Barry forwarded from CNN: > While certain fish are loaded with omega-3 and protein, they also > contain some mercury, dioxins and PCBs. "It's a difficult situation to > balance out," explains Stoll. "You need to eat some fish to be healthy, > but if you eat too much fish, you're putting yourself at risk. ... So > most Americans just can't eat enough fish to get omega-3 in their > diet."
The toxins can be circumvented by consuming fish oil that is cleaned of the toxins. > Flaxseed is another source of a different type of omega-3. Stoll says > it's a good way to increase your fiber, but flax doesn't offer the same > benefits of the compound found in fatty fish. He also warns that the > bodies of two-thirds of the population cannot convert the omega-3 found > in flaxseed.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hello Pete?? > According to Stoll, "Taking more than three tablespoons a day of raw > flaxseed or ground flaxseed can inhibit the uptake of iodine in the > thyroid, which can produce a goiter or enlargement of the thyroid > gland." Oops, looks like the flax-snake-oil customers are losing more than their money... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
