Dietary arachidonic acid increases UC risk 4-fold

Stereofidelic,

Which brand of fish oil did your doctor recommend?

Sara14,

Yes, I've heard of the Weston Price Foundation. They're quacks. They have a financial interest in the dairy industry. Very biased research.

Sorry, here again - you have no idea what you're talking about. They are not  quacks, and have no financial interest in the dairy industry. I think you are confusing the Agra-Meat/Dairy Grain-fed products industry with Weston Price Foundation here again.

If you're going to eat meat, yes, grass fed is better for you than grain fed. But plant foods are better for you than either. And no, it's not just my opinion as you said above.

Grass-fed animal products is known to be very healthy, again - because of the HEALTHY ratio of omega 3: omega 6 ratio - a fact you seem to negate. It's fact that plant foods will NOT give you all the nutrients you require.

Sara, enough already .... show some respect for people who have differing view points. You believe vegan style is best, I believe Grass-fed animal products incorporated in a Paleo diet is best.

There's certainly enough room on this forum for all differing view points, as has been pointed out by wiser folks on this forum than I.

 

Thought I would add to this thread,hopefully this has not been posted before.
http://gut.bmj.com/content/60/Suppl_1/A140.2.abstract
Here is an article on RA,fish oil and arachidonic acid,basically says need to cut arachidonic intake if fish oil to work.
http://drbobseiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/article_05-08_adam.pdf

Old Mike

Anyone trying out different diets for UC would be advised to do some trial and error- if there is one thing any browsing of this forum should do, it's make one humble at how individually our guts respond to different diets. I have had UC for years and at one point, before adopting a low carb lifestyle, I tried a vegetarian, grain heavy diet and my UC worsened badly into one constant flare- that continued until i reversed in the opposite direction- to low carb. There are mountains of scientific studies supporting low carb diets (provided one avoids grain fed and orocessed meat) now- just as there are mountains supporting plant based diets. However, what's interesting is that populations have been shown to thrive on both high and low carb diets (Okinawans and the Masi bwing two extremes) provided they avoid refined sugars and processed foods- i e the low carb vs no meat debate may be besides the point.

I am taking Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega. Any bad news about that one?
J

According to this study, Oleic acid and arachidonic acid are inversley related so perhaps we should not so be frightened of Omega 6(66). Extra Virgin Olive Oil has lots of Oleic acid.

http://www.lipidworld.com/content/12/1/106