Posted by Kacy on August 27, 2003, at 9:47:23
In reply to Re: Larry Hoover: re how much non-fish-oil Omega 3 » Kacy, posted by tealady on August 27, 2003, at 0:12:53
Tealady: thank you for the questions you answered. I am going to read those sites. I'm also going to have to re-read your letter to get it. In the meantime: what is T3 activity, EPO (evening primrose oil?) , GLA (gamma lin…something acid?)?
I don't know how I picked almonds. After I read a lot, I was getting too confused. Here's what they contain:
ALMONDS 1 ounce 167 Calories
15 Total fat (g) 1.4 Saturated fat (g) 9.6 Monounsaturated fat (g) 3.1 Polyunsaturated fat (g)
3.1 Dietary fiber (g) 6 Protein (g) 6 Carbohydrate (g) 0 Cholesterol (mg)
3 Sodium (mg) 6.8 Vitamin E (mg) .6 Manganese (mg) 84 Magnesium (mg) 147 Phosphorus (mg)BRAZIL NUTS 1 ounce 186 Calories 1 lb. in the shell = 1 1/2 cups of nutmeats
19 Total fat (g) 4.6 Saturated fat (g) 6.5 Monounsaturated fat (g) 6.8 Polyunsaturated fat (g)
1.5 Dietary fiber (g) 4 Protein (g) 4 Carbohydrate (g) 0 Cholesterol (mg) 1 Sodium (mg)
.3 Thiamin (mg) .5 Copper (mg) 64 Magnesium (mg) 170 Phosphorus (mg) 839 Selenium (mcg)WALNUTS 1 ounce 182 Calories
18 Total fat (g) 1.6 Saturated fat (g) 4 Monounsaturated fat (g) 11 Polyunsaturated fat (g)
1.4 Dietary fiber (g) 4 Protein (g) 5 Carbohydrate (g) 0 Cholesterol (mg)
3 Sodium (mg) .4 Copper (mg) 48 Magnesium (mg) 0.8 Manganese (mg)
On the flatulence: I haven't started walnuts, yet, so I don't know. I guess I'll be getting some today. I never had a problem with that until I took Effexor. (Joking with friends once, I said "I don't make body noises." It was true. All of a sudden I knew why others had trouble with beans. I'll now have to limit how much I eat of those.) I had a terrible problem until I put flatulence into Google and came up with a serotonin connection. I had been eating frozen pasta dinners (two for one sale at the store) and I read about white pasta and white flour in the intestines. I dropped those dinners and my problem went away. Black licorice made with molasses instead of corn syrup brought it back. I am now finding sensitivities I never had before, so I wonder if you need to consider that as you take something hormone related that you could now be reacting to foods you have always eaten. Maybe you need to examine the usual suspects.As to your theory that I could work up an ability to take fish oil: Why would I even need fish oil if I eat walnuts? Isn't it the same? Fighting my skin problems has been the bane of my existence forever. Fish oil = acne. Big time. I have never seen such a direct connection before, short of dropping some oily food on my chin or getting it around my mouth. Then I break out, sure…but fish oil and acne is the strongest connection I have ever seen.
As to the CLA, I started taking CLA because someone on this board said he lost weight with it. I don't remember how much he took, though. I am taking one of those tabs I described in my last post each morning. I haven't noticed a bad reaction in my skin. I started nine days ago with a new supplement selection. Something is doing good things to my skin, right now, so I'm pretty sure CLA is not a problem for that. Of course, it is just safflower oil—I think. That is one of the big questions I had for Larry. Is that tab just safflower oil in gelatin?
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