J. Morris Hicks

I actually think it’s a huge misunderstanding—along with the ubiquitous perception that the only good source is fish or fish oil supplements. It is true that you can get omega-3 fatty acids from seafood, but it is also true that there are healthier sources.

So what’s not healthy about seafood? Three words: fat, cholesterol and pollutants. Equally important is what is missing: fiber, antioxidants and phytonutrients. Like all animal products, they have none of those powerful nutrients that are so vital to our health.

I recently heard someone ask Dr. T. Colin Campbell (author of The China Study) this question. “If you’re not eating seafood, where do you get your omega-3s and how do you know if you’re getting enough?”

Along with flax and chia seeds, a great source of omega-3

He explained that the ratio of the “healthy” omega-3 and the not-so-healthy omega-6 is more important. We get lots of omega-6 from our toxic Western diet of meat and dairy three meals a day—thereby increasing the amount of omega-3 needed to have a healthy ratio.

But, if we include lots of whole plants in our diet, our need for omega-3 drops so much that we don’t even have to worry about it.

So why does your medical doctor eat lots of seafood and why does he/she advise you to do the same? It’s because we live in a world where over 90% of us are eating a toxic diet with lots of omega-6; hence, we need a lot of omega-3 in our diet to improve our ratio. Further, most doctors have not yet learned about the power of plant-based nutrition to prevent or even reverse most chronic diseases.

The much healthier option is to consume a diet that is rich in fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. If we’re eating mostly whole plants, we won’t need much omega-3 and can easily get all that we need from plant-foods like walnuts, flaxseeds and chia seeds.

You may be asking, “Why doesn’t my doctor know that?” It’s because medical doctors receive little, if any, formal training in nutrition.

But the good news is that there is a growing group of docs who are learning it on their own—and two of them (along with Dr. Campbell) recently influenced President Bill Clinton to adopt a diet of mostly whole plants with no meat and no dairy. And by doing so, he has reversed his chronic heart disease.

By the way, our former president has never looked better. After two years on a whole foods, plant-based, near-vegan diet, he is living proof of the magic of feeding your body the right fuel. Take a look at him in this 30-second video. This is not an endorsement for Obama on my part; so just mute the sound if you just want to see how Clinton is looking these days.

My name is J. Morris Hicks and I did not approve this message—only the 4Leaf diet-style that has reversed his heart disease and so much more.

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Note: Most of the above article appeared on the Food Channel earlier this year. My deal with them is that I provide with fresh content that has never been posted anywhere before. But after that content has made it’s debut there, I am free to use it on my own blog or anywhere else.

So occasionally, I may want to share one of those FoodChannel articles here—just in case you missed it. Click below if you’d like to see this article on FoodChannel, or maybe one of your friends or family members would find it more credible if they saw this kind of message on a prominent mainstream site. My Omega-3 Article at FoodChannel.

Here are a few more of my earlier blogs on the topic of omega-3 and vitamins in general:

• An earlier blog on this topic. Omega-3; more bad news than good these days
• Playing it “safe” with vitamin supplements? Think again!
• Omega-3, sodium & potassium—Think ratios
• Multivitamins? Harmful, harmless or helpful? Dr. Greger
• Vitamins; a review — with new info on B12 from Dr. Greger

Handy 4-piece take-charge-of-your-health kit—from Amazon.com

• The movie that’s changing the lives of millions: Forks Over Knives DVD 
• Healthy Eating, Healthy World, The “big picture” about food (our book)
• An essential scientific resource: The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell
• Dr. McDougall’s new book, The Starch Solution, with lots of great recipes.

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—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation