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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:43:14 -0700
From: Kirk Talmadge <>
Subject: RE: Fish and essential fatty acids (EFA's)

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There may be a problem with just eating fish.  Fish, like cattle, used to 
have a fair amount of Omega-3 EFA.  The cattle started losing their Omega-3 
content when they were being fed mostly grains instead of range 
feeding.  Because of the demand for fish, as a healthy food, we've started 
to raise them on fish farms...and feed them grain.  They don't have the 
same EFA balance.  They are much lighter in Omega-3's.  One of the reasons 
I use supplements is because we can't tell what is in our diet anymore, 
even if we try.

Grain fed animals have lower omega-3 contents vs. natural or free range 
animals.  Unfortunately, fish are now being farmed, and fed grains.  The 
grain diet is lowering their omega-3 values.  The Weston A. Price 
Foundation has an article about this;
http://www.westonaprice.org/farming/splendor.html
Sorry, it is a little PC for my taste, but it describes the effect.  Also 
note the physical problems that the grain fed animals have in their livers, 
and apply that logic to the current American diet since it is also becoming 
more dependent on grains.

This is an article from the Linus Pauling Institute on alpha lipoic acid 
(ALA).  They say they will have an EFA report out Fall 2002.
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/lpi/infocenter/othernuts/la/index.html

Both the Weston A. Price Foundation
http://www.westonaprice.org/
and the Linus Pauling Institute
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/lpi/index.html
have a wealth of information on nutrition and diet.   I have many more 
resources, if anyone is interested in diet, diabetes, or related topics.

Kirk Talmadge



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