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Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by lectrick on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @01:12PM (#7306503)
Instead of killing fish, here is my favorite nut mix (BY FAR!), which also happens to be chock full of Omega-3:

http://smile.amazon.com/Planters-Nutrition-Omega-3-Ounce-Can...

Cannot recommend enough. A handful for a snack is filling, healthy and not too caloric.

Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by js2 on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @01:56PM (#7306799)
So you might want to do some research on ALA, EPA, and DHA. Our ability to convert ALA to Omega-3 is apparently fairly limited. This link appears to be fairly well researched:

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/othernuts/omega3fa/

Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by bostonaholic on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @02:47PM (#7307170)
Too much sugar and processed seed oils (e.g. sunflower and soybean).
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by Mz on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @02:05PM (#7306849)
FYI: Ingredients Walnuts, Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Candy Coated Dark Chocolate Soynuts (Dark Chocolate {Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter}, Sugar, Oil Roasted Soybeans {Soybeans, Soybean Oil}, Artificial Color {Includes Caramel Color}, Corn Syrup, Gum Arabic, Confectioner's Glaze {Carnauba Wax, Beeswax}).

Without doing serious research on every ingredient listed above, let me suggest that you (or other interested readers) can just buy Walnuts for the same effect, without being exposed to all this other crap, which may be a problem for some people. Walnuts are unusually high in omega 3. I have a lot of dietary issues and I would be unlikely to eat the above (and I usually do not eat Planter's because most of their nut mixes are made with peanut oil, which is highly inflammatory and tends to make me psychotic and suicidal).

I cannot take fish oil. I am allergic to shellfish and I break out in hives when I take enough fish oil. So I have long eaten walnuts when I want to bump up my Omega 3 intake. But, for my purposes, a) avoiding problem oils does more for me than trying to specifically counteract them by adding other oils and b) eating less acidly also goes a long way to control my inflammatory condition.

Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by astrange on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @07:07PM (#7309270)
Walnuts have more omega-6 than omega-3, so you're probably not getting any of the effect from it. The two cancel each other out.
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by denzil_correa on Thursday February 27, 2014 @05:03AM (#7311334)
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/omega-3/

Frank Sacks (Prof. of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Dept. of Nutrition)

> There are two major types of omega-3 fatty acids in our diets: One type is alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is found in some vegetable oils, such as soybean, rapeseed (canola), and flaxseed, and in walnuts. ALA is also found in some green vegetables, such as Brussels sprouts, kale, spinach, and salad greens. The other type, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), is found in fatty fish. The body partially converts ALA to EPA and DHA.

Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by dhoulb on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @10:51PM (#7310302)
The effect might be that eating walnuts fills you up and makes you eat less potato chips. You're right of course, but don't underestimate how bad a place some people are coming from!
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by Mz on Thursday February 27, 2014 @01:35PM (#7313982)
Given that I am supposed to be dead and I have gotten off multiple prescription drugs, my guess is that the approach I am taking is working. Granted, that proves nothing about walnuts per se since I have done a heckuva lot more than just eat walnuts sometimes. (But I also said -- twice -- that I recommend avoiding problem oils and other things as bigger factors.)
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by matznerd on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @02:47PM (#7307165)
Make sure that the nuts you eat are sprouted. I generally try to eat only raw, sprouted, organic nuts, but they are expensive...
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by greenyoda on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @03:28PM (#7307457)
What's the advantage of sprouted nuts?
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by chrisgd on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @01:29PM (#7306616)
I can never stop at just a handful though
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by Jtsummers on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @01:38PM (#7306661)
I dole things like this out to myself each day when I fix my lunch. If I'm going out for lunch I pack it anyways and usually eat it between 10:00-10:30am, keeps me from overeating at lunch. Otherwise, yeah, they'd last about 5 minutes.
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by chrisgd on Thursday February 27, 2014 @01:44PM (#7314054)
Sometimes the simplest idea seems like the best solution. Perhaps not having the entire container in my desk drawer (half open) is not the solution.
Re:Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflamm... by zwischenzug on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @01:38PM (#7306660)
Bit too much sugar there for my liking...