AMY ON PEOs

Amy has been with me for over two years now so she knows all the stuff I've been proselytizing about EFAs (now PEOs), carbohydrates, and more. Amy is also pregnant. And Amy, being the intelligent, caring mother that she is really wants to make a concerted effort to give her future child the best possible chance for a healthy life. Smart gal, that Amy!

She asked me a question in PM, and there was also a discussion over on Stefnee's blog about whether the EFAs are "safe" for pregnant parents. So I started to reply over on Stefnee's blog and it went on and on and on... And then I realized I should just put it here for anyone interested to read in the blog rather than as a run on comment (after all, people expect run on blogs from Cammy, right?)

First, please head over to Stefnee's Weekly Blog of Rock/ Gratitude / Thanks to Cam! to catch up on this dialogue (the comments are all essential, so please read them). When done there, please come back and continue reading as this is my reply that I had typed where it now says, "blog for Amy coming up. Damn."

Ready? Let's lactate & loll!

Yes, they are calling them PEOs now because the goddamn nutrition and health industry started labeling everything as EFAs to get on the marketing bandwagon. And they messed up again! EFAs are ESSENTIAL fatty acids, meaning that you need them, but you cannot make them in your body. But now they are calling DHA, EPA, and all of the Omega 6 and Omega 3 fatty acid DERIVATIVES EFAS as well and messing the consumer up! Our bodies CAN MAKE all of the derivatives, so they are not essential.

Thus, Brian Peskin who developed the PEOs from Y.E.S. Supplements based on over 100 years of science on the subjects, wanted to change the name to PARENT ESSENTIAL OILS (PEOs) because the PARENT Omega 6 and PARENT Omega 3s are the ONLY ones we need. From them we NATURALLY Make the rest in the quantities we need. You can visit Brian Peskin's page which has links to lots of research (that I have read in the past 10 years and have on my computer in word format....) Everyone connected to me taking EFAs (now PEOs) are taking these and you can ask them individually for their results if you wish, or you can start doing the years of reading it takes to put the pieces of the puzzle together (which is why doctors don't get it - they don't have time!).

Amy - YES! You SHOULD be taking the PEOs during pregnancy because ... well, if you have read all of the blogs I've written about them, you'll understand (but you may have zoned out over the past two years like SOMEBODY ELSE I KNOW WHO YADDAYADDAd me.... *smooch*). I didn't port them over to Multiply so for anyone who wants to read them, you will need to go to my http://360.yahoo.com/camswitzer page, and click on the EFA, Carbohydrate, Cancer, etc. Tag Clouds. From there you can read yourself to sleep... forever!

Anyway, here it is in a nutshell for you, OK? (ha! reading over this I laugh at my own "in a nutshell" comment because it has become an entire blog!! And I thought I gave up writing health blogs!)

1) Our brains, our nerve synapses, are cell walls, our skin, basically everything are made of lipids (fatty acids). In order to make these, the body requires the parent fatty acids which we can only get by eating them.

2) Without them, it has been shown that ADD/ADHD increases, skin psoriasis diseases increases, brain function decreases, nerve response decreases, asthma increases, anger increases, motor function skills decrease, and more.

3) When you give birth (which you have .. twice I think?) you basically give all of your nutrients to the foetus. And then you give them MORE through mother's milk (unless of course you fed them cow's milk, and then you were giving them mother cow hormones... which likely was not such a good thing for us at that most delicate time to tell the truth - but nobody thought about that back then; they just told our parents that milk was good for us - goddamn (sorry Stefnee's religious brother!) milk board!). By the time this was all done, your body was pretty much "spent" (and not in a sexually enjoyable way). Do you recall your hair? Your skin? Your overall health and energy levels? I don't know shit about parenting, but unless I am mistaken, most moms probably are so depleted by the time they wean their babies that their bodies are on the verge of physical collapse in many areas.

4) Now realize that we cannot get the essential oils from foods in sufficient quantities to replenish our "empty PEO resources". Even if we eat lots of food, we are told to cook it well, heat it, etc. and guess what? Those essential oils are EXTREMELY heat sensitive, meaning they break down and become useless.

5) So moms go through the years deficient in the essential fatty acids they need and all at the same time they start eating "healthier" which according to our healthcare and gov and nutritional institutions, was LESS natural fats, LESS meats, LESS eggs, LESS cheeses (where we have at least the potential to GET PEOs), and more grains (which are COMPLETELY useless to our physiology), more vegetables (which our body cannot break down), more fruit (i.e. sugars), etc. We also start sucking back tons of junk food that is loaded with adulterated fats that are DAMAGING to our body and love to attach to the PEO receptors and prevent the REAL PEOs from getting where they need to go. Hence, illnesses have skyrocketed in the past 50 years.

6) Then you get pregnant and have another child. Your body is basically now a wasteland, a desert void of any PEOs that you can give to your newest child in any quantity that will make a difference. You give birth to your beautiful baby and they start life from a deficient stage, where they have now a high chance of immunodeficiency diseases, food allergy weaknesses, skin diseases, attention and learning disorders, anger issues, and various other diseases. Sounds a lot like the kids of today, doesn't it?

7) Summary: If you boost up your essential fatty acids in your body (the parent omega 6 and parent omega 3) while you are pregnant, your body will once again have the nutrition to feed the embryo, the foetus, and eventually the baby through your breastfeeding (which is extremely essential - don't give up on that early at all, even if it hurts like hell because you will be depriving your child from all the future health benefits they get from the nutrients you are supposed to share).

But then again, what do I know about this stuff? I've never even dabbed a bottle nipple against my wrist to check the temperature of the stuff, let alone raise a child!

Regarding literature... I think you would have to do all the reading I have done, and all the puzzle piecing I have done in order to see the whole picture. This is why 99% of the people don't get it. You COULD go to Khanada Taylor's The Science of Health Index and read every single article there. In fact, I highly recommend it. There you will find all of the addresses to all of the research that Brian's EFA/PEOs are based upon. It will blow you away. But if you REALLY want to do it right, then for the next little while put away your Jackie Collins' books, or your Golden Compass Series, or your Stephen Hawkins Books on Physics & Black holes, and head over here every single day to read as much as you possibly can. On top of that, all of the medical journals are listed as well, so if you find any that are absolutely fascinating or want to read yourself, you can copy the address and head over to the library to see if you can dig the journals up.

I hope this helps out with "links" as this is the only way I can suggest helping you to get "eddicated". But start soon because every day you give your future baby the essential nutrients it needs, that is one day of added health, intelligence and happiness you are providing!

Thank you for asking, and I hope this reply to you will meet your needs. If there is anything else I can do to be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. I promise you will not get "voice mail hell" when you contact the Camster!

And yes, PLEASE start the PEOs as soon as you possibly can! My recommendation is to CALL Khanada at YES Supplements (the number is on the website). Tell her who you are. Tell her you know me. Tell her you know Stefnee. Tell her you know Jenny. Tell her you know Paula and tell her that you really want to get started on these ASAP. Don't just be another "number in the system" by ordering through their website. You are SPECIAL! Go direct to the source. Khanada is absolutely fantastic (if a bit harried at work because she does everything there) and will take care of you! Ask for her directly. Her name is pronounced, kuh-NAY-duh.

I love you, Amy! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to get my brain rolling again first thing in the morning!

Oh, damn! I have to take the garbage out! Gotta run!!!

Cam