This segment speaks to incredible healing power of using food as medicine to literally make or break a person's experience of life for the rest of their life. Learn how to use fish oil to dramatically reduce swelling in the brain and to repair and heal the brain. If you know someone who has had a brain injury, brain tumor, a stroke, concussion, or a virus like meningitis or encephalitis, please share this with them.
This Food As Medicine topic is going to reveal some of the incredible healing properties of fish oil. First, I want to talk about Grant Virgin who was actually in a coma and came out of it because of fish oil. It’s an incredible story.
Grant Virgin was in a very serious hit and run car accident, was airlifted and went through multiple surgeries and ended up in a coma. The doctors told his mom, J.J. Virgin, who is very big into health and wellness, to let him go. As a parent can you imagine someone telling you that? JJ believed that there had to be something they could do so all of her health and wellness family rallied around her and brought all of their knowledge and research together to put a plan in place to help Grant. They started giving him 20 grams of high quality fish oil through his feeding tube and within two days he was able to call his mom and a year later he is living a normal life.
This is such a great example of the healing power of fish oil. Have you heard of Dr. Barry Sears? He's a very popular integrative medical doctor and he's done a lot of research on brain health. Fatty acids make up 30 percent of our brain. So, if you're in a coma and you have brain swelling (this goes for strokes, M.S., any kind of brain injury and even altitude sickness) you need these omega-3 fatty acids. In 2006 after a terrible mining accident, Dr. Sears helped one of the miners (all of which had brain damage) make a full recovery by utilizing therapeutic fish oil. That miner was the one person who survived and could walk and talk. It is incredible!
So how does fish oil help swelling?
If you bump your knee and it swells, that is inflammation, it's the body's reaction to injury. If that happens in the brain that could be fatal or that could be long lasting where you could never speak again. Because of all the high-powered anti-inflammatory compounds in fish oil and because your brain is made of fatty acids if it's damaged and you give it fatty acids, it can start to regenerate. So the swelling starts to shrink considerably, but then also regeneration can happen so the neurochemical messengers can communicate.
So how much fish oil should I take and how frequently?
On a regular basis I would suggest 1000mg a day. It’s important to look for fish oil that's darker in color because the ones that look very pale yellow, had a lot of toxicity and metals in the fish so that means they've distilled out all the metals and so that you come up with this lighter yellow color, but you want to find fish oil that doesn't have any toxicity occurring so you don't have to purify it and then you get all the antioxidants as well and you have to take less.
In today's world, we're not getting enough high-quality omega-3 fatty acids. It wards off depression, which people have in high amounts. It helps our digestive system function better. And it helps with regulating cholesterol and minimizes full body inflammation, which so many people are dealing with on a regular basis.
Here are a few brands that I recommend:
Pure Encapsulations O.N.E. Omega
Nordic Natural Arctic Cod Live Oil
What about pregnant or nursing women?
If you are taking a high quality fish oil without toxicity and heavy metals then you are safe.
Let’s talk a little bit about other ways you can protect the brain and your central nervous system. I suggest everybody put Ceylon cinnamon in their coffee, in their smoothies and however you can get it. In a study done with stroke victims where oxygen was cut off to the brain from the stroke the victims brains were starving and they were losing brain cells very, very quickly. With the control group they were watching this decline in brain cells and then with the experiment group they added cinnamon to it and they had a 40 percent slower decline in brain cells.
This is incredible information!
Garlic is great if you have a sinus infection, meningitis or encephalitis. Eat as much as you can stand. Walnuts are also very high in omega-3 fatty acids. A handful every few days is great for your brain.
Good quality oils are also fantastic for your health and brain. Avocado oil is great to cook with because it has a high smoke point than olive oil so save your olive oil for dressings instead and you’ll be much healthier.
Great Article on brain injury and recovery. Thanks
Hello my nephew is currently in a VS state due to a drug overdose. I believe he has some brain damage due to loss of oxygen to the brain since he died and was resuscitated at the hospital. Damage also due to the effects of the drugs. Do you think there may be a chance Omega 3 can help heal some of the damage? I welcome anyone’s testimony if available. Thank you
My 10 year old girl had an car accident and she’s had brain damage how much dose should I give her..thanks
Hi Ray, We are so sorry to hear about your daughter’s injury. Christa references Dr. Barry Sears in the blog. He’s a very popular integrative medical doctor and he’s done a lot of research on brain health. Please visit his sight to learn more about therapeutic doses for traumatic brain injury. https://www.drsears.com/?s=brain+injury. Many blessings to you and your family.
Yes last night I wrote on your blog about my son who was in a motorcycle accident April 12th 2017 I asked my doctor about putting him on fish oils because he is presently still in the hospital he agreed to it.
That’s great news, Lisa! If you haven’t already, please check out Christa’s interview with JJ Virgin, author of “Creating a Resilient Mindset”. The trauma that JJ faced was the worst she could ever imagine. While crossing the street, her 16-year-old son was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left for dead. Grant was saddled with three traumatic brain injuries, 13 fractures, and a torn aorta. When he got to the hospital in this condition, the doctors told her she was just going to have to let him go. She tells the valiant story of her family taking the .025% chance to save Grant’s life and the four-and-a-half years of rehabilitation that ensued. https://thewholejourney.com/creating-a-resilient-mindset-to-beat-all-odds/. Many Blessings to you and your family and we will pray for nothing short of a full recovery.
Do fish oils help with any TBI? My son was a motorcycle accident April 12th of 2017.
Hi Lisa, We are sorry to hear about your son. Christa references Dr. Barry Sears in the blog. He’s a very popular integrative medical doctor and he’s done a lot of research on brain health. Please visit his sight to learn more about therapeutic doses for traumatic brain injury. https://www.drsears.com/?s=brain+injury. Many blessings to you
How many mgs of fish oil for a child?
Great content,really help with me.
Just curious did the fish oil help anyone?
Jill Bailey, I was curious to know how things turned out for your son?
it is interesting to see that on the video the bottle displays SALMON, but when you go to the Barleans website, you DON’T find SALMON! Could somebody explain? Thanks!
My son had a severe brain damage in August of 2012. We have been doing high doses of good high quality fish oil for 3 weeks. About how long does it take to see noticeable changes or is it to late?
My son is six years old and has Prader Willi Syndrome. Most kids with his syndrome speak but my son does not. My family recently traveled from San Diego to Gainsville Florida to meet with a new dr that we hoped would have some answers for us especially regarding his speech delay. When my son was One month old he turned blue on me at home. For 9 months the doctors had no answers for us as to why this was happening. Finally they did an EEG and found out he was having seizures. The doctor in Florida believes there was damage done to his brain and that is the reason why he is not talking which makes sense since he was turning blue and no oxygen was going to his brain and this went on for 9 months. I watched your segment on damage to the brain and fish oil and it sounds like something my son would benefit from. Also his left side of his body is very weak and the doctor believes this is related to the damage done to the brain from the seizures. I am just wondering if the dose you recommended was for adults and what you would recommend for a six year old in his situation. Thank you!
Thank you Shari for that information!
Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega was given to Bobby Ghassemi, another teen who had a near fatal car accident and lived after being given large dosages of fish oil through his feeding tube. He was also featured on CNN. Thanks for sharing this information.
I am glad that we can share too Emy!
Very cool Rufus, thank you for sharing!
Thank you Barry! It is hard to know why you are tired without having your full health history, but please check out my blog post The Magic of Vitamin B12. Maybe this will help.
Thank you Janelle – we definitely need to be aware of this.
Olivia – Cod Liver oil is great, you won’t need another fish oil if you take that.
Hi Christa,
1st, I have to say that I am becoming so impressed with you. Not only are you sharing the good word of health to folks…but you’re quite beautiful as well.
Okay, down to business…I just caught your segment on Fox 5 about the Paleantology (sic) diet. which reminded me of a question I had.
I’ve completely eliminated red meat and dairy from my diet. And, am trying to reduce wheat. However, I’m finding that I get easily tired throughout the day. It’s been suggested that my diet lacks enough B-12. In spite of the fact that I do take/drink supplement vitamins and health smoothie. There is a caveat. I have found that taking B vitamins makes me nauseous and light-headed. So, I’ve tried to limit my B vitamins to the minimum daily allowance, as close as possible. (by the way, what do you think of B-12 shots?)
Thanks,
Barry
This is awesome. I know my mom always share her wisdom with us and I am glad to see it being shared worldwide. Thank you!
Great article to give hope to people who suffer with health issue. Be advise to be vigilant regarding consuming fish oil from the pacific ocean due to the high levels of radioactive fallout
Is Cod Liver Oil good to take or would you need to take Cod Liver Oil and Fish Oil?
You can test your own Fatty Acid levels at home.
Find out how much Omega-3 and Omega-6 you have in your body with a simple Finger-stick test
See http://www.sanomega.net
With the result you will receive advice about how much Fish Oil you might take to improve your test results