Studies show that religious people especially priest live longer.

"According to the result, religious people’s life span was 80 years, the highest among them, followed by politicians of 75, professors of 74, business people of 73, lawyers of 72, high-ranking officials of 71, entertainers and artists of 70 each, and athletes, writers and media people of 67 respectively."

[www.heraldmalaysia.com]
Maybe for the Catholic priests it is the celibacy???

Prana Wrote:
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> Well SueZ, I'm glad you're enjoying your oils.
> They seem to be working well for you.


Thank you!

CommonSenseRaw Wrote:
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> SueZ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Prana Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I don't eat oils, except for a rare meal at a
> > raw
> > > restaurant where I didn't catch that there
> was
> > oil
> > > in the dish I ordered. For me, they don't
> feel
> > > good. I prefer to get my fats from whole
> foods,
> > > including avocados, sesame seeds, hemp seeds,
> > and
> > > chia seeds. If I use a high omega 6 fat, I
> will
> > > also include some ground chia in the mix.
> > >
> > > Those people eating 2 tablespoons of olive
> oil,
> > > you might want to consider a whole food
> > > alternative.
> >
> > Ha ha ha. I eat plenty of whole foods. I
> pour
> > walnut oil all over my avocados and coconut oil
> > all over my ground flax seeds. Etc.
> >
> > People who can only get down 2 T of oil in
> a
> > whole day are wusses.
>
> Why so much oil?

I don't know. There certainly are many factors that have not been studied as of yet. As always first the right questions have to be formulated and asked to design an appropriate study, (and in the proper context), of raw living stone ground high oil consumption. I don't think there are enough people on the Conductivity Diet as of yet for such a study to be feasible. And remember Tavis is the only one who's been on it long term. It's too soon to know for sure why it works for him and whether it will work long term for those of us who have been on it now for less than a year.

Well like Norman Walker used to say.
We are doing fine in spite of the oils not because of it.

RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> Well like Norman Walker used to say.
> We are doing fine in spite of the oils not because
> of it.


If that's your belief that's your belief. I'm not going to argue or be influenced by other's beliefs.

SueZ Wrote:
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> If that's your belief that's your belief. I'm
> not going to argue or be influenced by other's
> beliefs.

How about Tavis' beliefs?

John Rose Wrote:
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> The Sproutarian Man wrote:
>
> <<>>
>
> Hey TSM,
>
> Very well said and it reminds me of something Dr.
> Hazel Parcells once said about Karma, "...what you
> will for another is done to you, since we all
> share life and therefore are one. To be healthy,
> think good thoughts." By the way, Dr. Hazel
> Parcells lived to be 106 and said that we should
> design all of our eating around natural
> foods--foods that are "in season," fresh and
> alive.


Yes. Negative thoughts are like poison. For eg, you may not like someone's behaviour, but you should never dislike or hate the person because they are two different things. Hate is the most poison thing possible, you are doing incredible damage to yourself when you have that emotion.



>
> This also reminds me of something Dr. Flora once
> said about Negative Thoughts, "Einstein said never
> to memorize anything. He said to clear your mind
> and attach it to the positive ring of
> energy/intelligence around the world and you will
> be empowered. This is why there are so many
> examples of independent and similar ideas being
> born all over the world at the same time! He also
> said that if people knew the power of one negative
> thought, they would never even think anything but
> loving things."


Yes, yes, YES!!! That is exactly how it is!!! When you are tuned into the cosmic energy that is exactly how it works. If you use the human brain you will only achieve limited things because the mind is only low level and blocks the higher levels. Many people tocus on using their minds, and that is disaster because it blocks their higher powers and that's why the world is in a mess (too much left brained activity). And yes, it is no coincidence that the universal sound vibrations always come through the right ear when you are highly tuned to the cosmic vibrations, and when you sungaze it gets even more powerful and flows all through the body and greatly elevates you. The human mind is dumb, but the spiritual mind is brilliant.

Even when you read difficult studies, you are largely letting the higher forces guide you. If you use too much mind you make mistakes. And always, you let the higher powers guide you to everything...never try hard, just let it flow. The harder you try the worse it gets. Life is meant to be easy, and it can be if we are tuned in to our powers because we all have these abilities, but we must know who we are before we are able to do this. Most people are strangers to themselves.


Negative thoughts are extremely damaging. If l have a negative thought it rips me apart...really knocks me around. I always see the good in everyone, but if there is less than desirable things going on l will describe the behaviour, but l will very very rarely put my emotions into that description of the bad behaviour because the inbalance to the spirit is devestating, you can feel it. The negative thoughts are the most damaging thing possible.

If someone cuts you off in traffic you sympathise with their situation, because like all folks, they have hard lives and they not know what they do...they are out of alighnment like most folks are. Same with greedy bankers etc, these are not bad people, they are just spiritually sick people who are out of balance...they have forgotten who they are. Enlightened people can easily fall too, so one must be extremely diligent at all times, because when you think you have moved above the nonsense those dark forces will enter you because your guard is down.

And we are all connected. When you meditate with other people the power is greatly enhanced. If someone directs seething hate towards you over the internet, you will enter their body and see life through their eyes and be able to read their mind...it is not a pleasant experience, it's horrible, it's like you become that person. If these haters email you, you will know the instant when they are going to message you. I also know when many of my friends are going to ring me, and when non enlightened friends speak to me over the phone they report feeling powerful vibrations that uplift them. When l go to certain highly enlightened people's house their vibrations uplift me. So few have any idea of the power of vibrations. That's all we are, vibrations, we are not our mind nor our body, we are an energy source and we can locate anyone in the universe and beyond.

The physical world is only a play. We act and play dress-ups that gives us opportunities to see through the illusion and learn who we really are, this brings on soul development. The problem is that most folks think this life on earth is real, but it is no such thing.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2014 09:44PM by The Sproutarian Man.

Panchito Wrote:
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> SueZ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If that's your belief that's your belief.
> I'm
> > not going to argue or be influenced by other's
> > beliefs.
>
> How about Tavis' beliefs?

Same for him, Panchito. I'm going by his results and my own personal experience. I'm just not too interested in, or take too seriously, beliefs. Even my own.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2014 09:37PM by SueZ.

The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> John Rose Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The Sproutarian Man wrote:
> >
> > <<>>
> >
> > Hey TSM,
> >
> > Very well said and it reminds me of something
> Dr.
> > Hazel Parcells once said about Karma, "...what
> you
> > will for another is done to you, since we all
> > share life and therefore are one. To be
> healthy,
> > think good thoughts." By the way, Dr. Hazel
> > Parcells lived to be 106 and said that we
> should
> > design all of our eating around natural
> > foods--foods that are "in season," fresh and
> > alive.
>
>
> Yes. Negative thoughts are like poison. For eg,
> you may not like someone's behaviour, but you
> should never dislike or hate the person because
> they are two different things. Hate is the most
> poison thing possible, you are doing incredible
> damage to yourself when you have that emotion.
>
>
>
> >
> > This also reminds me of something Dr. Flora
> once
> > said about Negative Thoughts, "Einstein said
> never
> > to memorize anything. He said to clear your
> mind
> > and attach it to the positive ring of
> > energy/intelligence around the world and you
> will
> > be empowered. This is why there are so many
> > examples of independent and similar ideas being
> > born all over the world at the same time! He
> also
> > said that if people knew the power of one
> negative
> > thought, they would never even think anything
> but
> > loving things."
>
>
> Yes, yes, YES!!! That is exactly how it is!!! When
> you are tuned into the cosmic energy that is
> exactly how it works. If you use the human brain
> you will only achieve limited things because the
> mind is only low level and blocks the higher
> levels. Many people tocus on using their minds,
> and that is disaster because it blocks their
> higher powers and that's why the world is in a
> mess (too much left brained activity). And yes, it
> is no coincidence that the universal sound
> vibrations always come through the right ear when
> you are highly tuned to the cosmic vibrations, and
> when you sungaze it gets even more powerful and
> flows all through the body and greatly elevates
> you. The human mind is dumb, but the spiritual
> mind is brilliant.
>
> Even when you read difficult studies, you are
> largely letting the higher forces guide you. If
> you use too much mind you make mistakes. And
> always, you let the higher powers guide you to
> everything...never try hard, just let it flow. The
> harder you try the worse it gets. Life is meant to
> be easy, and it can be if we are tuned in to our
> powers because we all have these abilities, but we
> must know who we are before we are able to do
> this. Most people are strangers to themselves.
>
>
> Negative thoughts are extremely damaging. If l
> have a negative thought it rips me apart...really
> knocks me around. I always see the good in
> everyone, but if there is less than desirable
> things going on l will describe the behaviour, but
> l will very very rarely put my emotions into that
> description of the bad behaviour because the
> inbalance to the spirit is devestating, you can
> feel it. The negative thoughts are the most
> damaging thing possible.
>
> If someone cuts you off in traffic you sympathise
> with their situation, because like all folks, they
> have hard lives and they not know what they
> do...they are out of alighnment like most folks
> are. Same with greedy bankers etc, these are not
> bad people, they are just spiritually sick people
> who are out of balance...they have forgotten who
> they are. Enlightened people can easily fall too,
> so one must be extremely diligent at all times,
> because when you think you have moved above the
> nonsense those dark forces will enter you because
> your guard is down.
>
> And we are all connected. When you meditate with
> other people the power is greatly enhanced. If
> someone directs seething hate towards you over the
> internet, you will enter their body and see life
> through their eyes and be able to read their
> mind...it is not a pleasant experience, it's
> horrible, it's like you become that person. If
> these haters email you, you will know the instant
> when they are going to message you. I also know
> when many of my friends are going to ring me, and
> when non enlightened friends speak to me over the
> phone they report feeling powerful vibrations that
> uplift them. When l go to certain highly
> enlightened people's house their vibrations uplift
> me. So few have any idea of the power of
> vibrations. That's all we are, vibrations, we are
> not our mind nor our body, we are an energy source
> and we can locate anyone in the universe and
> beyond.
>
> The physical world is only a play. We act and play
> dress-ups that gives us opportunities to see
> through the illusion and learn who we really are,
> this brings on soul development. The problem is
> that most folks think this life on earth is real,
> but it is no such thing.


What are the best ways to tune into cosmic energy... electric foods, positive attitude, exercise, meditation, and sun gazing?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2014 09:53PM by jtprindl.

All of the above
Thanks the Sproutarian Man for your comments.
One thing that has always puzzled me about enlightened people is that looking at historical records many of them did not care much about good nutrition, many died at young age and had frail bodies.
The care should be at all levels, physical, mental, spiritual, emotional



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2014 10:10PM by RawPracticalist.

THeSt0rm Wrote:
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> Well...just make sure you try to get enough omega
> 3s, in an absorbable way. Chia seed oil isn't as
> good as sprouted chia seed oil.. but where can you
> get that? Therefore, sprouted chia is the best way
> to go, and well... you definitely have a limit as
> to how calories you get from whole chia you can
> eat in one sitting as opposed to how much you get
> in oil extract.
>
> If you consume a lot of oils make sure you keep
> that balance of omega 3 to 6.

I keep track of my omega 6:3 ratios and plan everything accordingly for optimal balance. Although Tavis never mentioned anything about that I know that it's very important. I don't do chia seeds though. Just the raw chia unsprouted full bodied oil. I do eat a lot of sprouts - just not ones from fatty seeds.

Here is where you can get yourself some good chia oil, if you want to try it. It's much more stable than flax seed oil. I don't use flax oil at all.

[www.therawfoodworld.com]

romaine lettuce, plenty of fats, good ratio of omega 3 to 6
tastes great

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> romaine lettuce, plenty of fats, good ratio of
> omega 3 to 6
> tastes great


I usually eat two heads of romaine a day, too.


edit ** I meant to say two heads of romaine hearts. Where I am it's impossible to get anything but the hearts organically grown.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2014 10:53PM by SueZ.

RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> All of the above
> Thanks the Sproutarian Man for your comments.
> One thing that has always puzzled me about
> enlightened people is that looking at historical
> records many of them did not care much about good
> nutrition, many died at young age and had frail
> bodies.
> The care should be at all levels, physical,
> mental, spiritual, emotional

I know many enlightened people who eat packaged vegan junk food. They are at such a high level that their light/sound energy frequencies are not badly effected by bad food. Some enlightened people even eat meat, but enlightenment is limited when eating meat because it goes against the rules...you hit a ceiling and can't progress any further. Things can't damage the vibrational forces, but things can interfere with those forces and sometimes block them. Eating better allows a better flow during various levels of enlightenment (I guess).

Anyway, l better get back on topic. I could easily get carried away and talk forever about this stuff.

Back to nutrition talk.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2014 11:18PM by The Sproutarian Man.

One last thing before l button my lip. The sun will only expire when her role is finished, not when ignorant science decides her time is up. When her appointed role is finsihed she will play a new role. She is ever lasting, we all are.

The moon is very similar, but they are a much less powerful being. The appearance of the new moon and full moon is very powerful for some reason, it gives lots of energy during that part of the cycle.

The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> One last thing before l button my lip. The sun
> will only expire when her role is finished, not
> when ignorant science decides her time is up. When
> her appointed role is finsihed she will play a new
> role. She is ever lasting, we all are.
>
> The moon is very similar, but they are a much less
> powerful being. The appearance of the new moon and
> full moon is very powerful for some reason, it
> gives lots of energy during that part of the
> cycle.


I've read that after we die we evaluate our lives with our spiritual guides to see what we've achieved and what needs to be worked on and then we decide the type of life we want to live in the next life and the goals we wish to learn and then the cycle keeps repeating until we become more spiritually evolved and move on to other dimensions. Is this what you mean by we're all everlasting?

jtprindl Wrote:
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> The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > One last thing before l button my lip. The sun
> > will only expire when her role is finished, not
> > when ignorant science decides her time is up.
> When
> > her appointed role is finsihed she will play a
> new
> > role. She is ever lasting, we all are.
> >
> > The moon is very similar, but they are a much
> less
> > powerful being. The appearance of the new moon
> and
> > full moon is very powerful for some reason, it
> > gives lots of energy during that part of the
> > cycle.
>
>
> I've read that after we die we evaluate our lives
> with our spiritual guides to see what we've
> achieved and what needs to be worked on and then
> we decide the type of life we want to live in the
> next life and the goals we wish to learn and then
> the cycle keeps repeating until we become more
> spiritually evolved and move on to other
> dimensions. Is this what you mean by we're all
> everlasting?


the energy vibrations that we are (our real selves) will never die. Only flesh bodies die. Our spirit lasts forever, that's why it is so important to develop our spirit by being good. It is important to have the drive to love being good. Being good cannot be forced, it must be the most driving force within you. And if you are not so good it becomes painful to bare. Enlightenment is the start of this process...it is the key for unlocking the jail cells that allows us to be our true selves that is our birth right.

If you don't see the light you live under the darkness. Darkness is the curse because it is not who we are. Darkness is the lie, and the lie is the curse, and the curse is the illusion that appears real, and this is the work of the dark forces. The dark forces have penetrated everything on this planet, but we are greater than the dark forces if we know how to handle them, but never underestimate them, for if you do they sneak up and bite you. The dark forces are part of what people call God, it can't work any other way.

Best not to ask me why the dark forces are part of God...it would take a very long post, and l don't want to vex folks here with my writings.

Lets get back on topic.

What makes him God is that he reigns over the darkness.
We cannot be great if we dot not conquer our weaknesses.
The Devil forces us to become <Go>od otherwise we would perish.

CommonSenseRaw Wrote:
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> What makes him God is that he reigns over the
> darkness.
> We cannot be great if we dot not conquer our
> weaknesses.
> The Devil forces us to become od otherwise we
> would perish.

Yes! Be greatful for the dark forces, for they do serve us perfectly. They are responsible to giving us knowledge and memories that enable us to grow and move forward. The dark forces are a test, and we must show unconditional love to move forward and stay at a higher level.

Loyalty to others is a low level emotion because it is conditonal love. True love is not conditional because it is equal love for all regardless of who they are. That's why you will find high level spiritual masters who leave their families, they have outgrown conditional love and have expanded.

The higher power does not make junk. We may act like junk because we forget who we are, but we are far from being junk.

We are the energy of the cosmos, and the energy is us, and we are part of God. We are far bigger than the universe that science knows.

And if you think that mythical creatures on the Earth are a big deal, this means you are NOT ready for the truth. I take no notice of these things anymore because they are us...just beings doing their own thing...that's the reality of our lives. We make all this big deal about aliens etc, but that is silly behaviour. It's no big deal. They exist, but so what? We exist too.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2014 01:37AM by The Sproutarian Man.

I know you find it hard to get your head around this Storm, but no matter, most do. I used to think the truth (dark forces being part of God) was absurd too because it didn't make any sense at the time. When the layers of illusion are removed it will make sense, and your time will come, you are at a cross roads. Everyone will go through it.

Gee....no more, you guys are going to get me into trouble, l am going way off topic. . Better get back to boring illusions like nutrition again. It's hard talking about food and nutrition when you know it's a bunch of garbage, but sometimes partial truths relative to one's situation must be said until the time becomes right to bring up higher ideas. O.k...there is not really higher or lower, but you know what l mean....need illusions to explain illusions lol.

What is to many is not, because what is, is! Now that is truth, but what does it mean? See...people can't handle the truth so we must speak in illusions....we must use jail talk.

I am sure ole Suez must think l am as mad as a snake. Many probably do. I just access...do people really think the human mind can make this type of stuff up? Nope. The spiritual masters are probably saying the same things l am saying.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2014 01:51AM by The Sproutarian Man.

The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> > I am sure ole Suez must think l am as mad as a
> snake. Many probably do. I just access...do
> people really think the human mind can make this
> type of stuff up? Nope. The spiritual masters are
> probably saying the same things l am saying.


Ole Suez is old enough to have been hearing this type of talk for fifty years. Nothing new. Same old same old. As economies get taken out there will be self appointed 'enlightened messiahs preaching truth' on every corner and every website. It's already started but it's ignorable. I ignore it.

SueZ Wrote:
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> The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > > I am sure ole Suez must think l am as mad as
> a
> > snake. Many probably do. I just access...do
> > people really think the human mind can make
> this
> > type of stuff up? Nope. The spiritual masters
> are
> > probably saying the same things l am saying.
>
>
> Ole Suez is old enough to have been hearing
> this type of talk for fifty years. Nothing new.
> Same old same old. As economies get taken out
> there will be self appointed 'enlightened messiahs
> preaching truth' on every corner and every
> website. It's already started but it's ignorable.
> I ignore it.


So do you believe there's no such thing as enlightenment or dimensions of consciousness? Humans can literally sense less than 1% of what is out there. Personally I think that when one takes psychedelics (like DMT or shrooms for eg), that they're not always hallucinating but more like their consciousness is on another level and they're able to see things that are always there that they're just unable to see on a low level on consciousness.

jtprindl Wrote:
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> So do you believe there's no such thing as
> enlightenment or dimensions of consciousness?


I am aware. This talk here is amateur hour. FYI.

SueZ Wrote:
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> jtprindl Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > So do you believe there's no such thing as
> > enlightenment or dimensions of consciousness?
>
>
> I am aware. This talk here is amateur hour. FYI.


Aware of what?

jtprindl Wrote:
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> SueZ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > jtprindl Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> >
> > > So do you believe there's no such thing as
> > > enlightenment or dimensions of consciousness?
> >
> >
> > I am aware. This talk here is amateur hour.
> FYI.
>
>
> Aware of what?

Enlightenment and dimensions of consciousness.

Jtprindl:

what people think about enlightenment doesn't matter. Many people don't believe in aliens, God, ghosts or the afterlife. So what! I am not going to try and convince them otherwise.

Who cares about beliefs, all they are is simply that. There is lower concepts like beliefs and faith, but there are higher concepts like tapping into cosmic consciousness/truth.

We can be on the way to truth by getting it in small bits, but total truth/knowledge can't be known because the cosmos is too big to ever master total knowledge.

Finding truth is rarer than finding gold in this world. Even high level spiritual masters can take months to find out certain truths because of the size of the cosmos, but even then, sometimes knowledge is on a need to know basis and certain things won't be revealed to you.

We live forever, but very few will ever know much over infinity of time. But compared to what we know on Earth those high levels being know infinite amounts more than we do. When people meet the divine high level beings they lose most of the ego because the divine presences says it all (I have to speak generally here for a reason...can't upset the big boys). It makes people release how low level we are and how far we have to go. These people have wisdom we can't imagine and they see us like ants, but they tolerate us dumb humans because we have potential. These beings might not want to have much to do with us (we are dull low level beings full of illusions), but they do the job they need to do...they will throw the odd crumb or two when the time is ready. And believe me, those crumbs are super powerful teachers of truth. The problem is that we keep on asking for more crumbs and it keeps them away. Just mind your business, mind your manners, learn your place, keep that nose in the troph and don't ask for anything because it's not your business to know until it's time for you to know.

Seuz,

are you able to write more about your diet if you don't mind? How are you providing a good balance of omega 3's?

The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> Seuz,
>
> are you able to write more about your diet if you
> don't mind? How are you providing a good balance
> of omega 3's?

Depending on what other oils, nuts, and seeds I will be having that day I have either 3 or 4 T. of flax seed for breakfast. This always balances my omega 6:3 intake!

**This is my recipe for a 4 T. dose flax seed meal breakfast.**

I grind organic brown flax and put it in a bowl with a big spoonful of organic centrifuged coconut oil, (for better omega 3 conversion), then I pour 3/4 of a cup of warmed up distilled water over it and blend well with the spoon. I season it with black salt.


You'd never know it wasn't cooked! I made this recipe up and have been using it for years.

You know guys, it's just one of those things.

If the person consumes it, then it's OK.

If the president of the United States likes to smokes cigars then we will never see smoking banned.

If Dr. Clement doesn't eat fruit then fruit will give you cancer.

If Dr. Douglas Graham says no starches, then we could die eating a baked potato.

SueZ Wrote:
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> The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Seuz,
> >
> > are you able to write more about your diet if
> you
> > don't mind? How are you providing a good
> balance
> > of omega 3's?
>
> Depending on what other oils, nuts, and seeds I
> will be having that day I have either 3 or 4 T. of
> flax seed for breakfast. This always balances my
> omega 6:3 intake!
>
> **This is my recipe for a 4 T. dose flax seed
> meal breakfast.**
>
> I grind organic brown flax and put it in a
> bowl with a big spoonful of organic centrifuged
> coconut oil, (for better omega 3 conversion), then
> I pour 3/4 of a cup of warmed up distilled water
> over it and blend well with the spoon. I season it
> with black salt.
>
>
> You'd never know it wasn't cooked! I made this
> recipe up and have been using it for years.

Have you considered sprouting that flax for 2 days instead of grinding? Grinding can destroy minerals according to the science literiture. And the sprouting would chelate the minerals better due to the enzymes (yes the studies now prove food enzymes are effective), and you would want to increase bioavailability of the zinc as much as possible because zinc is considered inorganic in plants and of lower absorption than copper.


Here is an interesting study on milled flax seed:

Bioavailability of alpha-linolenic acid in subjects after ingestion of three different forms of flaxseed.

Austria JA, Richard MN
[www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]


The key finding =

RESULTS:

Flaxseed ingestion over a 1 month period resulted in significant (P = 0.005) increases in plasma ALA levels in the flaxseed oil and the milled flaxseed supplemented groups. The former group had significantly (P = 0.004) higher ALA levels than the milled flaxseed group. The subjects supplemented with whole flaxseed did not achieve a significant (P > 0.05) increase in plasma ALA levels. An additional two months of flaxseed ingestion did not achieve significantly higher levels of plasma ALA in any of the groups. However, no significant increase was detected in plasma eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels in any of the flax-fed groups


Why weren't EPA/DHA levels increased??? These people are probably meat eaters so they are more likely to get decent zinc levels, BUT they may be low in various B vitamins which didn't allow effective conversion of ALA to EPA/DHA. What this tells us is that we need to make sure we have good bioavailable zinc levels, b vitamins etc to make the effective conversion.

Now...could it be that grinding lowered the levels in vital minerals and made conversion less effective? Probably not, but we need to be careful. Why grind when you can sprout instead and break down some of those fats/protein to simplier forms and break down some anti nutrients and increase various vitamins, enzymes, phytonutrients etc?

Here is a study showing that milled chia did allow conversion to EPA.

Supplementation of Milled Chia Seeds Increases Plasma ALA and EPA in Postmenopausal Women

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11130-012-0286-0#page-1
[link.springer.com]


Now, we can't conclude too much from these studies, but they do bring up lots of questions, and they also show that taking lots of ALA doesn't neccessarily mean you are going to convert to DHA/EPA....this is very very important to keep in mind. We want to ensure the conversion, so being aware of increasing bioavailability of minerals, chelated minerals via sprouting, B vitamin maximisation via sprouted seeds etc is important. Also, flax have many anti-nutrients, so a probiotics and digestive enzyme is important when consuming this no mercy food. It's important to do this as best we can.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2014 09:45PM by The Sproutarian Man.