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From: "Jennifer Tow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] oils and sunlight
> In a message dated 4/8/1 6:37:55 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Certainly my husband's people didn't typically die of heart
> disease, but that could just as easily be because they died of other
> diseases (like chicken pox) before that. Does anyone know if eating more
> of the traditional kinds of fat protects the skin from the sun? >>
>
> Jo-Anne,
> According to Udo Erasmus, who to my knowledge has done the most research
> anywhere on oils in the human diet, when we "oil ourselves from the
inside",
> we are indeed protected from some of the sun's dangerous rays. Conversely,
> highly unsaturated fatty acids (such as from animal fats), when exposed to
> the sun, cause age spots, free radical-induced oxidation and cancer.
(These
> oils cause less problems for peoples living in low light regions, like the
> Inuit). As you move into more temperate zones, the oils native to the
areas
> are mono-unsaturated fatty acids (almond and olive, for example) and in
the
> tropics, they are saturated (such as coconut oil). According to Erasmus,
> staying out of the sun will dramatically increase the rates of
osteoporosis.
> The more sunlight in a given region, the more EFA's are naturally
available.
> So, we need sunlight and EFA's. I highly recommend "Fats That Heal, Fats
That
> Kill". It is a major education in nutrition in and of itself.
> Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
>
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