Guest guest Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 I am quite aware I could get my selenium from Brazil nuts. Many years of sugar abuse ruined my teeth. I used to eat brazil nuts daily. I no longer do a morning fruit smoothie because I needed to cut back on my fruit intake, and the nuts are impossible for me to eat without grinding them first. Tablets are convenient. I consult the USDA database on foods probably twice a week. But I am still a big fan of supplements. And I still feel that EFAs are indeed essential. Alobar Re: Essential Fatty Acids > > Did you know that brazil nuts are very high in selenium? One brazil nut provides 266% of the US RDA! If you eat 2 brazil nuts per day (a whole food), you will get over 500% of the RDA! > > You might be interested in the website www.fitday.com as well as www.nutritiondata.com Both help individuals to determine sources of whole food for specific nutrients. > > mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 > Did you know that brazil nuts are very high in selenium? Unfortunately, that is true only if the nuts are grown in selenium- rich soil such as is found in Brazil. Brazil nuts grown in central America do not contain selenium. The upshot is that you have to know where they are grown or you could be doing your body a disservice with all good intent. Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 From: " Nina Moliver " <ninalynn@...> I don't eat fish, I basically don't like eating animal products. I take 2 fish-oil capsules per day. Is this a mistake? -------------------------------------- Nina - you would be better off going " right to the source " for your essential fatty acids. I've been eating aphanizominon flos aquae for about 8 years now. It's a certain kind of blue green algae. After all - where do you think fish get their essential fatty acids? From the algae they eat! So I just skip the middle man (or I guess I should say the middle fish), and just eat what the fish eat. Carol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Would you benefit from a more effective and healthy immune system? Organic, wholefood, supplements provide nutrients essential for the health of people, pets and plants. http://www.bluegreensolutions.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Thank you very much for posting these links > Did you know that brazil nuts are very high in selenium? One brazil nut provides 266% of the US RDA! If you eat 2 brazil nuts per day (a whole food), you will get over 500% of the RDA! > > You might be interested in the website www.fitday.com as well as www.nutritiondata.com Both help individuals to determine sources of whole food for specific nutrients. > > mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 > ...where do you think fish get their essential fatty acids? From > the algae they eat! So I just skip the middle man (or I guess I should > say the middle fish), and just eat what the fish eat. > > Carol > ~~~~~~~~~ On the other hand this well-referenced article shows that fish convert omega-6 oil in their diet to omega-3 oil. One referenced statement says, " It is known that an increase in ?6 fatty acids causes an increase in ?3 fatty acids (10). " http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:45ngxnClmFsJ:journals.tubitak.gov ..tr/biology/issues/biy-03-27-3/biy-27-3-4-0210- 9.pdf+%22fish+convert%22+fatty+acids & hl=en Duncan Crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 > A question, is raw butter a food or a medicine? It is derived from > cream which is derived from milk and therefore not the whole food. > > rich Is milk a whole food? It is derived from a cow; the cow can be seen as the whole food and the milk, merely a component Just playin' wit' yer head. Duncan Crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 From: Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...> On the other hand this well-referenced article shows that fish convert omega-6 oil in their diet to omega-3 oil. ------------------------------------- But the algae already has the perfect ratio of 3's to 6's, so I'll just stick with my algae. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Bonnie, I think I read in Coconut Cures that there is a small amount of EFAs in VCO....like 2.5%. On Feb 17, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Bonnie Cole wrote: > Does anyone know besides SATURATED FAT, is there any EFA's in VCO? > > Bonnie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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