Book Launching June 17th New Omega-3 Book Takes Penetrating Look At Food Labeling, Omega-6 and Inflammation

A fascinating exposé of Omega-3 appearing on more food products every week.

Coconut Grove, FL, June 18, 2008(PressReleasePoint) -- There are many unusual aspects to Lois Smithers’ new book launching June 17th, The Food Industry’s Greed: How Misleading Labeling of Omega-3 Foods Undermines American Health – Inflammation and Omega-6” one of which is two available formats, print and e-book. The second is a close look at products labeled Omega-3, Omega-6 and inflammation.

There are 44 links to on-line, difficult to access research that tells the story of how products labeled Omega-3 came to total 317 in 2007, unprecedented numbers in 2008, and the Omega-6 connection to inflammation with messages from medical communities. Messages, the author says, that are often difficult for consumers to hear and access above marketing hype.
“With an e-book format, readers can click on links and follow research that tells the story of the evolution of Omega-3 products and the consequences to health of Omega-6s in processed foods for over 50 years. If they prefer the print version, there are instructions to an on-line index to access click-able links. Following those links is essential for consumers to understand that Omega-6s in oils such as corn, safflower, sunflower, cottonseed and soybean are inflammatory and what that means to their health.” says the author.

While the food industry has been taken to task for years for confusing labeling, this book focuses on the Omega-3 aspect of labeling with a special significance to the lack of health benefits those products bring – benefits consumers have come to associate with Omega-3.

The author says “Very few consumers are aware of Omega-6s, inflammation and the abundance they have unknowingly consumed. Processed foods are not ‘real’ food in any nutritional sense. When products appear with an Omega-3 label for “healthy” mayonnaise, Omega-3 cookies to now a line of Omega-3 pork products, we have to look at what this is doing to the health of a nation.” The author walks readers through research and information to help them make better choices when purchasing foods.

Much has been written over the past decade about our need for Omega-3 with just as much new, emerging and misleading about the best sources. This expose shows how food has been falsely marketed to consumers and teaches them to be wise by reading labels for the Omega-6 content.

The information in the book will result in many long term health benefits for consumers across all age groups. Based on current scientific literature, it’s a must read for anyone confused by Omega-3, Omega-6, suffering with diseases associated with inflammation, cardiovascular and cognitive concerns, all who wish to maintain optimum health.

The omega-3 book, The Food Industry's Greed: How Misleading Labeling of Omega-3 Foods Undermines American Health, can be found at http://www.omega3labels.com

About Lois Smithers

Lois Smithers, a life-long equestrian, had several competition injuries including two fractured vertebrae. When injuries appeared to resurface in 1995, unanimous diagnoses were “aging” until 2005 when adding Omega-3 and other changes quieted inflammation quickly. Grateful and mystified those years had to happen, she spent the next 3 years immersed in researching Omega-3, Omega-6 and the inflammation link to foods.

Contact:
Lois Smithers
Sea-Based Publishing
Coconut Grove, FL
305 407 9443
omega3labels@comcast.net
http://www.omega3labels.com