Great points, very informative.
Do you have any views or opinions on Udo 3-6-9 oil? I have been to one of his seminars and other than being a total loon, he had some good research. Granted, that was based on his own situation with an illness he developed. Can't remember what it was but his big thing is to have a 2:1 ratio of 3 to 6's which is why he said flax oil is off target with their ratios.
I can not eat fish for the life of me so I use this in my shakes and as salad dressing. Also contains, flax, borage, safflower, and a few others that are escaping me right now.
i use to take udos, and i dont think it is a bad choice at all. safflower is garbage, and it pro inflammatory so i wish he would leave it out. the other oils are fine and i beleive it contains some black current oil to add more gla to it. the only thing its missing is some dha and epa found in fish oil. these compounds have great effect on mood, inflammation, prevention of disease etc.. there are alot of benefits, i wrote about them in another post. but his idea is that given enough O3 via flax etc your body can produce the necessary dha and epa , this is sound in theory but because many have a poor diet the conversion and utilization is perhaps very low. so insted of supplying substrates id rather have the real thing, and supply some substrates i think it solves the problem a complete angle ruling out any problems along the pathway.
some might ask why im bashing O6 in yolks meat and not in this product. the main reason is that when supplied in proper ratios O6 has many useful purposes, and can promote a healthy inflammatory response, which is needed for immunity. also, his choices of O6 save safflower are anti inflammatory like borage for instance, while in yolks it is not, nor is it in red meat for instance. so not only the quantity but the type is important.
i would say continue the udos but if you opt for something cheaper, just try fish oil, and some borage and eat flax seeds.
