Tuesday, May 7, 2013

By Pamela Schmidlin, Certified Health Coach, Professional Photographer and Videographer, Certified Dog Trainer

May 7, 2013- Omega 3 and 6  Essential Fatty Acids

Omega 3 and 6 Essential Fatty Acids are necessary to our health and our dogs health and life. Although we cannot produce these on our own. SO we need to obtain these from our food sources. If you are not vegetarian or vegan, you can obtain these through fish and fish oils. Whereas vegetarians and vegan, who look for our nutrition through plant sources need to find plant sources to get our Omegas from.

Well, here we go some plant sources that have Omega 3 and 6 Essential Fatty Acids are:
Walnuts, flaxseeds, and chia seeds. Yes, our nuts and seeds have these essential and important Omegas.

 
Ways to use these are to pack a bag of nuts (a small bag, let's not over do it, remember too much of a good thing turns out not to be so good) and have them during the day.
 
Take flax, or chia seeds and add them to smoothies (which I did today- I grounded my flaxseeds up and put them into my Vega Smoothie after my workout this morning!) or add them to salads. Actually you can add these to just about anything, pastas, rices, etc.
 
These can also benefit our dogs, flaxseed and  flaxseed oil are used in dogs to strengthen their bones, heal their paws, and maintain their energy. It also also plays a significant role in canine cardiovascular health and skin and coat health. It is an important source of fiber and antioxidants, as well as having anti-tumor properties. Flax seed as an anti-inflammatory useful in treating arthritis, (with three senior dogs, I add a little flaxseed to their food at least once a week).


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