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 What is cod liver oil but the oil that's squeezed out of the liver organ of a codfish? In the same way, cow brain oil, if there were such a product, would be the oil squeezed out of the brain organ of the cow. They are essentially the same concept, and they both produce very healthy oils from a nutritional point of view. Everybody knows, for example, that DHA is an important oil for the brain health of infants and children. Those who eat more DHA have been clinically proven to be smarter in adulthood. And guess what's found in cow brains? DHA. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For decades, the AHA actually prescribed a diet that avoided all heart-healthy oils, such as cod liver oil, salmon oil, fish oils, omega-3 oil, primrose oil and other dietary oils. The AHA told people that consuming any of these oils would increase their risk of heart disease. Of course, we now know that to be complete nonsense.
Which brings up the all-important question: how many people have died over the past 20 years from listening to the American Heart Association's advice? And, by the way, guess where the AHA gets millions of dollars in funding each year? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 However, if you were to take the oil out of the car and clean it through a much better filter, then you could put that same oil back in your car and drive another 5,000 miles.
Of course, this is information that the petroleum industry doesn't want people to know. That's why most people find this to be a complete shock. They say, "What? I don't need to change my oil? I just need to clean it?" The petroleum industry wants to keep selling you more oil. Now, there are two problems with that. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 In May 1981, for instance, food product salesmen in Spain sold a rapeseed oil to stores that, unbeknownst to them, contained trace ingredients derived from an oil diverted from industrial use. The oil derivatives were erroneously used while the oil was being refined into a consumer product. This rapeseed oil made it to the tables of tens of thousands of consumers, and "toxic oil syndrome" burst onto the scene. Twenty thousand individuals fell ill with a lupuslike autoimmune disease, and 1,200 people died. |
F. Batmanghelidj
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 A similar oil is grapeseed oil. Light destroys these essential oils, which is why they are also packed in dark capsules. Sesame oil has the desirable property of being highly unsaturated. It is the eating oil of choice in many ancient cultures. Canola oil is also a good source of some essential fatty acids. The reason oils are better than solid fats is because at normal body temperature they remain as oils and do not turn into sticky lard.
For detailed information on the essential fatty acids and their best sources, refer to the book Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, by Dr. Udo Erasmus. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Secondly, it creates an environmental hazard because we have all this old, used oil being disposed of all around the country, and a lot of it ends up in landfills, or even in just regular household garbage. Some of it ends up poured into streams or rivers. Some people just pour it down the drain. So we have a huge oil disposal problem in this country, which creates a negative environmental impact. That impact could be largely avoided by reusing the same oil we already have in our cars.
The environmental impact of throwing away a dirty filter is far less than throwing away five quarts of oil. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Think about it: for the cost of one heart bypass surgery, you can buy a lifetime of heart-healthy MacNut oil from Nature's Way and enjoy a little of it each and every day for your long life. So invest in yourself on this one: check out Nature's Way MacNut oil, and keep your eyes peeled for other products made with macadamia nut oil. You will be very pleased with the taste as well as the health results. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's called Virgin oil de Coco Crème. It's a trade name given to this specific coconut oil because of the way it's made.
Steve: What's unique about it?
Goodry: What's so unique about it is that when you make coconut oil, you're dealing with 50 percent moisture, since coconuts are mostly moisture. As you probably know, moisture works against you when you're trying to make a product that has any kind of shelf life. What we do is take the fresh coconut meat, chop it up, and dilute it with water into a coconut milk. We go from the fresh coconut meat to a coconut milk; then, we chill it. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 That doesn't happen with our product, largely because the oil is so fresh and secondly, because of our unique flavoring process, which allows us to flavor the capsule itself and the oil inside. So if someone does burp up anything, they do not taste fish. Typically, a reason why someone would burp is that they either don't have enough of the enzymes to break it down, or the product has gone rancid. Freshness really matters.
Mike: I've heard that complaint from readers before. They say, "You told me to take cod liver oil, and I get this aftertaste."
Benoit: I have a funny story. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| There's no incentive for anybody from the petroleum industry to show you how to reuse the same oil over and over again.
But I'll give you a hint on how to do this yourself: If you're handy with mechanics, you can clean your own oil by pumping it under high pressure through a cellulose filtration device otherwise known as toilet paper. Check it out yourself at Ralph Wood Bypass Filters. |
| First, it's just basically dishonest, when in reality you don't need to change your oil; you just need to clean it. Secondly, it creates an environmental hazard because we have all this old, used oil being disposed of all around the country, and a lot of it ends up in landfills, or even in just regular household garbage. Some of it ends up poured into streams or rivers. Some people just pour it down the drain. So we have a huge oil disposal problem in this country, which creates a negative environmental impact. |
James Braly M.D. and Ron Hoggan M.A.
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 These include liberal amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil, flaxseed oil, and walnut oil, e.g.], omega-9 fatty acid (extra-virgin olive oil), and a more limited intake of omega-6 oils (vegetable and seed oils) and arachidonic acid (animal fat), including the yolk from boiled and poached eggs.
Animal Protein
Eat four- to six-ounce servings of fresh, unbreaded, unfried, oily, non-allergenic fish two to five times a week (salmon, Alaskan halibut, orange roughy, sardines, Chilean sea bass, trout, and mackerel, e.g.). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| This allows us to mechanically remove and separate insoluble proteins from the oil and the moisture. Everything gets separated mechanically. By separating all of these elements mechanically, we do not use heat in any part of the process. It gives this product the natural constituents that nature gave the coconut.
Steve: It's still in the raw.
Goodry: It's in its raw form, yes.
Steve: Why won't it spoil?
Goodry: It won't spoil because the natural vitamin E, antioxidants, and enzymes that nature gave the coconut initially to protect it as a seed, as a nut, are still there. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 EFAs are also available in supplement form - such as fish oil capsules or evening primrose oil - and are effective at treating a wide range of disorders, from depression and cancer to arthritis and heart disease. Good sources of omega-3 oils include chia seeds, flax seeds and, for non-vegetarians, wild-harvested fish oils. A reputable supplier of fish oils is Nordic Naturals (www.NordicNaturals.com)
Selenium: Selenium is an antioxidant mineral responsible for tissue elasticity. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Are we doomed when oil runs out?
I believe that Kunstler is correct in his assessment of the structure of modern society and its dependence on oil. Unless we can cultivate a new source of cost-efficient energy, we are no doubt doomed to roll the clock back to much a simpler time. He convincingly explores the rather startling ramifications of the end of cheap fuel. However, there's one area where I hope the author is incorrect: the search for alternative energy sources. |
| The population explosion over the last century, Kunstler explains, has been fueled by cheap oil.
Oil acts like a helping hand to every individual; it leverages and magnifies the intentions and efforts of societies, allowing, for example, only two percent of the population to engage in farming activities in order to feed 100 percent of the population; whereas a hundred years go, around half of the population engaged in farming. |
| He then goes on to discuss the interdependency of our modern-day society on cheap oil. This cheap energy, as Kunstler explains, is responsible for many of the things we take for granted in modern life, including the ability to sustain the population of the world at its current levels. The population explosion over the last century, Kunstler explains, has been fueled by cheap oil. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| The petroleum industry wants to keep selling you more oil. Now, there are two problems with that. First, it's just basically dishonest, when in reality you don't need to change your oil; you just need to clean it. Secondly, it creates an environmental hazard because we have all this old, used oil being disposed of all around the country, and a lot of it ends up in landfills, or even in just regular household garbage. Some of it ends up poured into streams or rivers. Some people just pour it down the drain. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| The oil derivatives were erroneously used while the oil was being refined into a consumer product. This rapeseed oil made it to the tables of tens of thousands of consumers, and "toxic oil syndrome" burst onto the scene. Twenty thousand individuals fell ill with a lupuslike autoimmune disease, and 1,200 people died.
Keeping track of the vast array of food additives in use by the food manufacturing industry today and making sure that they don't contain traces of harmful chemicals is a heady job. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| You really have to refine the oil. We pay a premium to get that meat before processing, so it is as fresh as can be.
Mike: Wonderful. The product names are Children's DHA and Arctic Cod Liver oil. Thank you for your time, Corinna.
Benoit: Thank you, Mike. |
| We use a molecular distillation process for our cod liver oil, but we keep the integrity of the oil and the naturally occurring levels of EPA -- which is the eicosapentaenoic acid that helps with inflammation -- and the DHA -- which is the docosahexaenoic acid that helps nervous system, brain health and synaptic firing. At their natural levels, they will be the most effective. However, molecular distillation does do something to the levels of vitamins A and D.
Basically, we lose about 50 percent of the vitamin D in the distillation process and about 5 percent of the vitamin A. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| I believe that Kunstler is correct in his assessment of the structure of modern society and its dependence on oil. Unless we can cultivate a new source of cost-efficient energy, we are no doubt doomed to roll the clock back to much a simpler time. He convincingly explores the rather startling ramifications of the end of cheap fuel. However, there's one area where I hope the author is incorrect: the search for alternative energy sources. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In the same way, cow brain oil, if there were such a product, would be the oil squeezed out of the brain organ of the cow. They are essentially the same concept, and they both produce very healthy oils from a nutritional point of view. Everybody knows, for example, that DHA is an important oil for the brain health of infants and children. Those who eat more DHA have been clinically proven to be smarter in adulthood. And guess what's found in cow brains? DHA. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Kunstler refutes the idea that there are any viable replacements for oil, but I believe we may yet find hope in the search for alternative, renewable energy sources.
Nuclear, solar, wind, cold fusion, gas hydrates and many other areas of alternative energy are discussed in the book, and each one is shown to be inadequate in replacing the loss of fossil fuels that seems inevitable. If Kunstler is correct, we are in for a rough ride that would no doubt include a rather sharp population correction. Without inexpensive fuel resources, the world simply cannot support our current population. |
| Now, it may be naive to have faith in such developments until they can actually be proven viable, but something tells me that human ingenuity will find a way to overcome the loss of cheap oil, even if it involves doing the exact things described by Kunstler -- riding our bicycles more and greatly reducing our consumption of energy in both residential and commercial environments. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| The oil derivatives were erroneously used while the oil was being refined into a consumer product. This rapeseed oil made it to the tables of tens of thousands of consumers, and "toxic oil syndrome" burst onto the scene. Twenty thousand individuals fell ill with a lupuslike autoimmune disease, and 1,200 people died.
Keeping track of the vast array of food additives in use by the food manufacturing industry today and making sure that they don't contain traces of harmful chemicals is a heady job. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It was profitable for these individuals to declare war on Iraq because we didn't have any trade with Iraq, and Iraq had a very valuable resource -- oil. Now, anybody who imagines the war on Iraq is not about oil is a complete fool; of course it's about oil. You didn't see the U.S. jumping into Rwanda to save a bunch of lives and restore democracy. Why? No oil in Rwanda, right? There's oil in Iraq.
But back to China and Taiwan, war is prevented by cross-investment because everybody's making so much money out of these factories. |
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