Hi all, hi Chet,

It's called Udo's Choice:  Perfect Oil Blend.  It is made from cold
pressed seed and grain oils, in a very precise proportion to provide the
fat nutrients we need.

Chet replies:
> I've been using Udo's Perfected Choice Blended Oil (I think that's the
> name--at least close to it) for a couple of months now to get the fatty
> acids and am very happy with the results... smoother and softer skin are
> the most noticeable.


Roberta wrote:
> > This book is by Udo Erasmus, called Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill. As far
> > as I know it is the most detailed book that completely outlines the
> > biochemistry of fats as a nutrient in the human diet.

IMO this is the very best pure fat food available today.  I've been
carrying this product for my patients for a while, and it is truly cold
pressed, nitrogen flushed, bottled in dark glass, refrigerated, AND
shelf dated.  It has the proportion of BOTH required fatty acids which
humans need.  If one takes only flax, or flax oil, one will end up with
a deficiency of one nutrient, a fatty acid that flax does not contain.
I have also been using that Udo's Choice oil, and the taste is rich and
wonderful.  Try a little with salt and lemon and you have one of the
best salad dressings I've ever tasted.  I use it extensively, along with
other cold pressed oils as a condiment for all sorts of things,
especially for roasted chicken, cooked or raw fish and other foods.  The
manufacturer is FLORA, and they sell wholesale to stores and natural
healers, and mail order direct to consumers in the USA.  I feel very
blessed and grateful that they offer their products;
the alternatives are quite inferior in taste (and therefore probably in
nutrients), before their products were offered, I did not have a source
for oils that was satisfactory.  I also purchase sesame oil and a few
other very delicious fat items from them.

This oil helps to fill the nutritional deficiency that many people have
acquired from eating (1)excessive fats of the wrong types (not the two
we need, or excessive cooked fats animal or vegetarian) and
(2)insufficient amounts of the two fats we need (LA, LNA; aka GLA, EPA;
aka omega3, omega6), found only in raw nuts/seeds and fat fish in
sufficient quantities to nourish us. It is particularly useful in
helping people to get back to normal who have eaten refined foods or
fried foods and damaged their health as a result.  Better skin, hair,
nails, improved elimination, higher energy, weight control are all
benefits of having sufficient and correct fats in the diet.

On a personal note, I have eaten only cold pressed oil products for a
long time, and have a reputation for being a slight fanatic about this.
I use Flora's cold pressed sesame oil as a condiment.  This is the type
of condiment that is traditionally used in Chinese cooking, a pure fresh
pressed seed oil, but up until Flora offered theirs, was very hard to
find since it spoils so fast.  I have also included things like brown
unhulled raw sesame, raw almonds, raw fish and other foods rich in EFAs
for many years, because (1) I thought they are good for me and (2)
primarly because they taste wonderful.  This book by Erasmus confirms
what I have known intuitively all along, and am glad the biochemistry is
explained in such detail.

I think the obsession of americans of avoiding fats is quite misguided.
I eat lots of calories of fat (from sources as described above) but am
generally in excellent health except for annual spring hayfever, which
improves every year.  However, I avoid grains and most grain based
products.

An interesting true story:  I have a patient who was quite overweight
who resisted my idea of increasing fat intake for a while.  However, not
much was working, and she was doing all the right things, including
routine workouts, both cardio and weight training, cutting down on
carbs, watching caloric intake, and eating mostly raw (and a wide
variety of foods), but still, avoiding fats.  During this period of
several months, what was interesting is that she dropped about 10% in
body fat composition, meaning she had gained muscle, lost fat, but not
lost much size/weight and was still near her heaviest.  Upon increasing
her fat intake, a number of minor problems disappeared, she felt her
metabolism change, and she began to lose weight.  This I attribute to
the fact that EFAs are required in energy production, thus assisting the
body to burn stored fat.

regards
roberta