Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000211A
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00:01 The supplementation of Omega-3 fatty acids is booming.
00:05 As a matter of fact, the Food 00:06 and Drug Administration just approved 00:07 the first Omega-3 fatty acids supplement as a drug, 00:11 totaling sales of over 600 million in the United States, 00:15 over one billion worldwide. 00:17 What's the research? 00:18 Suppose I don't wanna eat fish or take fish oil, 00:21 are there any alternatives. 00:23 Well, today's program is entitled "Alpha and Omega." 00:28 We'll be right back. 00:53 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living, 00:54 this is Curtis Eakins your co-host. 00:57 I like to have my wife introduce herself this time. 01:00 His wife at this time. 01:02 Okay, and let's put a name on that, 01:04 Paula, Paula Eakins? Yeah. 01:06 Okay, we have a same last name, 01:08 so we're married. Yep. 01:09 In holy matrimony. Yep. 01:11 And are you happy with this marriage? Yep. 01:14 Okay, very good, I'm too. 01:17 That's a new hairstyle too by the way, isn't it? Nope. 01:20 Or you had it before? Yes. 01:22 Okay, and I like it. Thank you. 01:24 Okay, let's go with alpha and omega. 01:25 I know, I think we should move on with alpha and omega. 01:30 And you said alpha and omega, 01:31 so can you explain exactly what you're talking 01:33 about alpha and omega, what do you mean? 01:34 Yeah, alpha and omega 01:36 and again I'm gonna give out some initials, 01:38 so you may want to write down these initials 01:40 but alpha and omega, 01:42 these are different kinds of fats 01:45 they are found in foods, 01:46 all right, very beneficial to the system. 01:50 Alpha can convert into Omega-3 fatty acids, 01:56 that's why the program is entitled 01:58 alpha and omega, all right? 02:02 In Omega-3 fatty acids there are certain oils of fat 02:05 in that group too, and initials 02:08 because the words are so long, 02:09 is really known by initials. 02:11 One initial is EPA and DHA. 02:17 Those are different types of Omega-3 fatty acids. 02:20 Sometimes you'll see those initials on packages 02:22 but again you know that, 02:23 that's an Omega-3 fatty acids, EPA, DHA, 02:28 then of course you have the alpha, 02:30 which is alpha-linolenic acid, ALA. 02:35 It does not stand for Alabama, 02:37 okay, just want make sure that people understand that. 02:40 So but it's been booming and like I said before 02:43 the Food and Drug Administration 02:44 just a few years ago, just approved a drug, 02:49 Omega-3 fatty acids and supplement as a drug. 02:52 And it's been booming 02:54 since the last few years in this country and also worldwide. 02:57 So you said based on research, so based on research, 03:00 what are the benefits of this? 03:02 Okay, there is a lot of benefits, 03:04 now most people then they hear about 03:05 alpha or Omega-3 fatty acids, 03:09 most people think of heart disease, all right? 03:11 So let's go to the screen because that is true 03:13 but we gonna add more to that 03:15 than just heart disease as well. 03:16 But let's go to the screen to see the benefits. 03:19 Heart Healthy! 03:21 "Omega-3 fatty acids lower triglycerides, 03:24 resting heart rate, blood pressure 03:28 and improve heart efficiency and vascular function." 03:34 That's Omega-3 fatty acids, all right? 03:36 So that proves those things there. 03:38 Now in addition to that, 03:40 based on numerous clinical studies, 03:44 Omega-3 fatty acids also inhibits breast tumor growth, 03:52 also it release symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. 03:58 Also it maintains brain health, 04:02 impacts-far as long and short term memory 04:08 also dementia and also some research 04:10 on Alzheimer's disease. 04:12 We're talking about Omega-3 fatty acids and also alpha 04:17 which is converted into omega, 04:20 that's why the problem is alpha and omega. 04:23 So the research is out there 04:25 and it's been growing for the last, 04:27 I guess 15, 20 years. 04:30 It just--I means it's just flying off the shelf. 04:32 Okay, because I'm gonna ask the question 04:33 that is so some so-- is in supplemental form 04:35 that people can actually take, 04:37 that's how it's out there on the market places. 04:38 Yeah, mm-hmm. 04:40 Along with the fact that it's coming actually 04:41 from the fish kingdom, is that right? 04:43 Yes, well, yeah, fish oil. Okay, other thing, 04:45 yeah, but the other things are coming from other than just fish 04:47 but just bottom-line, just is kind of talking 04:49 more about the fish part of it. 04:50 Yeah, the fish part of it, yes. 04:51 Okay, okay, okay so, in fact it is on the market. 04:55 Okay, what about just eating a fish. 04:57 Why do we need to do supplements anyway? 04:59 Just go to a fast food restaurant 05:00 and just order fish sandwich- Eats the fish, yeah. 05:03 Yeah, that will make sense, wouldn't it? 05:06 So you get the fish oil when you eat the fish. 05:09 Well, there may be some problem with that, okay? 05:12 Number one, let's first realize that when we eat fish, 05:17 a lot of fish that we eat 05:18 here in United States are from fish farms. 05:24 Now that may not be a good idea. 05:27 A fish farm? Yeah, fish farms, all right? 05:29 And it's been going on for at least 05:32 the last 30, 20, 30 years 05:34 and a lot of fish farms are in cold water inlets 05:37 on the west coast right here in United States in a way, 05:40 California, up in Vancouver, British Columbia 05:43 along those lines, there are fish farms 05:45 and they are like 100x100 05:49 maybe acre or square block are floating in the water. 05:53 I think we have a picture of the fish farm, 05:55 let's go to the screen at this time. 05:57 And this fish farm right there are packing like sardines, 06:00 they're not like swimming up stream all right, 06:02 and what happens is in these fish farms, 06:04 we have fecal matter, you have sea lice, 06:08 you have parasites all that is packed in, 06:11 in this container or these fish farms here 06:14 and most fish in these farms 06:17 are being raised salmon about 80%. 06:20 And lot of people eat salmon for the Omega-3 fatty acids 06:23 and most of the salmons are coming from these fish farms 06:25 that's contaminated with all these filth 06:28 in this fish farm. 06:29 So with that you also have vaccination, 06:32 all right and antibiotics, 06:34 all that's going into the fish tissue itself. 06:38 So therefore as one person calls it floating pig farms, 06:44 they are packed in like sardine. 06:46 These are couch potatoes, 06:48 marine couch potatoes, fish farms. 06:51 And a thing about is that 06:53 normally most fish or the salmon, 06:55 they normally feed on krill. 07:01 This is a carotenoid which is mostly orange. 07:04 So when the fish feed on that, 07:06 then their flesh is pink. 07:09 But guess what, they don't feed these fish farms krill, 07:13 they feed these fish farms, 07:14 cat fish, sardines, mackerel, anchovies. 07:21 So when the fish eat this type of food, 07:23 their flesh is no longer pink, it's a pale gray. 07:28 Well, no one's gonna buy any salmon that's flesh, 07:31 that's pale gray. 07:33 So how did you get the salmon flesh to be pink? 07:36 There is a pharmaceutical company 07:39 that actually makes shades a peek 07:41 that people can order and buy 07:44 and they feed this into the fish farms 07:46 and therefore it can make their flesh pink. 07:50 So we go through the store 07:51 and get the salmon fish farm pink flesh, 07:55 oh and people will buy it. 07:57 But it maybe a synthetic pigment of pink. 08:00 And if are not that, this fish don't really have 08:03 as much Omega-3 fatty acids as one's thought. 08:08 All that's going through the system fish farms. 08:12 I-I, that's mind boggling. 08:15 Yeah, and I'm-I'm trying to be nice. Okay. 08:18 Because more that can be said. I understand. 08:20 But this is very prevalent here in United States 08:23 and also worldwide as well, fish farms. 08:26 And people think, oh this is safe 08:27 because it's enclosed 08:30 but then that can be also increase the contamination 08:32 as well at the same time. 08:34 Oh, well have you ever heard of a fish farm? 08:37 I mean-I mean I've heard of a farm where animals, 08:41 cows and chickens and stuff, okay, but a fish farm. 08:44 Fish farm. For real. 08:46 Yeah, and increases the contamination 08:48 because now is-is packed in an enclosed environment. Yeah. 08:52 So all that fecal matter and sometimes lice, 08:55 sea lice burrows into the flesh of the fish 09:00 and then the fish all comes from this environment, 09:03 we take it into our system, all right? 09:06 So therefore eating fish may not be the best idea. 09:12 I'm agreeing and I believe the audience is agreeing too. 09:16 Okay, on this information what does Ellen White, 09:19 you know, she is one of our Christian authors 09:21 and she speaks a lot about the food and stuff is going on 09:24 and so what does she actually say about fish? 09:27 Well, she says quite a bit about fish, 09:29 this one powerful statement she said about fish 09:33 and of course not those who are not familiar 09:35 with this author Ellen G. White, 09:38 she is a prolific author, known to be inspired by God, 09:42 by millions of people around the world 09:44 according to Library of Congress, 09:46 the most translated author in United States, 09:49 second in the world. 09:50 Wrote many volumes on health and healthful living, 09:53 five major health books by the way, 09:56 Counsels On Health, Ministry Of Healing, 09:59 Counsels On Diet and Foods, Medical Ministry and Temperance, 10:02 those are five major books on health, all right? 10:06 One of those books she mentions about fish. 10:09 Let's go to screen at this time 10:10 and folks let's hold on to your seat. 10:13 It's called Filthy Fish! 10:16 "Fish become so contaminated 10:19 by the filth on which it feeds as to be a cause of disease." 10:25 Counsel on Diets and Foods, page 394. 10:30 So again we got the fish oil 10:33 that mostly come from this farm raised fish 10:38 that's been fed mackerels, sardines, 10:40 cat fish with the fecal matter, 10:41 sea lice parasites, that kind of thing. 10:44 If we eat the fish 10:46 and that statement there says is so contaminated 10:49 because what happens with that, 10:51 lot of people they will be go out and do the fishing 10:53 but not knowing that so many fish feed on 10:55 sometimes the sewerage of the cities, 10:58 then they go out into the oceans 10:59 and people get the fish thinking that is fresh water 11:02 because it's not around the contamination 11:04 but not knowing that this fish sometimes 11:07 are feeding on the sewerage of cities nearby. 11:10 And so therefore you're taking all that toxin ways 11:13 and-and you got the mercury, 11:15 you got the PCB, you got all these dioxins 11:18 and fish contains also carcinogen, 11:22 cholesterol and saturated fat. 11:25 All of that for Omega-3 fatty acids. 11:28 You know, in a medical profession 11:30 we have, what we call the benefit to risk ratio 11:36 and we need to understand that sometimes, 11:39 something may not be a beneficial 11:41 if the risk outweigh the benefits. 11:44 And based on what has been said 11:45 and more we can say simply there's more risk 11:49 than what the benefits have the offer 11:50 as far as getting Omega-3 fatty acids. 11:53 And I know when you're watching that, 11:55 hear what he's saying, you then saying to yourself 11:57 okay-okay, enough of the fish. 11:59 So what am I gonna do now? 12:02 What about-- I can't do the oil, 12:04 I can't do the fish, so what are the alternatives? 12:07 Well, and people-- the Omega-3 fatty acids, 12:09 I mean it's in all the clinical studies have made this, 12:12 I mean, breast cancer growth 12:14 inhabit of that, rheumatoid arthritis, 12:17 dementia Alzheimer's disease, 12:18 of course cardiovascular disease, 12:20 I mean, so people still want those benefits. Absolutely. 12:22 But a lot of times about 40% of people 12:26 now do not like the fish oil for two reasons 12:29 because this very slightly going down hill, 12:32 because number one, the taste and after taste. 12:37 Number two, the smell. 12:40 But yet and still- still want the benefits 12:42 from Omega-3 fatty acids. 12:43 So what is there left, and don't want to eat the fish. 12:47 So there are some alternatives 12:49 without we call this the fishless, fish oil. 12:55 Which is there is lot of things that has Omega-3. 12:58 You have the canola oil, 13:01 flaxseed oil, soy oil, 13:06 Soybean, tofu and walnuts. 13:10 Those have the Omega-3 fatty acids 13:13 and you now even have in the health food stores 13:16 vegetarian Omega-3 fatty acids 13:18 that has the flaxseed oil already in them 13:21 And tend to have even more of the Omega-3 fatty acids 13:25 than the fish oil because of contamination 13:28 of those fish in the fish farms. 13:30 So that would be a safe bag going to that direction 13:34 you don't have the smell, you don't have the taste, 13:37 you don't have the contaminates 13:38 that the fish oil will bring 13:40 based on those fish farms in container there. 13:43 So it's a good way of taking in those Omega-3 fatty acids, 13:48 you're getting all the benefits 13:49 without the contamination of the fish oil 13:52 or even eating fish itself. 13:54 Well, you said, what you're gonna fix that about that, 13:59 so it's been we talked about this fish issue. 14:01 I hope we're not having Fish, are we? 14:03 Well, let me just say this, whenever you do a program, 14:05 I'm always trying to match 14:07 a food item to match that. Right, that's true. 14:09 And believe it or not, a friend of mine 14:12 from the Islands actually quite a while back 14:15 gave me a recipe for a mocked fish. Oh, okay. 14:19 Smells like, acts like, taste like fish 14:22 but it's all plant based, 14:24 so guess what, get your paper, 14:26 and your pencil and meet us in the kitchen. |
Revised 2014-12-17