Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Neil Nedley
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL000226
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00:01 The following program presents principles
00:03 designed to promote good health and is 00:05 not intended to take the place 00:06 of personalized professional care. 00:09 The opinions and ideas expressed are those 00:11 of the speaker. Viewers are encouraged 00:13 to draw their own conclusions 00:15 about the information presented. 00:49 Hi and welcome to Health for a Lifestime. 00:51 Are you a vegetarian? We're gonna talk 00:54 about that today, I'm you host Don Mackintosh, 00:56 we're gonna talk about some advantages 00:58 that come by having a vegetarian diet. 01:02 And also some concerns that people have. 01:04 Talking with us about this important subject 01:07 is Dr. Nedley. And Dr. Nedley, you are from 01:09 Ardmore, Oklahoma still isn't that right? 01:11 That's right, been there for 18 years. 01:14 You travel around the world and you talk to 01:18 a lot of people about this subject. 01:21 You've written a book Proof Positive and also 01:23 Depression the Way Out, and working on 01:25 several other books. But what are some of 01:28 the advantage first, advantages rather first 01:31 off, concerning the vegetarian lifestyle that 01:34 you've discovered in your research. 01:36 Well, vegetarians do live longer, 01:40 significantly longer, if you're a careful 01:41 vegetarian you can live up to 15 years longer 01:45 that someone in the general population. 01:47 And the advantages are way beyond that. 01:51 Not only do they have less cancer, 01:54 less heart disease. But they also have 01:57 improved mental health, compared to the 02:00 average non-vegetarian. They actually 02:04 make more melatonin at night, 02:07 which can be helpful in a number of ways. 02:10 And also you can decrease the amount of 02:12 heme iron, heme iron is a pro-oxidant, 02:16 which can cause some premature aging factors 02:20 and also increase the risk of cancer and heart 02:22 disease. And if you're a totally plant-based 02:25 vegetarian, you're not getting cholesterol 02:28 in diet. So, you don't have to worry 02:29 about the oxidized cholesterol and the 02:32 significant atherosclerosis that people on cheese 02:36 and dairy and meat have to worry about. 02:39 So are there any plants that you shouldn't eat. 02:42 Yes, we wouldn't recommend eating tobacco. 02:47 There are defiantly poisonous mushrooms and 02:50 other plants that you shouldn't eat. 02:53 We're talking about edible plants that are 02:56 healthy for you. So, don't just head out in 02:57 the woods right now, alright so. 03:00 That's right. Fruits, nuts, grains and vegetables, 03:04 basically the things that are there in the 03:06 original diet, we're discovering by all these 03:08 studies that they have real advantages. 03:10 Absolutely. Well, you know someone's out there 03:12 saying oh! No, another program on vegetarianism, 03:15 well don't they know about the concerns, 03:17 what about this? What about that? 03:19 And you know every time you talk about this, 03:21 I'm sure that you have people they come 03:23 up and say what about these? 03:24 What about that? Yes, that's right, 03:26 one of the concerns is protein, 03:28 we've dealt with that on a previous topic 03:33 where we studied the protein concern out 03:35 completely. But you can get all eight essential 03:38 amino acid in abundant amounts without ever 03:42 consuming animal protein. If you have a baked 03:44 potato, if you have brown rice, 03:45 if you have over the other one's, 03:47 sweet potato. Yeah, virtually any vegetable 03:51 or grain, you're going to have all eight 03:55 essential amino acids, that if you ate enough 03:58 to maintain your weight you would get plenty 04:00 of those eight essential amino acids, 04:02 fruits would be the only exception, 04:03 if you're just a fruitarian, you make short 04:06 of yourself. And those eight essential 04:08 amino acids. Yeah, if it's just blueberries 04:11 you probably blew it. Alright, what about 04:14 someone say, what about your iron, you're 04:15 not gonna get enough iron? 04:18 Eat these snails. No, you can get plenty 04:22 of iron in the vegetarian diet; 04:25 it's true that you can be on an unhealthy 04:28 vegetarian diet, that is short on iron, okay. 04:32 And so just because you're a vegetarian does 04:34 not guarantee that you're going to get enough 04:36 iron. In fact you can, it's kind of interesting, 04:40 one of the physician who utilizes may lot 04:43 and consults may particular for 04:44 gastroenteritis problem, he likes to joke about 04:47 my vegetarian diet. And he will say 04:50 consult Dr. Nedley regarding psoriasis of the 04:53 liver due to vegetarian product. 04:56 Well, of course he's talking about alcohol, 04:59 alcohol is a vegetarian product, 05:01 but it's not a healthy vegetarian product. 05:03 And some vegetarians might be eating cake and 05:05 ice-cream and soda pops all day along and 05:08 that's not gonna be healthy, 05:10 that's gonna be very unhealthy vegetarian diet. 05:13 And so you can short yourself in iron but 05:15 what we have is a graphic, are the foods 05:18 that are pretty high in iron. You can see that 05:24 Avocados at the bottom of the screen are 05:26 gonna have 2 mgs of iron and Mangoes 2mgs 05:30 and Whole Wheat Flour are 4½ mgs. 05:32 And by the way White Flour virtually doesn't 05:35 have any, in fact they have to try enriched it, 05:38 they add 20 percent of the iron back, 05:41 Almonds, excellent source of iron 5 mgs of iron. 05:46 And than we have foods that are even 05:47 higher yet in iron on the next graphic. 05:53 So, like rice bran, and these types of things 05:56 even higher. Well, yeah rice bran is very low, 06:00 of course they're concentrated foods like 06:03 rice bran, and tofu, the concentrated food 06:05 very high in iron. Sunflower Seeds are quite 06:09 high in iron, you can see 9mgs of iron, 06:12 Soybeans 8, Spinach is actually an excellent 06:15 source of iron as well. Okay. 06:18 And so it's easy to get enough iron. 06:19 Now how much iron does meat have in a serving? 06:22 About 2mgs. Not very much. 06:24 And so you know the heme iron is more readily 06:26 absorbed, it can be absorb maybe almost twice 06:29 as readily as plant iron. But you can see most 06:34 those plant foods have 4mgs of more of iron 06:36 in it per serving and so that would be, 06:41 it's very easy to get enough iron, 06:43 our vegetarian diet. Or you talked about 06:45 something there you said that heme iron 06:46 is easier to absorb than the plant iron, 06:49 what are the things we can do to enhance 06:52 the absorption of iron? Yeah, it's even 06:55 the non-heme iron can be more readily 06:57 absorbed if we pay attention to that. 07:00 And factors that decrease the absorption 07:03 of iron, Caffeine is one of those factors that 07:05 significantly decreases the absorption. 07:07 Decaf will also do it because of the tannins. 07:11 And calcium supplements and dairy also decrease 07:15 the absorption of iron. Being an athlete does 07:19 not decrease absorption, but increases red cell 07:23 turnover, increasing the need for more iron. 07:25 Because they wear-out sooner. 07:26 That's right; this is one of the reasons why 07:28 athletes need a little more iron. 07:30 In fact I've seen many runners for instance, 07:33 particularly female runners short themselves 07:36 of iron and of course that will effect their 07:38 running ability. Well, you know the 07:40 average red blood cell, well lives a 120 days 07:43 I think I remember. What happen when 07:45 you a runner? About 90 days. About 90 days, 07:48 yeah, it just gets worn-out; it's going 07:50 around the loop too quick. 07:51 And I guess so, we're not exactly sure why 07:53 it's destroyed prematurely but it hasn't, 07:55 may just be the process of running itself 07:58 through those capillaries that smashes 08:01 them and destroys them. Well, you know 08:04 elephants and rhinoceroses and some of 08:07 these animals are huge animals. 08:08 But I do hear this concern coming up that, 08:12 children that are raised with a vegetarian 08:15 lifestyle maybe stunted in their growth. 08:18 Yes, actually that is a false concern, 08:25 but there was an interesting study done by 08:27 Dr. Sabate in California showing a comparison 08:30 of the growth of vegetarian children with 08:32 meat-consuming children in the same 08:33 geographic area in Southern California. 08:37 Those Meat-eating children were slightly taller 08:41 than the vegetarians until age ten. 08:45 And then after age 10, the vegetarians caught 08:49 up and by age 18, the vegetarians had 08:52 surpassed their meat-eating counterparts, 08:54 being at least an inch taller as adults. 08:57 And so lot of individuals don't realize although 09:01 as a young child the meat-eating children 09:04 tend to, shoot up a little quicker, 09:06 shoot up a little quicker. Is that cause of the 09:07 protein, meat protein. Yeah, that's because of 09:10 the higher protein, but what happens is? 09:12 Their bony plates close, quicker too soon and 09:17 so they quit growing. And the vegetarians 09:19 continue to grow often up until age 18 09:22 they're still growing. And so they end up 09:25 being taller. Well, that's interesting, 09:28 so another miss kind of crashed and crush there. 09:32 Well, another big concern I mean I hear it 09:34 a lot over the years as the people in my church 09:36 have done health programs and of course I'm 09:38 involved in those. And that is what about 09:41 vitamin B12 and of course that's a concern, 09:47 how do you answer that, 09:48 what's the latest and greatest? 09:49 Well, that is probably the single biggest concern 09:55 for plant based vegetarians is B12. 09:59 And the reason for it is, B12 isn't really in 10:02 plant foods, it is not made by plants nor is 10:06 it made by animals. And actually B12 is made 10:09 by bacteria and interestingly, 10:13 we have a lot of bacteria in our mouth and 10:17 those bacteria can make B12. 10:19 And so if you don't brush your teeth a lot, 10:22 you might actually absorb more B12 and get 10:25 more B12. You know we're not recommending 10:26 although. We're not recommending, okay. 10:28 B12 is also you know in the dirt and so if we 10:32 don't wash our fruits and vegetables we'll get 10:35 a little more B12. Okay, these are two ways 10:38 you're not really recommending. 10:41 And also your colleen makes a huge amount 10:43 of B12, because your colleen is teaming 10:46 with bacteria. A lot of people are not aware 10:48 that one forth of the weight of your bowel 10:50 movement is bacteria. I was not aware of that. 10:56 Thank you for making me aware of it, 10:58 okay, so the bacteria is there. 11:00 The bacteria is there its making lots of B12, 11:02 the problem is B12 is absorbed in the distal 11:04 ileum, close to the colon, but there is a 11:06 valve there for good reason. 11:08 So, we don't desterilize the small bowel, 11:12 but if that valve is incompetent you will 11:14 make plenty of B12. I mean not make it, 11:17 you will actually absorb plenty of B12 and 11:19 addition to your colon making as and 11:21 so you will never need a B12 supplement. 11:23 You can't count on your valve being decompetent. 11:26 No, not unless you've had surgery or if you 11:27 have a genetic issue there. Alright. 11:30 And so this maybe I don't know for sure with 11:34 this maybe one of the reasons why even 11:37 some plant base vegetarians never run into 11:40 B12 problems. This has been a confusing factor 11:43 for many people; some people never consume 11:46 any animal products whatsoever. 11:49 And we know that they're not eating foods 11:51 that are high in B12, we check their B12 levels 11:53 they're fine. They were up there where they 11:56 normal individual is however there are some 11:59 vegetarians, a significant percentage of 12:02 vegetarians that are plant based that will start 12:05 to run into B12 problems. 12:06 And it takes a year after they changed their 12:08 diet before this starts to occur because B12 12:11 lasts in the system, it's stored in the system 12:16 for up to a year. But then after that, 12:18 the B12 levels begin to drop and they can 12:23 drop to the place where actually disease results. 12:26 Depression can resolve, fatigue, 12:28 loss of energy, anemia can resolve and even 12:31 nervous, permanent neurological deficits can 12:34 occur if the B12 levels are extremely low. 12:37 Now, that's very dangerous, 12:38 we're gonna talk a little bit about that, 12:40 because I've don't, you don't wanna minimize 12:42 this problem, it can be a real problem. 12:45 It can be a real problem, in fact I know some 12:48 individuals that, well one individual in 12:51 particular was on a very good diet. 12:55 But was not concerned about the B12 issue, 12:59 she had extremely low B12 levels for a longtime 13:02 and ended up with a permanent neurologic 13:04 deficit, I mean she walks bent over. 13:08 She have no position sense, meaning that if 13:11 she were to close her eyes she'd fall over. 13:14 Because her posterior columns in her spinal cord 13:16 are no longer active, because they didn't have 13:18 B12 in them and it's a crippling disorder that 13:24 she experienced simply due to not enough B12 13:27 in the diet. We're talking with 13:30 Dr. Neil Nedley, we're talking about common 13:33 concerns that come up concerning the vegetarian 13:36 lifestyle. We're talking about some of the 13:37 advantages; we wanna continue with those 13:39 concerns and continue our discussion 13:42 concerning B12. Join us when we comeback. 13:47 Are you confused about the endless stream 13:49 of new and often contradictory health 13:51 information. With companies trying to sell new 13:54 drugs and special interest groups paying for 13:56 studies that spin the fact? 13:58 Where can you find a common sense approach 14:00 to health? One way is to ask for your free 14:03 copy of Dr. Arnott's 24 realistic ways to 14:06 improve your health. Dr. Timothy Arnott and 14:09 the Lifestyle Center of America produced this 14:11 helpful booklet of 24 short practical health 14:14 tips based on scientific research and the Bible, 14:17 that will help you live longer, 14:18 happier and healthier. 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You know I heard a number of 15:11 years ago that there are more meat-eaters 15:14 that have vitamin B12 deficiency than they are 15:17 vegetarians is that correct. That's true, 15:19 yeah a lot of people think well if I'm a meat-eater, 15:21 this is something I don't have to worry about. 15:23 Because meat has more B12 and it simply 15:26 because as more bacteria in it, 15:29 you know the bacteria is what produces the 15:31 B12 and meat the longer it sits around, 15:35 the longer those bacteria have a chance to 15:38 produce their stuff the more B12 might have in it. 15:42 But the problem with people is the age, 15:45 is they tend to produce less intrinsic factor 15:48 in their stomach. And the parietal cells in their 15:51 stomach just won't work like they used too. 15:54 And thus they're not able to absorb the B12, 15:57 so even though meat may have plenty of B12, 15:59 there is two problems with meat as a B12 16:01 source number 1, B12 can be tightly bond to 16:05 the fibers in the meat itself that may not be 16:07 absorbs that readily. And then secondly, 16:10 if they're not making enough intrinsic factor 16:13 they're certainly not gonna be able to absorb it. 16:15 So, regardless if you're a vegetarian or a 16:18 meat-eater you need to be aware of the 16:20 importance of vitamin B12. Over 90 percent 16:23 of people with B12 deficiency are meat-eaters 16:27 and thus I check it out routinely in people as 16:31 part of their general health physical. 16:33 Because B12 deficiency is so common, 16:36 particularly if someone's over the age of 50, 16:39 I'll be checking that out because that's when 16:40 it become even a lot more common. 16:42 Okay we've talked about the concerns; 16:45 we've talked about the neuronal concerns, 16:48 the nerves and different thing when you talked 16:50 about the lady who had real deficits as a result 16:52 of that. What about B12 deficiency in brain 16:55 health? Well, there is quite a link, 16:58 B12 is important for brain health. 17:01 B12 deficiency has been linked to diseases such 17:06 as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease has 17:10 also been linked. Really. And other degenerative 17:15 diseases of the brain can be linked to be B12 17:17 deficiency; depression actually can be cause 17:20 by B12 deficiency. If we don't have enough B12 17:23 around, we won't make enough SAM-e in the 17:26 brain, and SAM-e is needed for the final step 17:29 to give the methyl donation to make Dopamine, 17:32 Serotonin and Norepinephrine, 17:35 three important neurotransmitters in 17:36 the brain. And that's why when someone is B12 17:39 deficient we gave him a B12 shot, 17:41 boy within 24hrs, they've got energy, 17:44 they're feeling a lot better, they're making 17:45 those three neurotransmitters again. 17:48 Well, what about B12 and homocysteine? 17:51 This is some of the new evidence homocysteine 17:53 is a, can be a toxin, it's an amino acid that's 17:58 produced in excess if we don't have enough B12 18:00 or enough B6 or Folate around. 18:03 And high homocysteine levels have been linked 18:05 to certain nervous system problems including 18:08 Alzheimer's as well as increasing, dramatically 18:12 increasing risk of heart disease and stroke. 18:15 And so you know interestingly you can be 18:17 on a vegetarian diet which is gonna decrease 18:19 your incidence of heart disease and stroke. 18:21 But if your B12 levels are real low your 18:22 homocysteine can be up and thus you may have 18:25 a risk factor for heart disease that isn't 18:27 uncovered by looking at your cholesterol levels. 18:29 And so that's why I've began the process in 18:32 my office when I see patients of not only 18:34 checking their cholesterol levels but also 18:36 checking their homocysteine levels, 18:38 you may wanna get your doctor to do that 18:40 for you. And if you find out that it's elevated, 18:43 it could be related to deficiency of B12. 18:45 That's right and that's when we would check 18:47 the B12 levels or the folate levels, 18:50 but B12 deficiency is a lot more common than 18:52 folate deficiency actually. What about 18:54 drinking milk, I mean, will that take care of my 18:56 B12 problems? Well, this is one of the biggest 18:59 myths out there and it's a myth that's also 19:02 present among Seventh-day Adventist. 19:05 You know interestingly I've heard some people 19:07 stayed if you're on a plant based diet and 19:12 you're not taking a B12 supplement all you need 19:14 to do is drink milk and you'll get plenty of B12 19:17 and you won't need to worry about it. 19:20 That is actually not true, milk is not a reliable 19:24 source of B12 and we have a graphic that 19:26 explains this. Assuring adequate B12 intake is 19:32 often cited as one of the main reasons for adding 19:35 dairy to a vegan diet. However not only is 19:39 evidence lacking to support such a conclusion, 19:41 that there is actually data to the contrary. 19:43 A 1999 Australian study eloquently illustrate the 19:46 fact that dairy doesn't necessarily prevent vitamin 19:50 B12 deficiency. This was a study that was done 19:54 on Seventh-day Adventist ministers who were 19:56 not using B12 supplements, they were both vegans 19:59 which means totally plant based vegetarians or 20:03 lacto-ovo vegetarians and both groups tended 20:06 to have lower vitamin B12 levels than those 20:09 who ate meat. And in fact, in that particular 20:12 study, the lacto-ovo vegetarians were just as 20:15 low as the vegan vegetarians. 20:19 And so don't rest assured that you're getting 20:22 B12 from those sources Okay, so even 20:26 though vegetarians have a lower incidence of vitamin 20:29 B12 deficiency, they need to be aware of it 20:33 and so also do meat-eaters. But what are 20:36 some sources then of vitamin B12 that we 20:40 can rely on, we don't wanna get it from the 20:42 bacteria in our teeth by not brushing our teeth, 20:45 we don't particularly wanna get it from our 20:46 large bowel and all that things that we mentioned, 20:49 so what can we look? Well, you know first 20:51 I must correct you a little bit there; 20:55 it's true that if we take a look at all groups 20:58 of people that are B12 deficient. 21:00 Ninety percent of them or more would be 21:02 meat-eaters. Right. But as far as the incidence 21:06 of B12 deficiency is concerned, the incidence 21:09 is higher in vegetarians. Okay. 21:11 Then it is in the meat -eating population and 21:13 so that's why it is the big vegetarian concern, 21:16 because it's kind of the only factor that people 21:19 can find out there where vegetarians might 21:22 have more of a problem than the average 21:24 meat-eater. But having said that it doesn't need 21:29 to be a problem, if vegetarians are 21:32 consuming sources of B12. And these are 21:36 some of the sources of B12; we have them 21:39 up there on the screen. Organic soybeans 21:42 would have very low amounts, organic will 21:45 means grown in heavy in manure and of course 21:47 you might get some B12 just through osmosis 21:50 through the plants that way. Egg Whites 0.2, 21:54 Skim Milk 0.3, Soy Milk 1.0 and of course that's 21:59 because it is supplemented. Total cereal 22:03 will have a 100 percent of your daily 22:04 requirements, which is 6 micrograms per day. 22:09 And then there were other additional sources 22:12 of B12. Okay, so Total Cereal, a Product 19 22:17 Cereal. Fortified Soy or Rice Milk is hard to find 22:21 any milk out there right now there are not 22:23 supplement with B12 because this has become 22:26 an issue. And then there many supplements that 22:28 you can take out there, vitamin supplements 22:30 and B12 supplements that are out there. 22:33 If you were to consume cows milk as a source 22:36 of B12, the skim milk would be preferable. 22:38 But again that's not a guarantee that your 22:41 B12 levels are gonna go up that much, 22:43 because they are actually as less as cows 22:45 milk and there is in most of the soy milks today. 22:48 Yeah, okay, so those are the vegetarian 22:52 sources of B12, there were some overall 22:56 sources and then some. Yeah and what I 22:58 would like to recommend to the average 23:01 vegetarian out there. Is if you don't have a 23:04 source, a laboratory source where you can 23:06 get your B12 level checked every year which 23:08 I can get, I mean our own laboratory does a 23:11 very good analysis of B12. But if you don't 23:14 have an access to that, just be safe and take 23:16 a B12 supplement, they are very cheap, 23:19 they're very effective. You can absorb them 23:22 under your tongue or if you chew them, 23:24 they get more readily absorb, 23:25 you don't wanna swallow and hold. 23:27 Because you're not gonna absorb them as 23:28 much, 100 micrograms a day would be plenty, 23:32 you only need 6 but a 100 micrograms is 23:35 an assurance and there is no problem of 23:36 getting that much B12, even a 1000 micrograms 23:39 a day is not a problem. But if you're consuming 23:43 huge amounts like 3000 micrograms a day, 23:46 then that will start to began to shut down 23:48 your melatonin levels. You know an interesting 23:51 question that you may have thought about 23:53 so I'm just gonna throw it out there and that 23:55 is you know we often talk about how science 23:59 validates the diet of Genesis 1:29. 24:02 And then adding the vegetables later in 24:04 Genesis chapter 3. But these seems to be 24:07 kind of that the one that, it doesn't seem 24:09 to hold true to. What have you thought 24:12 about that over the years? Well, you know 24:15 and that's why some people have an issue 24:17 with this kind of you know refused to consider 24:24 B12 supplements. It's kind of interesting 24:25 Ellen White spoke about this, there were people 24:28 in her day who had totally gone to plant 24:32 base sources of nutrition. And they didn't 24:35 have B12 supplements back down. 24:37 And they were getting ill. Dr. Crest was one of 24:39 them and she told him specifically to get back 24:43 on dairy and eggs, particularly eggs she said, 24:47 more so than dairy. You see eggs were a 24:49 better source of B12 than the milk was. 24:53 And than she said that eventually God would 24:56 work this problem out, but she said for now 25:02 you need the animal foods. And of course I 25:05 think he has worked it out simply because 25:07 B12 is so readily available and it's the only 25:09 thing that's not there. Now, in the original diet 25:13 they probably was B12 there or you know, 25:15 we didn't have to worry about washing the dirt 25:17 away. You know, you just got the fruits and 25:22 the vegetables from the garden and what came 25:24 with them was probably the B12 there. 25:28 But now due to the pesticides and those 25:29 types of things everyone wants to wash 25:31 their fruits and vegetables. 25:34 And so we maybe washing away some of 25:37 the B12 there, we don't really realize all 25:40 the intricacies of it. We do know that about 25:42 half of vegetarians will never run into a B12 25:45 problem, even though they are totally plant based. 25:48 The other half can and so just to be on the sure 25:52 side just take a B12 supplement like I said 25:56 it's cheap, it's effective and it will prevent 25:58 your a lot of problems down the road. 26:02 You have the couple of graphics on Omega-3 26:05 talk me about that briefly. 26:06 That's another concern of vegetarians, 26:08 that they may not can be getting enough 26:09 Omega-3, Omega-3 primarily is present in fish 26:13 and one of the graphic shows us the fish that 26:15 are high in Omega-3. Drum fish, Tuna, Salmon 26:19 higher yet, Halibut and Mackerel or I should 26:23 to say Atlantic Mackerel. But they are plant 26:25 sources. Yes, I should mention that all of 26:28 those fish that are high in Omega-3 they're 26:30 all clean fish, they're all fins and scales. 26:32 Okay. The fish that are not clean, 26:34 very poor sources of Omega-3. 26:37 Okay and then what about plant sources there? 26:38 Plant sources are the preferable way because 26:40 you don't have to worry about mercury and 26:41 you don't have to worry about toxins. 26:43 And the plant sources are up on the screen, 26:45 Almonds come out pretty good there, 26:48 Green soybeans much higher in Omega-3, 26:50 again wheat germ if you're eating white bread 26:52 you're not getting your Omega-3, 26:53 you're getting it through that whole wheat or 26:55 the wheat germ. Black Walnuts are a 26:57 1000mgs and English Walnuts are higher than 26:59 Black Walnuts. And the highest source is 27:03 Flaxseed as far as plant source, 27:06 there is also a seed called Chia seeds they 27:08 were almost as high as Flaxseed. 27:10 And so you can get Omega-3 if you're paying 27:13 attention to those types of foods in your diet 27:17 and eating them occasionally. 27:19 Well, thank you so much for being with us today 27:21 Dr. Nedley and thank you for your webpage as 27:24 well www.nedley publishing.com and 27:26 www.Dr.nedley publishing.com, a lot of 27:28 resources there for our viewers as well. 27:31 Thank you for being with us, we've talked 27:33 about the advantages of a vegetarian diet. 27:35 And they are many, they're far out way the 27:39 concerns, but those concerns are valid as well, 27:42 don't just minimize them. Take the advice today 27:46 with your heart and put it in the practice and 27:48 we know as the result that you will have health 27:51 that will last not just now, but for a lifetime. |
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