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Today we're going to answer an important health question
Does religion play a major role in your overall health?
Specifically when it relates to the ratio
of omega 6 fatty acids to omega 3 fatty acids in your diet
Let's take a look at some disturbing changes in house that have been taking place
over the last 65 years or so
Developed countries around the world have seen a major increase in autoimmune diseases
like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, vasculitis,
celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.
Research published in 2015 in the International Journal of celiac disease
by Ar. Aaron Lerner at Israel'sTechnion Israel Institute of Technology
suggests three major environmental factors as strongly suspected to drive these
infections, ecology and nutrition
Allergies have also been rising rapidly.
One in five children are diagnosed with some type of allergic disease
including asthma, atopic dermatitis
and allergic rhinitis
according to Professor Innes Asha from the University of Auckland,
in 1998 edition of the Journal of clinical and experimental allergy
In fact allergies can now be deemed to become an epidemic
as they've increased so significantly.
Professor thomas bieber at the Department of Dermatology and allergy
at the University of Bonn
is considered tobe one of the most famous dermatologists in Germany today
his paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2008
reveals fifteen to thirty percent of children suffer from atopic dermatitis
a number that has tripled over the past thirty years
Dr. Valma Mahjutsalo at the Falk health Research Centre in Finland
stated in The Lancet in 2008
that type 1 diabetes has now become a serious problem
affecting children at a much younger age than ever before especially in Europe
Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and primary biliary cirrhosis
three different forms of irritable bowel disease
are also rising at an alarming rate.
Interestingly during the same time a wide variety of infectious diseases have been on the decline
Thanks mostly to vaccines, antibiotics and improved hygiene habits.
This has led many scientiststo look at diet as the cause of these increases.
specifically the proportion of omega 3 fatty acids
to omega 6 fatty acids.
Dr. Artemis SimoPoulos is the founder and president of the Center for genetics nutrition and health
in Washington DC
She's published a lot of research into the relation between inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
and the ratio between dietary omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids
she states that the optimal ratio of omega 6 which is inflammatory
to omega 3 which is non inflammatory should be four to one or lower.
The problem is that in most Western diets
The ratio is currently an extremely unhealthy
15 to 1 or higher.
This markedly higher ratio of inflammatory omega 6 to a host of illnesses
and diseases
Cardiovascular disease, obesity rheumatoid arthritis, cancers of many types
depression etc.
These facts are undisputed in the scientific community
Higher amounts of omega 6 fatty acids are killing humans
at an astounding rate around the world.
Studies published by dr. simopoulos since the early 19s
also confirmed that a high proportion of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids
causes a dramatic shift in the physiological state of the human body.
When omega 6 is more prevalent
pathogenesis of body tissue occurs including prothrombin
proinflammatory andProconstrictive States.
All of which are the very causes of disease
On the other hand dr. simopoulos says scientists have found that a diet higher in omega 3 fatty acids
is therapeutic and preventive
people with inflammatory and immune diseases have been helped by a diet higher in omega 3s
while coronary artery disease, hypertension, cancer, arthritis,
autoimmune disorders and other inflammatory diseases are all diminished
and even prevented when omega 3s are more prevalent .
Since diet has been shown to be a causative factor one needs to look at specific foods
in order to see where the problem lies.
Pig or pork for example produces higher levels of omega 6 by synthesis
which is why it has a much higher level of omega 6 fats.
Pork contains up fourteen point two grams of omega 6 per hundred grams of fatty acids
in comparison to the meat in cattle or sheep
at 2.4 grams and 2.7 grams respectively.
As stated by dr. Michael anser and his colleagues at the University of Bristol
in the Journal of meat science in 1996
The reason for this is explained by his university colleague professor Jeffwood in the 2008 edition of the journal
professor Wood says it's because all omega 6 fatty acids present in the diet of pigs
passed through the stomach unchanged
then while in the small intestine they're absorbed into the bloodstream
and incorporated into the animal's tissues as is and unchanged.
while in ruminants like cattle and sheep
dietary omega 6 fatty acids are degraded into different fatty acids in their stomach
A process called microbial biohydrogenation
because of this only a small portion of dietary omega 6 fatty acids approximately 10%
are made available for incorporation into tissue fats
mea nwhile rabbits, ostrich and camel have a very attractive omega 6 to omega 6 profile
but they're eaten on a much smaller scale
in fact after reviewing the nutritional value of rabbit meat from 50 publications
the omega 6 to omega 3 ratio in rabbit flesh
makes it very attractive for health purposes
as stated in 2004 by dr. Sylvie Coombs at Europe's top Agricultural Research Institute
and the world's number two Center for the agricultural sciences the INR
a camel as well has been found to have an ideal ratio of omega 6 to omega 3
almost three to one according to Dr. Omar Abdul Hadi from Sudan's University of cordovan
writing in the Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences in 2017.
Ostrich meat also has a high level of omega 3 fatty acids
research published in the Journal of Food and Nutrition research in 2014
by Dr.Xavier Medina and Alicia Aguilar at Spain's University of Catalonia
reveals that more than 8% of the poly unsaturated fatty acids in ostrich are omega 3
scientists like Dr.Cletos Mapiye at Stellenbosch University in South Africa
have also found that processed beef products which have had peri renal fat added to them
could possibly be a better source of CL NA
that's a conjugated linoleic acid .
which has been shown to have anti inflammatory, anti carcinogenic and Anti obesity properties
In fact in his study published in 2014 in the journal of animal science and biotechnology
Dr. mapyie found that when peri renal fat was added to regular beef hamburger meat
the fatty acid profile or ratio was improved
thus making it much healthier for human consumption
if we look at shellfish now lobster, crab and crayfish shrimps and mussels
all have a very healthy and attractive omega 3 to omega 6 ratio
this has been demonstrated in a number of articles published by dr.Sarah berrento
at theUniversity of pro so in Portugal and Swansea University in Wales
Dr.Magdalena Stanek at poland's university of technology and life sciences
and Dr.c belt Danika bossy at Sinop university in turkey
their research published in 2009, 2010 and 2015 respectively
shows that shellfish is even better than rabbit, chicken, lamb and beef
at preventing coronary diseases and chronic inflammatory conditions.
Pauljamon a PhD is the CEO and founder of a biotech startup
developing a vascular therapy for cancer
his wife shushing sheDjimon a PhD
is a director and molecular biologist and cancer researcher
at both the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
and Harvard Medical School
these two scientists share a longs tanding interest in diet and health and they're the founders
and principals of the perfect health retreat and authors
of the perfect health diet series and website
in part two of their book published online online on 15th of February 2012
they restated that in most countries pork is either the primary source of omega 6 fats
or the second source after vegetable oils
they go on to recommend in their book what they call perfect health diets
a certain dietary strategy
in brief they say that the highest sources of omega like pork
must be removed or greatly reduced in the human diet
while the sources of omega 3 like sea foods especially shellfish
must be added in order to stay healthy
a dietary strategy which is already approved and recommended
by all doctors nutritionists and molecular biologists.
an updated dietary strategy which was put by the Holy Quran to all Muslims more than 1400 years ago
and which Muslims are ordered to strictly follow
it's becoming clear that religion has its part to play in human health
due to the fact that the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions vary so differently
in the type of meat they allow their followers to consume.
Science shows that the lower omega 6 levels of fatty acids
in the type of meats that the holy quran allows muslims to eat
lead to a healthier diet
over 1400 years ago the holy quran was already mentioning
the health qualities of peri renal fat
Shellfish, rabbit, ostrich and camel
and also stated that as a firm punishment Jews were not allowed to eat foods that contain this type of meat
or this type of fat.
The holy quran says in chapter 4 verse 160
were made unlawful for them we deprived the Jews from certain good foods
which had been lawful for them before because of the injustice which they had committed
and because of their much hindering from the path of God Alla's way.
in chapter 6 verse 146 the holy quran also says
We god forbade them the jews the fat of the cattle and the sheep
except that which is carried on their backs or in the viscera
or mixed with bones.
This was a punishment we gave them on account of their rebellion
when we look at the facts it's quite clear Jews and Muslims are forbidden from eating pork
but amazingly Jews are also forbiddenby the Torah from eating certain healthy foods
which they named not koshersuch as rabbit, ostrich, camel, shellfish
and peri renal fat
which is considered a clear indirect message to holy quran to muslims to add more of these foods to their diet
Questions can eat the same food that Muslims can eat but they're also allowed to consume pork
which group is the healthiest?
People of the Muslim faith.
This leads to avery strong conclusion
people of the Muslim faith then thanks to their following of the Holy Quran
appear to have been blessed with a much healthier diet and longer healthier lives
in fact the diet followedby those of the Muslim faith appears far superior
to that of Jews and Christians alike
the reason is simple the healthy human ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids
is a very tight window
if the balance is off even by a small margin disease and sickness result
It's for this reasonthat the highest sources of omega 6 must be removed
or greatly reduced in the human diet
while the sources of omega 3 must be added in order to stay healthy
so it only makes sense that people of all religions move towards a diet that better reflects the diet in the Holy Quran
a superior healthier human diet.
Muslim countries simply don't suffer such a prevalence of autoimmune diseases or allergies
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