cell membrane stabilization

[hardasnails1973]

For those who have been flax seed and fish oils addicts in the past this may shed some light on your possible problems. I was fortunate to have dr kane as my dr. Even though she was 300 bucks for a visit it did shed some light on some things. Being a flax seed junky for 4-5 years thinking it was doing my body good un known that I was literally creating a cellular chaos due to causing an imbalance in the 6:3 ratio at the cell level. Too much good fats can eventually deplete you antoxident reserves quciker then you know it. Plus flax seed oil goes rancid in about 2 weeks not one month like every one else is to beleive. Taking excessive flax and fish oils per instructions of my ND over time drove my arachondonic acid into the ground. You are wondering what the hell that is. Well if you drive you AA into the ground you disrupt the p450 enyzme and then since your body is not getting it it ripps it from cell membrane which is not good. I agree that normal people have just the opposite of too much 6:3 ratio, but people living healthy life style eat clean reduce the foods that normal SAD contains and end up causing an imbalance in the opposite direction. So before implemeting Fish oils and if you have a history of udos or flax seed use in the past it might be advisable to get a simple test called a EPA/AA ratio to prevent further imbalances and leading to diseases such as diabetes, fatty liver, and endocrine disruptions. I found on line a simple finger prick test to verify these levels and any one taking or have taken fishoils or flax in the past i would highly recommend getting it down to monitor your self. it take only 4 months to cause an imbalance because thats when cells in liver recycle. Be glad to show any one the test results to see how out of balance i was..


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[Naturdoc]

How much flax oil were you taking. It is very common for moderate intakes of omega-3 to make up for serious deficiencies in our diets. Remember that the same enzyme that metabolizes flax oil competes with metabolizing omega-6 oils so perhaps the prostaglandin-1 series were low. I usually recommend fish oil as it does not compete for that enzyme, delta-6-desaturase. Ground flax seed has benefits other than the omega-3s such as healthy metabolism of estrogens. Unground flax seed does not deteriorate like the oil.

[hardasnails1973]

Originally Posted by Naturdoc

How much flax oil were you taking. It is very common for moderate intakes of omega-3 to make up for serious deficiencies in our diets. Remember that the same enzyme that metabolizes flax oil competes with metabolizing omega-6 oils so perhaps the prostaglandin-1 series were low. I usually recommend fish oil as it does not compete for that enzyme, delta-6-desaturase. Ground flax seed has benefits other than the omega-3s such as healthy metabolism of estrogens. Unground flax seed does not deteriorate like the oil.

2-3 TBSP a day because I thought it was healthy. 8 months ago dr saw elevated DHA and EPA and low AA, LA and LNA . Told me to stop the fish oils and to do 10 Evening priomse a day and eat 4 whole eggland eggs a day with organic butter to raise the AA. Well about 4 months into the program I fel some what normal, but did not have the money to get the RBC test again and continued on the protocol and I think I way over shot it and it caused alot of cardio vascular abnormalities because of Excessive AA/EPA ratio. So i stopped the EPO now and start adding in fish oils 1 tsp a day till I get retested via RBC Fatty acid in order to get balanced back out again. This has been problem every since put you on a program and let you hang not knowing if its working or not same way with intestinal infections..Never retested after intiatial protocol. They assumed it was gone..