Fashion omega- 3: Finally , a reference book

While fashion omega -3 invades the windows of bookstores and multiplies until indigestion references to their virtues on FMCG finally have a reference book on these essential fatty acids in our diet .
Simply titled " The Truth About Omega- 3" , this book is the work of one of the discoverers of the effects of these fats on the brain. This is Dr. Jean -Marie Bourre who led a research unit INSERM specialized in brain chemistry and its relationship to nutrition.

Famous for having published " Dietary brain : the new deal " or "Food intelligence ", " The diet of the performance," Jean -Marie Bourre try to give appropriate answers to many questions raised by the fashion omega-3. Are they really essential to our health ? What is their effect on our moods , their effect on libido and psychological disorders ? Is it really demonstrated to reduce the cardiovascular risk , reduce hypertension , moderate inflammation?

Jean -Marie Bourre appropriates the discourse of omega -3 while another physician, Dr. David Servan- Schreiber, surfs the expectations of customers in need of well-being to popularize these fats to make his book ( "Healing " ) a runaway bestseller ( at least 400,000 copies sold) .

The chance of Jean -Marie Bourre was discovered omega-3 in the study of fundamental stage of life : the development of the brain. His initial observation was that breast milk is very rich, the brain also . His work then quickly demonstrated that omega -3 conditioned visual and cerebral abilities, including intellectual .

The head of the omega-3 family is denominated alpha -linolenic acid ( ALA) . It is mainly found in canola oil and nuts.

"Every French daily consumes about 15 grams of vegetable oil , which is the size of a soup spoon and a half : we must continue to focus on everything but the price of rapeseed oil , which is more inexpensive ," he concludes .

With regard to other families of omega- 3 (EPA , DHA) , they are in the wild fatty fish and livestock provided that their food was satisfactory, as the variability of the nutritional value of fish large by farming methods . For meat and dairy products , the researcher focuses on livestock products using linseed ( still rare ) method .

Wanting to practice , the researcher will select up to fish according to their cost per unit of omega -3 . We discover and mackerel - much maligned , is well placed , well ahead of the sole and monkfish .

Annexes to the book also help to navigate the jungle of definitions at the base of the food while another book also tries to explain the virtues of these fats.

Entitled "The omega -3 diet, the food program to save our health," this book became an international bestseller ( 1 million copies ) is both theoretical and practical. It proposes austere non - revenue - that will give cooks the sense of acting directly on their health.

The two American authors ( Dr. Artemis Simopoulos , Jo Robinson) were joined Dr. Michel de Lorgeril cardiologist and nutritionist, France proponent of the Mediterranean diet , and Patricia Salen currently contributing to the European study " IMMIDIET " .

Fashion omega -3 is omnipresent. Consume with caution.

* The Truth About Omega-3 , Jean -Marie Bourre, Ed Odile Jacob , 278p , 21.90 euros
* Healing , David Servan- Schreiber, Ed Robert Laffont, 300p , 20 euros
* The omega -3 diet , Artemis Simopoulos and Jo Robinson , Michel de Lorgeril and Patricia Salen , Ed Grenoble Sciences , 374p , 20 euros