try that omega 3 and see if its work for me.

Thanks

by: Liza Glazner

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:29:05 +0000

I have had an ongoing problem with canker sores my entire life. I began taking flaxseed oil a few months ago with no knowledge that it may prevent canker sores. Just recently, however, I got out of the routine of taking the flaxseed oil. I have had a canker sore every day for the past three weeks. When one goes away, a new one pops up in a different place. I am going to start taking the flaxseed oil again and see if the pattern changes.

by: andrea

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:47:11 +0000

Heidi, Seth and friends!
Omega 6: Omega3 ratio’s imbalance is another facet of the condition.Too much omega six (for example a diet based on olive oil, canola oil, eggs, lamb, poultry and some beef) can really create a serious imbalance and generate inflammation (joints and mucous lining) + depression + anxiety + canker sores (lots).
One word for your (and my tests): fish oil omega 3 is more potent than flaxseed oil. Search wiki for Omega3 and minami nutrition for omega3 (moreEPA)
I am testing that now!

by: Eric

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:56:53 +0000

Heidi, I am also very interested in your findings. It’s a pity that I can not really specify how many weeks/months I used flaxoil and fishoil before I noticed a change. Only after some months I suddenly realized that I did not have had any serious sores for quite some time, as I also had huge sores before that hindered my speech and swallowing foods.

Just leave a message here and inform Seth please.

Good Luck!

by: seth

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:30:48 +0000

Heidi in Canada,

I would like to know what happens in either case — whether there is improvement or not in your daughter’s canker sores. Either result — improvement or no improvement — would be very interesting!

As for the Inuit, they certainly do or at least did eat rotten fish. See

http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/03/26/what-did-eskimos-eat/

http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/01/26/the-inuit-paradox/

by: Heidi

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:03:42 +0000

hi everyone,
my daughter (18 yrs) has chronic acute cankers and has for years. This means that every month she has a mouth full - and sometimes on the outside of the mouth. They are large (size of the end of your baby finger) and occur in all places in the mouth, gums and throat. We have tried for years to find and try remedies from the tooth paste, washes, prescriptions etc. but it is useless. She has had minimal and inconsistent results at best from home remedies. The medical community is baffled by cankers and it is frustrating - they don’t take it too seriously even when they see that my daughter often can’t speak or eat and her lips are so swollen because of cankers she looks like she has been in a fight. Most people can hardly tolerate the pain of one or two - she never has less than 10 and doesn’t even register pain for an average sized one. This is hardship for a teenager who is concerned about appearances as well. Anyway, I am going to try this flaxseed and walnut oil and let you know if there is any improvement.

A polite note to the posters above referring to the ‘eskimos’. They actually call themselves “Inuit” and eat raw fish and seal as well as caribou etc. I don’t think they eat rotten fish or meat - or at least I have never heard of that and many of my family have travelled to the north and Arctic areas and never observed this either. Most of their food is kept frozen out of doors which is easy to do in the Arctic!

thanks for the discussion.
Heidi in Canada

by: Nathan Myers

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:43:37 +0000

Ted: I got canker sores from orange because I’m allergic to orange. Excess walnuts, for me, bring on cold sores. I would be pleased to find that it is something in the oil that alleviates canker sores, as I happen to know it’s something in the walnut protein (as in other nuts, and in peanuts) that brings on cold sores: excess arginine. However, another correspondent noted that black tea soothed his canker sores, which hints that the tannins may be important.

I would not be at all surprised to find that preventing canker sores involved entirely different chemicals than those involved in alleviating pain and speeding healing. I would also not be surprised to find that certain omega-3 oils are deadly toxic, or metabolically useless. My experience with flaxseed oil, in particular, though, is that since I began taking it more or less regularly I have reduced my waistline and added upper-body muscle mass.

by: Ted

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:57:21 +0000

Nathan, I would add that oranges and citrus definitely aggravate any canker sore I had, sometimes turning them into raging sores. But I could drink/eat citrus during the time I didn’t have sores. I’ve never noticed any reaction positive or negative from onions to the sores.

I also noticed high salt items might bring on the sores. Although once again, I was able to eat pretzels and stuff without problems often.

In my youth and 20s, I probably never ate fish or any omega-3 rich foods very much.

It’s only recently that I’ve started to try to eat with more intention.

by: gallier2

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:45:26 +0000

@bennetta

the bad breath on Atkins is normally transient. It happens when the metabolism switches from mainly glucose to ketone “burning”. As long as not all enzymes are up to their task, the surplus of ketones (mainly acetone) will be discarded in the lungs, thus the strange odour and the metallic taste in the mouth. You can experience the same odour on long time fasting or on long term alcoholics.
When your body is adapted to the fat metabolism (like the eskimos) you will no longer smell.