Modern Forager

With all this talk about cooking being easy and spicing up a bland diet, I thought I’d run down a list of items that I make sure I always have on hand. These ten items ensure that I can throw something together in a hurry if need be or I can put together something [...]

Tags: eggs, El Pato, garlic, meat, nuts, olive oil, onion, salmon, sardines

Photo courtesy of Bard of the Lake
I found this article a couple days ago: Omega-6 fatty acids found to be dietary cause of depression, heart disease
Six of the participants were found to meet the criteria for major depression. These six participants had a significantly higher ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids than the participants [...]

Tags: ALA, cod liver oil, depression, DHA, EPA, fish oil, grass-fed, omega 6, salmon

Via Eating Fabulous comes this article discussing a study regarding getting omega-3s from fish versus fish oil. Here is the study abstract.
Here’s the conclusion:
From the article:
The 16-week study with healthy premenopausal women showed that the increases in red blood cell levels of the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) [...]

Tags: docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, fish oil, menopause, omega 3, salmon, seafood, tilapia