Posted by BeardedLady on December 18, 2002, at 7:01:16
In reply to Fish oil is not a drug? - LARRY HOOVER » ShelliR, posted by bluedog on December 17, 2002, at 22:58:47
I think your message was for me (and Larry), since I was the one whose post you responded to.
Yes, one gram of EPA. That's right. (My fish oil has EPA and something else--too lazy to look--that equals a gram of EPA when you take two.) Sorry I wasn't clear. It's confusing to me anyhow.
The Zone books all treat food like a drug, which really turns me off, as I like food and would rather enjoy it than it it as if I were simply filling my tank or tanking my meds.
My only comment is that Eskimos are accustomed to eating that much fish and actually need the fat to help them through the winter months (I wonder if they have a lower incidence of depression--whether the fish oil makes up for the darkness-induced SAD that so many of us experience where it isn't nearly as dark!).
But, thrust into that lifestyle, we wouldn't fare so well. We don't have the evolution of our ancestors on our side.
I do believe that immersing yourself in the ways of another culture isn't necessarily a good thing for your own body, in that your body and those of your family members and associates are simply unaccustomed to those changes. Not that you wouldn't, in time, adapt.
It's morning, and I'm not yet awake. I'm sure this post was incoherent.
That said, I have been taking my fish oil twice a day for the last few days, and I sleep so hard and so long that I have trouble waking after 9.5 hours! (I have not had the need for an Ativan, and I have reduced my Serzone dose again!)
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