It Comes Lemon Flavored!

You may have already heard the amazing story of Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world.  He went incognito down into a New York subway and played some of the world’s most intricate pieces of music on a 3.5 million dollar violin for 45 minutes straight.  Whereas the night before he had played the same music to a sellout crowd at $100 a seat, this crowd barely noticed he was there because they were so busy hurrying to catch their trains. A few children tried to stop but were pulled away by their parents.  Some adults threw change in to his case or stopped for just a minute to listen, but for the most part, he was overlooked.  What does that say about the human condition…that we find it challenging to catch trains?  I don’t think so.

Some things are so easily overlooked, not because they are not beautiful or inspiring, but because we are trying to keep it all together, to catch trains.  But who wants to keep overlooking the research that points to omega 3’s “anti-aging effects on brain structure and function, from cognition and memory to mental health and Alzheimer’s prevention”. (1)  If omega-3 oil really does help your brain cells communicate better, and if it really can lower your blood cholesterol numbers and help prevent heart disease (2), then aren’t we a bit like those busy train catchers if we don’t stop and pay attention? 

Take a look at the Omega-3 Club who posed for their annual photograph this week so you can see what they are with your own eyes. Then use one of the 5 suggestions below to infiltrate your diet on a daily basis in some way or another with more omega 3 fatty acids.  I prefer the fish oil pill because I can just add it to the other supplements I take, but after consulting with your doctor about how much to take, just do it.  It even comes in lots of fruity flavors for goodness sakes!

Pictured from left to right: walnuts, flax oil, coffee grinder, whole flax seeds, lemon flavored fish oil, fish oil capsules, salmon

Molly

5 WAYS TO GET MORE OMEGA 3 IN YOUR DIET:

1.  Put the fruit flavored fish oil in a morning fruit shake or glass of orange juice.

2.  Regularly replace some of the flour in a baked recipe with some fresh ground flax meal. 1/4 c. is usually safe, but you can try more. It just depends on what you are making.

3.  Make salmon a monthly or weekly treat and each more fish. Remember that beans are a great budget balance for the price of fish..

4.  Make our Oatmeal Nut Cookies which have 3 c. walnuts, and add walnuts to other baked goods like cookies, muffins and pancakes as you do flax meal.

5.  Make our Caesar Salad dressing using either anchovies or sardines, both omega-3 suppliers.

(1)  http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2010/aug2010_Omega-3-Fatty-Acids-Increase-Brain-Volume_02.htm
(2) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/993.html

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