The traditional diet of arctic peoples is high in seal meat and seal blubber. The hunting rituals and food-sharing for community well-being is viewed as a health practice for the individual mind/body/soul and as the source of personal and political power. The Inuit and Eskimos are full of laughter and joy as they share the seal.
In 1972 a study of Greenland Eskimos found remarkably little circulatory diseases like stroke, heart attack and high blood pressure, little diabetes and other blood sugar problems, and far less arthritis and cancers among those living on the seal and fish diet of their ancestors. When moved into settlements and onto a store food diet, these diseases emerge as in the outside world. The key turns out to be the balance of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from sea animals to the omega 6 fats from grains and land animals. Current omega 3 consumption in North America and Europe averages less than 20% of the levels recommended by Health Canada !
Fish oils have been intensively studied, and it is safe to say are of proven health benefit in many important diseases. Use of cod liver oil for health goes back 200 years! Studies in the 1950's showed an 88% clinical response to fish oils for chest pain, blood flow diseases, high cholesterol and total blood fats - and reported “increased feeling of well-being coupled with increased cerebration”. Cerebration means thinking and remembering. Today there are thousands of scientific and medical studies touting the benefits of fish omega 3 oils, thanks to the fatty acids EPA , DPA , DHA and squalene. There are a few problems with the use of fish oils. Unsaturated fats tend to spoil.
Rancid fats are toxic, oxidize cholesterol into a sticky mess that plugs arteries, and use up precious antioxidant reserves - such as vitamins C and E. Absorption is limited and the fish fats take a long time to clear from the carriers in the blood. Also, fish oils do have saturated fats.
Seal blubber oil is substantially different. Researchers in Canada , Denmark and Norway have shown greater stability, absorption and benefits from this mammalian oil. Total omega 3 PUFA's run about 23% ! EPA is about 8%, DPA is about 4.5%, DHA about 8%, squalene content averages about 1.5%, and free oleic fatty acids are about 0.5% .
These healthy fats are in a form found only in mammals, that absorb better and go to work faster. Spoilage tests run about 45% less than MaxEPA fish oils. Storage for two years showed minimal degradation. Dr. Robert Ackman, a recognized expert in marine oils research at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia calls seal oil “biofiltered fish oil”. The balance of fats and absorbtion is like the fats in human breast milk!
Benefits include rapid clearance of cholesterol, increased
HDL - the good form of cholesterol, lowered platelet aggregation which means less risk of blood clots, far more flexible red blood
cells allowing improved blood flow and therefore more oxygen and nutrition to organs, and powerful repair of damage to the linings
of blood vessels. Studies show a 70% reduction in the risk of a fatal heart attack, and a 30% reduction in fatal second heart attacks.
This oil, in small doses, can prevent sudden death from irregular heart beats following a heart attack. Blood pressure is reduced,
and BP meds tend to work more effectively with this supplement. Risk of stroke is signifigantly lowered.
Breast and colon cancer are
far less frequent with these fats in the diet.
Breastfed infants receive DHA and other factors critical to nerve/brain development and function. The brain is mostly fat! Good vision and motor skills depend on these fats, and supplemental seal oil will particularly aid the premature infant and those fed formula. Persons with problems sleeping, schizophrenia , depression and mental deterioration also markedly benefit from seal oil.
Arthritis inflammation has been releived by seal oil in over a dozen published studies.The impact of seal oil on bowel diseases such as colitis and IBS is truly remarkable. I beleive it should be a fundamental treatment for all forms of “ leaky gut syndrome”. Other uses include kidney disease, ADD and ADHD (hyperactivity), eczema, psoriasis, brittle nails, dry skin, and autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.I have been prescribing seal oil for several yearss for all these type of cases, and find it has lived up to all the claims made for it. The adult dose is 2 capsules twice daily, and half that for children. Just 2 capsules provide the RDA (recommended daily allowance) of omega 3 PUFA's set by Health Canada . I have been using OmegaPlus brand from Terra Nova Fishery in Newfoundland . It is cost-effective and well tolerated. The seal harvest is humane, sustainable, and focussed on total utilization.
I urge you to consider this superior product for both disease treatment and wellness.