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Originally Posted by Nancy LC
It's going to take me awhile to wean myself off caffeine... again. Oh! DAG oil... whatever that is.
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Well I actually gave up caffeine about 6 weeks ago, so I'm ahead of the game there. The milk thistle is something I've been taking regularly ever since I had my gall bladder problems in 2007, so I'm already on board there. I admit I have not gotten my head totally around the DAG oil yet. They talk about Enova oil (which I admit always gives me a double take as I keep feeling like they mean the food I give my dogs, which is Evo Innova).
But when I read about it at
http://www.enovaoil.com/ it trumpets that it is lower in saturated fat than canola oil and is cholesterol-free, and
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"EnovaŽ brand oil is created from a blend of soy and canola oils...EnovaŽ oil contains more polyunsaturated fatty acids and less saturated fatty acids than both olive and canola oils."
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None of that especially endears it to me! I have not gotten my head around why the Eades recommend it so highly. As a diabetic I suppose I should like the sentence that reads:
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"decrease in HBA1c levels was actually noted in those diabetics consuming EnovaŽ oil (compared to consumption of traditional vegetable oils) which would be indicative of improved glucose control."
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Except that I don't really use vegetable oils anyway, and this sentence smacks of the "whole grains are healthier" mantra, but only when comparing them to highly processed grains - neither is desirable. So I'm skeptical of something that touts itself as healthier than something I would not touch anyway because of the unfavorable Omega6 content. It's like saying eating an oatmeal cookie might give me better glucose control than eating a Twinkie. But eating neither is better yet.
I could find nothing about Omega6 on the company site, but on another site I found this:
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"The ratio of Omega 6 fatty acids to the more beneficial Omega 3 fatty acids in Enova is 10:1. Ideally this ratio should be closer to 3:1, since excess consumption of Omega 6 has been linked to high blood pressure, inflammation and other chronic diseases."
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The same site also adds, however:
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"Substituting Enova for conventional oils may help lower blood lipid levels, especially triglycerides. Although research is still continuing, initial studies have shown reductions in post-meal triglyceride levels of more than 30%; other studies showed some fat loss, too."
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I guess I'm not 100% convinced as to why I should use it. Maybe I need to look at that section of the book again. The company site lists Stop and Shop as one of the supermarket chains that carry it, and that's my "local".
I suppose if I was one of the people chosen to pre-test the diet with my complementary copy of the book I would feel obligated to follow everything to a T, but since I bought and paid for my copy I'm under no such obligation so I'm still hesitant about the DAG oil.