TV Nutritionist Amanda Hamilton today launches a new addition to her successful weight loss program by offering a three month “Goal Buster” program including a bottle of Udo’s Choice Ultimate Oil Blend, a blend of nutritional seed oils that provide the body with the ideal ratio of 2:1 Omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids.
Your body needs a wide range of nutrients to function at its best, and the simplest way to achieve this is to ensure you eat natural foods from all the main food groups in the right proportions. Here are some expert tips from Nutritionist Amanda Hamilton to help you succeed
The results of a new study have indicated that adding flaxseed to the diets of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) resulted in significant drops in blood pressure after six months. The research carried out by the Canadian centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine involved patients eating bagels and muffins rich in flaxseeds.
With so many oils on the market, it is hardly surprising that consumers can find it difficult to know which contain the best sources of polyunsaturated fats Omega 3 and 6, which are better for cooking with and which are more healthy.
In recent years there has been much written about the need to supplement our diets with fish oils. We have been swept along on wave after wave of articles on the benefits of fish oil. However, whilst we have focused on oil supplements we have lost sight of the importance of getting our “foundation” oil intake right.
We had a great question recently on Udo's Choice Ultimate Oil Blend and the Weight Watchers Points system
The recent news headlines suggesting that Omega 3 may cause prostate cancer came from a scientific study (Brasky 2013) that seemed to suggest that high levels of the fatty acids EPA and DHA lead to a 43% increased risk of prostate cancer and 71% increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer.
Currently in the UK the words “Omega 3” are often associated with fish. Everywhere you look you see slogans encouraging you to “get more Omega 3 EFAs from fish and fish oils”. This recommendation seems harmless enough, but on closer inspection leaves some questions unanswered.
When Udo Erasmus visited the UK in 2012 he was asked "As we seem to be getting heavier as a population how could increasing our fat intake possibly help?"
