The Little Seed with Big Heart Benefits

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Friday, January 11, 2013 The Little Seed with Big Heart Benefits Dear Doctors Health e-Bulletin reader, Here's a health tip about a little seed from Peru that could help boost your heart's health. It's called "sacha inchi," and it contains just about the right amount of fatty acids to help keep high cholesterol at bay. Without the essential fatty acids found in a healing food like sacha inchi, you could be struggling to maintain a healthy balance of HDL ("good") cholesterol. When it comes to essential fatty acids, it's important to remember that there is more than one that you need to get into your diet on a daily basis. While most North Americans are good at getting enough omega-6s (too good, as a matter of fact), they often fall a little short when it comes to omega-3s. As for omega-9s, these important brain foods might also get short-changed. The thing to remember about fatty acids is that it's not simply enough to get your daily requirement of just one or the other. They really need to be taken in a balanced way in order to have a lasting, positive impact on your body. (For more on this, see our article "Maintain Eye Health by Balancing Your Omegas.") Sacha inchi is a special seed that can help you to do this. It contains a balance of omega-3s, omega-6s, and omega-9s that work together synergistically to boost the health of your heart. Sacha inchi seems to be blessed with a particular high percentage of omega-3s, which is exactly what you need to zap harmful cholesterol. No other fatty acid can boost heart health the way omega-3 can. And the fact that sacha inchi has omega-6s and -9s to balance out your fatty acid consumption, means that you can absorb all of the omega-3s available. Researchers recently performed a study to discover the effects of sacha inchi oil on the lipid profiles of patients with hypercholesterolemia. Included in the study were 24 patients between the ages of 35 and 75. The researchers measured total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, glucose, non-esterified fatty acids, and insulin levels in the patients. They were then randomized to receive sacha inchi oil orally for four months (in five- or 10-milliliter doses). The oil intake produced a decrease in total cholesterol and a rise in HDL. The subgroup receiving 10 mL showed an increase in insulin levels, too. In health, Helen Martyre Share this e-letter with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers by clicking the links below: Follow us on Twitter. Source for Today's Article: Garmendia, F., et al., "Effect of sacha inchi oil (plukenetia volubilis l) on the lipid profile of patients with hyperlipoproteinemia]," Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. December 2011; 28(4): 628â€"32. Has this e-mail been forwarded to you by a friend? Click here to sign up for your own copy: www.doctorshealthpress.com Copyright © 2013 Doctors Health Press. All rights reserved. Want to republish one of these articles? You may reproduce 1 or 2 paragraphs of any of these articles for your blog or web site, provided that it's linked back to our homepage: www.doctorshealthpress.com