Message from Dr. Cosmas Ho M.D., C.C.F.P.
"...I believe that Atlantic Marine Products Harp Seal Oil is the best source of Omega
3 PUFA in the world today.."
In today's society,
our human diet is vastly different from that of our ancestors. In early
times, hunting, fishing and gathering of foods was an important part of
the lifestyle of the day and natural foods were at their best. Consequently,
a biological preferable ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 fatty acids was consumed.
Gradually, over the centuries, for
various reasons including convenience, we began preparing and eating less
and less fish and other marine mammals. As a result, our diet today is
deficient in Omega 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), a most
important "essential" fatty acid for human development and health. An "essential"
fatty acid is one that cannot be produced by the body and must be obtained
from a food source. Today, the medical profession is treating more and
more incidences of heart disease, cardiovascular disease, hypertension,
inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease
, in addition to cancers and depression. A major contributing factor to
such diseases is deficiency in essential fatty acids. Scientific studies
have shown the importance of Omega 3 PUFA in infant and childhood development
and are indicating the crucial need for Omega 3 PUFA in the diet of pregnant
women. Therefore, the inclusion of Omega 3 PUFA in our daily diet is important
for all ages.
There are a variety of Omega 3 PUFAs
available in the market place today. Almost all of them are derived from
fish oils. The properties of and molecular structure of fin fish oils are
different from seal oil. Harp seal oil is very rich in DPA, DHA and EPA
whereas the presence of DPA can vary from being very little to non-existent
in fin fish oils. Seal oil is also more efficiently absorbed by humans
due to its molecular structure. After all, seals are mammals just as humans
are mammals. I believe that Atlantic Marine Products Harp Harp Seal Oil is the best source of Omega 3 PUFA in the world today
- Dr. Neil McKinney, Alternative Medicine -
"Seal Oil is Key to Enjoying Good Health 
Seal oil from Atlantic Marine Products Harp ...is free of heavy metals. It's clean, pure and has no cholesterol...No vegetable oil or fish can do what this food does."
(Published in:
The Seniors Choice (June 2000 issue)
Okanogan / Similkameen British Columbia Edition)
Inuit love to each seal meat and blubber. Seals love to eat fish, mostly cod and capelin.
When the fish fat goes through the natural filter of a seal and on into a person, it is then in a form that absorbs beautifully, and works immediately.
The best possible fat for our bodies are these sort of "omega three" oils. About one third of your brain is this type of fat. Your diet probably gives you only one fifth of the amount Health Canada says you need in a day.
You can get some in plant oils and fish oil, but usually you don't. When you take just two capsules of seal oil, you have a full adult dose for basic good health. Twice that, and you have enough to quickly improve many important and common conditions.
Dry skin, brittle nails and eczema improve promptly. Psoriasis is nasty, but not for long with seal oil. Other auto-immune conditions do really well with it - for example, seal oil plus bromelain from pineapple stems will heal severe rheumatoid arthritis, reducing or ending the need for the terribly harsh drugs like Prednisone (cortisone), Plaquenil, Methotrexate or gold shots.
It reduces risk of heart attack and stroke 50-80 percent better than aspirin or any current synthetic drug. It lowers cholesterol, especially in combination with fresh garlic extract and vitamin B3. It lowers blood pressure. It is a blood thinner, so it can't be used with the drug Coumadin, also known as Warlarin, or as most patients call it, rat poison. It heals the lining of the bowel in leaky gut syndrome. Some progressive MD gastroenterologists in BC prescribe it for colitis and irritable bowel disease.
I like to try seal oil with a really strong multivitamin for kids having attention or hyperactivity problems. Vernon is known for its excessive use of the drug Ritalin on its children. A large number of these children are just malnourished and the right supplements get them back in the learning groove.
Seal oil from Atlantic Marine Products of Newfoundland is free of heavy metals. It's clean, pure and has no cholesterol, no vitamin A or D. And it is naturally preserved with vitamin E.
No vegetable oil or fish can do what this food does.
- Dr. Fereidoon Shahidi -
of Memorial University of Newfoundland, a world-renowned scientist on seal product development, provides the following explanation:
In comparing Harp Seal Oil with fish oils, assimilation of seal oil into the body is more efficient than fish oils. EPA, DHA, and DPA in Harp Seal Oil are located primarily in the terminal positions of the triglyceride molecules (as in humans) while they are preferentially present in the middle position of triglycerides in fish oils. The difference in the location of the Omega-3 PUFA is a major reason for the superior effect of seal oils compared to fish oils in disease prevention and potential health benefits.
In a new study, the world-respected scientist Sonja L. Connor noted that Omega-3 PUFA’s will lower the plasma triglycerides even more remarkably in healthy people. For primary prevention, she suggested 2 ~ 3 grams of Omega-3 per day! The benefits derived from Omega-3 supplementation can be enjoyed by a broad spectrum of health conscious people, concerned with maintaining a high, energetic quality of life.
- Dr. Gery Bohemier -
It is interesting to note that cardiovascular disease is rare in Inuit people who continue to eat their traditional diet.
How can eating a diet predominantly consisting of seal meat, fat and blubber and almost completely devoid of greens, fruits and fibre be preventative for the disease that plagues the Western world, and for which medical orthodoxy blames on diets high in saturated fats and cholesterol?
Also, in spite of adopting modern medicine’s low-fat, low-cholesterol diet and drug regimes, cardiovascular disease continues to increase in the West with no cures in site. Herein lies the paradox: if high fat and high cholesterol diets cause cardiovascular disease, what is protecting the traditional Inuit, who thrive on a diet rich in both?
One of the differences is that the traditional Inuit’s diet is very high in omega-3 fats while our diet is very high in omega-6 fats. Science has shown that the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 should be as close to a ratio of 1:1 and certainly no more than 4:1. Inuits are about the only people to approach the 1:1 ratio, while we typically come in at 20:1, or upwards of 50:1 for real junk food lovers. A balanced omega-6 to omega-3 ratio promotes a balanced, non-inflammatory state in the body, while tilting the scale toward a higher level of omega-6 will promote an inflammatory – and therefore diseased and degenerative – state.
Here is what happens with the imbalance. Man-made vegetable oil diets (margarine and other hydrogenated oils) are high in omega-6 fatty acids and convert into high levels of arachidonic acid (AA) in the body. This molecule is the necessary precursor to prostaglandin 2, a “pro-inflammatory,” albeit necessary hormone-like molecule found in all cells. The excessive amounts of AA in our omega-6-rich Western diets contribute to our chronic inflammatory degenerative diseases such as heart disease, asthma and arthritis.
Conversely, a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids contains the now well-known essential fatty acid molecule EPA. EPA is responsible for the production of prostaglandin 3, an anti-inflammatory molecule, and therefore a helping response to our runaway “silent” diseases and not-so-silent inflammatory states. Therein is one of the secrets to preventing the majority of cardiovascular diseases.
Inuits consume large amounts of seal meat and blubber, and as a result, receive significant amounts of three essential fatty acids: EPA, DHA, and DPA. DPA is not readily found in fish oils, and is an important factor in preventing plaque and keeping the arteries soft and elastic. EPA is a major factor in fighting inflammation, while DHA is the essential molecule for brain, nerve and eye tissues and is a powerful factor for normalizing blood and tissue triglycerides. Seal oil has become my choice for the three omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) and is an integral part of my heart prevention trio of necessary therapeutic nutrients.
Vitamin C is anther important factor. But where do Inuits get their vitamin C?
This puzzled me for many years until I discovered that seal and whale skin and blubber (‘Muktuk’ or ‘Muktaaq,’ an Inuit favourite), and to a lesser extent seal meat, are rich in this essential collagen-forming antioxidant vitamin. Therefore, it stands to reason that an Inuit eating a traditional diet gets more vitamin C than the average Westerner typically does. We know that vitamin C is essential in making collagen, a necessary catalyst in artery strength and integrity, and a prime factor in reversing and preventing heart disease.
Seal meat, especially blubber, are also very high in vitamins E, A, D and selenium. Recently, researchers have concluded that these inherent antioxidants are big reasons why Inuits are free of cardiovascular disease, while other mostly-fish-eating populations are still prone to this disease. Fish oils alone will not do the same as seal oil.
Important in the conversion of omega-6 oils into omega-3, EFAs are optimum levels of magnesium, selenium, zinc, B3 (niacin) and B6. The conversion just won’t happen without these essential nutrients. Liquid ionic magnesium forms part of my heart prevention trio of nutrients mentioned above.
To gain the upper-hand on cardiovascular disease and other inflammatory degenerative diseases, we can all learn from the tried and true omega-3 fat-rich Inuit diet. We should immediately strive to achieve a better balance of omega-6 to omega-3 fats in our deficient Western diets.
While eating seal meat and blubber does not appeal to the vast majority of us, supplementing with 3 to 4 g of seal oil daily could go a long way in reversing the trend towards heart disease and strokes. Eating more fish is, of course, one other good way.
Dr. Bohemier is a retired chiropractor who lectures extensively on reversing cardiovascular disease with the use of orthomolecular nutrients. He can be contacted by e-mail at: drgerryb@gmail.com.
Source Vista Magazine Online
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