http://omega3dietitian.com/b Practical Tools for Healthy Living Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:51:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kudos to Kromhout and his group in the Netherlands for completing a 3-plus year dietary trial with nearly 5,000 subjects (NEJM, 2010). While the press and bloggers are having a field day with the results, pushing toward the negative, I’m not certain that we should be so surprised by the ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2010/09/02/perhaps-alphaomega-is-not-the-beginning-or-the-end/ Last week, a paper by Dangour et al., published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN), reported the results of an investigation into fish oil supplementation and cognition. The researchers gave a bit more than what many countries consider a minimum recommended intake of omega-3 EPA and DHA to ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2010/05/04/what-to-make-of-omega-3-and-cognition-the-dangour-study/ Here's an idea.........what if we all committed to benefiting the earth by living healthier lives!  We would also have more money at our disposal; living healthier costs less.    Just think of the reduction in resources that would demand (e.g. in medical supplies, drug manufacturing); the reduction in labor costs (e.g. ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2010/04/29/april-is-earth-month/ I burned a fair patch of skin on my forearm the other day by touching the side of the hot tea kettle.  Oops. The burn didn’t break the skin, but it sure got red and it hurt!    I was reminded of something I learned years ago.  Vitamin E oil put ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2010/01/19/fat-for-fat-%e2%80%93-vitamin-e-for-burns/ In the world of academia, there are standards of education.  Diplomas are earned through demonstrating what you have learned, according to proven standards.  For example, when I meet a fellow Registered Dietitian, I know that he/she and I have been exposed to the same information, held to the same standard, ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2010/01/11/who-is-qualified-to-be-your-teacher/ A op-ed article (‘A Fish Oil Story’ by Paul Greenberg) in the New York Times today is enlightening and well intended but off the mark.    I appreciate the attention to omega-3 fatty acids, as these are essential dietary nutrients with proven benefit and documentation that Americans under consume them. I ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2009/12/16/off-the-mark-in-the-new-york-times/ It’s cold across most of the continental US right now.   Growing up in central region of British Columbia, Canada, deeply cold winters were ordinary.  I have fond memories of dodging snow balls, dipping ice sickles into jello powder and less fond memories of getting up for 6 am ice skating ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2009/12/10/whiskey-or-fish-oil-during-this-arctic-freeze/ I recently saw fish oil capsules for sale in clear, plastic bottles.  Remember learning that light destroys sensitive nutrients?  We stopped selling milk in clear glass containers years ago because light destroys some of the B-vitamins that occur in milk.  It is dark in your refrigerator, but not in store ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2009/10/09/would-you-buy-fish-that-was-stored-under-fluorescent-lights/ The important question ‘Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhance Stress Resilience, Wellness, and Military Performance?’ will be addressed next week (Oct 13 & 14) at a 2-day conference at the National Institute of Health in Rockville, MD.    A prestigious group of world-renowned experts in omega-3 research are speaking, including Dr. J. ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2009/10/09/nutritional-armor-for-our-military/ I support natural products.  I managed natural food stores for 10 years; I teach people to eat food in its most natural state; I write and speak about natural products from an evidence-based approach in my work today.   I like ‘natural’.   And sometimes, natural just doesn’t make sense.  That is ... http://omega3dietitian.com/b/2009/09/24/when-natural-isn%e2%80%99t-the-best-value-or-healthful-choice/