May 22nd - Health Benefits of Seal Oil & the importance of Omega-3s

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to the Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle show on your VOCM.
Now here's your hosts.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Doctor Mike Wall. Welcome to the show.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
I'm your host, doctor Mike Wall, and today we're diving
into a topic that's been making ways in both nutrition
science and local industry, omega three fatty acids and specifically
seal oil. In the first half of the show, we're
joined by doctor Raymond Thomas, a leading expert in nutraceuticals
and nutrition research at Western University. He'll break down what
omega threes actually are, how we need them to balance

(00:35):
out other fats in our body, and how they can
impact key aspects of our health, from inflammation and metabolism
to cognitive function and long term brain health. Then, in
the second half of the show, we'll break things closer
to home. I'll speak with Catherine Moores from Carino, a
Newfoundland based company that produces.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Seal oil products.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
She'll share how these products are made, but sets them
apart nutritionally, and how they support both personal wellness and
the local economy. We'll also touch on the sustainability of
the seal harvest and the importance of sourcing healthy foods
right here at home. So there's a lot to cover.
Let's get to it. Hi, doctor Thomas, welcome to the show.

Speaker 4 (01:11):
I thank you for having me.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
It's a really interesting topic. It's something that I find
very interesting. It's sort of my area of study is nutrition,
but you're an expert when it comes to understanding omega
three's which a lot of people have heard of. But
before we get into the specifics, maybe you could give
us a bit of a background in yourself.

Speaker 4 (01:32):
So my name is Raymond Thomas. I am a full
professor in the Deployment of Biology at University of Western Ontario.
I'm also the director for the Biotren Experimental Climate Change
Research Center there as well as I'm the lead investigator
for the world first neotropics Food Lab. That's food specifically

(01:55):
designed for brain health.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
That's interesting and that's what we're going to talk a
lot about today because one of the nutrients that we
specifically are going to be looking at, or omega three
is now. Fats are a confusing topic for people when
it comes to nutrition. We were told in the eighties
that we need to be on a low fat diet,
but then we started to realize that there are some
fats that are good for us. So can you explain
to our audience the difference between good fats and bad fats.

Speaker 4 (02:21):
Yeah, so there's distinct difference between the tube groups. So
you have good fats or fats that are essential for living.
Mega threes are an example of a good fat. What
it means your body cannot survive without them. And then
there are bad fats, which are the ones that accumulate

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and drive inforammation. And so an example of a bad
fat to be if you have excess draglysrides. And I
should be very careful when I say traglas rides because
they are different types of drag list rides. So it's
the long chain that is the issue. And then there

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is a high cholesterol, so it's it depends on which
form of the cholesterol you have, It depends on which
form of the fatiacid you have, and those are the
ones that distinguish between good fats and bad fats. So specifically,
I mean get through you'd be considered good fat. You know,
your medium change rag is right would be considered a
good fat, but your lun chain trag goes right would

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not be considered a good fat because it allows accumulation
of weight which then leads to all of these under
downstream life associated issues. So that's one of the simplest
way that I can I can distinguish the difference between
good fats and bad fat without going into the biochemistry.

Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah, of course, and that's good because that's that is
really important. And specifically, we hear a lot of about
omega three's in the general population and the media. Can
you explain what they are? And then you said they
were essential? But why are they essential for the body? Yeah,
so let me first start with what are omega trees?
So omega trees is based on the chemistry, and so

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we have to go a little bit in the chemistry.
So when we start talking about fats, fats are maked
made up of carbon and oxygens, all right, So between
the carbons there there's the linkage or glue that binds them.
So they can either be a single band bond or

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it would be like one line binding the carbon, or
there could be two lines binding the carbon.

Speaker 4 (04:36):
Right. If there's two lines, then we say that they're unsaturated. Right,
And it's weird that first unsaturation lies determine whether or
not you have omega treason six. So I said that
they're made of flott Acids are made of carbon and oxygen.
So the carbon is on one end, so it would

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be the alpha hand. So alpha means diggin in Omega
means end in Greek language. So if you're counting from
the omega hen where you have no oxygen, Omega trees
is where the first double bond is. And so the
first ubble bond is between cobbon three and four, and
so that's why it's Omega three. The first douber bond

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in Omega six is between combon six and seven, and
that's why Omega six. And also you distinguish omega threes
from omega six, you also off Omega sevens Omega nine, right,
and so that's how you make the decision. Distinction is
where the first double bonds counting from them end of

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the structure.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
Well exactly, that makes perfect sense. And so these are
essential and our different systems in our body rely on them.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
They're obviously extremely important for us.

Speaker 3 (05:51):
But when we look at omega threes and you pick up,
say a brand of something to supplement it, because now
we realize, oh, they are essential and we do need
them for various systems. We see things like ALA, EPA, DHA, DPA.
How can we explain that in simple terms to our
audience that they would understand what these do and why
are these ratios of these different substrates important.

Speaker 4 (06:12):
Yeah, So when you get a label, the label represents
the different types of omega threes that's there, and it's
based on how big Dealmega three is in terms of
carbon and uba bon. And so your smallest one that
you're going to have is ALA, so eighteen carbons, and
then you're going to have your EPAA, which is twenty carbons,

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so twenty is bigger than eighteen. Then the next one
you're going to have is DPA, and both VPA and DHA,
which are the too final ones, they're bout twenty two
carbons of the same size. But DHA is going to
be more flexible because it has one word uber bon.
So in terms of which one is easier are more

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readily available, it's going to be the longest, the biggest one,
and that's going to be DHA, so easier access dietaric
is going to be DHA, followed by DPA, followed by EPA,
and then the least one is going to be LA.

Speaker 2 (07:19):
I got you say so?

Speaker 3 (07:20):
These different fats have basically different lengths, and then as
a result of that, depending on the length, it gets
easier or harder to break them down. There's different chemical
structures like double bonds which make it more challenging to
break down. So DHA, being the longest and simplest in
a lot of ways, is more readily available to people.
So that's something that would benefit us the most. And
I think that's that's important because now we're going to

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get into a specific question, and that is that not
all omega three supplements are the same. So people are told, okay,
I need to take omega threes. There's different ones and
one that's really unique and here in Newfoundland and Labrador
readily available is seal oil. And you've done some work
in this and I'm curious, how how is this set
apart from other sources like fish or flax seed oil

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for example.

Speaker 4 (08:06):
Yeah, So the main difference is celile have a higher
component of DPA. So so see l'le have more DPA
than flax. Fishil tends to have more E p A
and DHA and so that's the major difference between them.
Here's the DPA is there?

Speaker 2 (08:26):
See Loyle have e p A, d p A, d
h A.

Speaker 4 (08:29):
Those are the three major Omega three sets there. But
it has a higher proportion of DPA. Okay, So it's
got a higher level of DPA, which we.

Speaker 3 (08:38):
Know is more bioavailable and that's important, and we know
that these are also essential. So why is this significant
for health? If if this is a more readily available
source and it's also easier for us to use, what's that?
How does that actually translate to better health for us? Yeah,
so if you take Sea Loyle versus if you take

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fish oil.

Speaker 4 (09:01):
In fish oil, you have EPA and you have the DHA.
All right, So EPA is one step up stream. DPA
is right in between. If you have the cal oil,
you have less conversion. So because of where it's located,
it's more readily available.

Speaker 3 (09:18):
That's interesting, Okay. So the breakdown of these it makes
it more conducive to breaking down, which makes it more
readily available for health. And there are some specific health
concerns that it really works well for the Omega three
is in particular would be heart health. How are these
fats actually helpful for cardiovasculars? Because I think most people
would think taking in fat is not going to be
good for my heart or a cardio metabolic system, because

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we've been told our whole lives that fat isn't good.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
For our heart? Can you explain that?

Speaker 4 (09:47):
So it comes to art held, there's a gap in
the scientific knowledge right now in terms of the really
true benefits of omega threes. What is known is not
mega trees are cardioprotective, and we know that that cardio
protective effect will come from things such as lower blood pressure,
reduce information, and the risk for blood clout. But there's

(10:10):
a gap in knowledge in mechanism in terms of how
it's it's it's doing it. And so I just want
to preface that when we talk about cudiovascular health and
omega three is you know, there's still some more work
needs to be done, but it is recognized that there
is these benefits and so E P A, DHA. Those

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are the two most studied omega threes in terms of
being cardioprotective. And as I mentioned, the benefits are coming
from reduce information, lower blood pressure, and reduce risk of
blood clot. Those are those are where they're seeing the
benefits based on the current status in the literature.

Speaker 3 (10:51):
Yeah, it's always changing, right, I mean Omega threes weren't
even on people's radar a couple decades ago, and now
they're they're definitely in the media like shows like we're
doing here today.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
Is there more.

Speaker 3 (11:00):
Conclusive evidence because you mentioned about how it's role in
the brain and other systems as well, is there any
any evidence that shows that there's benefit for brain health
and mental well being.

Speaker 4 (11:10):
Yeah, so there's a lot more known about both brain
and in fact, if you look at most well, if
you look at infant formula, one of the versions there
is enrich with DHA and enrichard iron and because those
are major substrates that are important in improving you know,

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neonatal health, and so there's a very strong evidence for
newer development. So about twenty percent of your brain is
omega three's based on structural composition, based on my understanding,
and so there's a lot of information in the literature
that omega cheese is really important in early development and

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that translates later to improve brain function. So from a
basic level, there's quite a bit known and recognizing scientific
literature for our magatry use in terms of improving brain
cellular function, and then from cellular function to the organelles
to translation to improvemental and cognitive function as you age

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along the age in spectrum, so that in that sphere
a lot is known in terms of omegatrey improve in
brain health.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
That's interesting. The second we're born, we start.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
Aging, so it's good to know that there's different things
we can take that are natural that also can help
with some of our brain function as we age.

Speaker 4 (12:46):
Yeah, and then the other thing that I want to
share is that there are many report in the literature
of adverse lipid metabolism correlated or risk factor for neurological disonors.
And so that's the other the other side. And then
there is evidence from traditional as well as Western medicine

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that dietary interventions have improved some of these conditions. And
so it's well documented in literature in terms of the
relationship between lipid metabolism and neurological outcomes.

Speaker 3 (13:27):
We're talking with doctor Raymond Thomas about the science behind
omega threes and how they play a powerful role and
everything from hardened brain health to inflammation. Stick around because
we come back, we'll dive deeper into how balancing fats
affect our overall health.

Speaker 2 (13:43):
Welcome back.

Speaker 3 (13:44):
We're continuing our conversation with doctor Raymond Thomas about omega
threes and their impact on metabolic, cognitive, and inflammatory health.
Let's get back to it. And quite often when it
comes to different things people can supplement into their diet,
there isn't a ton of literature on them. So it's
nice to know that there is real science literature. And
I'd just like to keep on going with some of
these medical conditions. There's two more I'd like to look

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at specifically. The first one is that things like arthritis,
they affect a lot of us. It's cold, it's wet
where we live, Arthritis can happen over time and we
wear down our joints as well.

Speaker 2 (14:14):
As autoimmune diseases.

Speaker 3 (14:15):
Are there anti inflammatory properties or aspects too mega threes
that can assist with how we face these conditions.

Speaker 4 (14:24):
Yeah, So, as you know those those disease are all inflammatory,
these infections, and so omega threes are anti inflammatory. So
you have your informatory response cascade. They are catalyzed by
two different types of omegas we are aware. One is
omega six, which is pro inflammatory, and then there's omega

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three that is anti inflammatory. And so you need to
have a balance between information and anti information for that
cascade work well. And so when you have information, it
means that you have the pro inflammatory cascade taken over,
and so other body work when it clears toxins, when

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it deals with metabolic stress, is that there's a balance
between the pro inflammatory and inflammatory cascade. And so when
you have an imbalance, then that's when you have prolonged information,
and arthritis is prolonged information. And so the omega threes
can be very useful reducing information because because it's stopped

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the information because it's anti inflammatory, and that's the part
of the informatory response cascade that it controls, and that's
how it can help with autoimmune disease, arthritis based disease,
these inflammatory based disease because it really shut down the
inflammatory response.

Speaker 3 (15:52):
And you know, you mentioned something I think is really
important for people to know is that you said the
ratio that we have of these omega sixes and omega
three is out of balance, and supplementingum mega three helps
bring that back in palves, can you give us any
idea of how out of balance we are, like what's
the ratio supposed to be versus what is are we
typically getting in our traditional diet here in say North America.

Speaker 4 (16:15):
Yeah, so ratios are controversial in the literature, but if
you go back to on together, our diet tend to
be about twenty to one of trees to six, and
they didn't have some of the lifestyle related illnesses that
we have. So some of the works in the literature
says should be five or six to one. But for me,
I try to integrate traditional medicine with Western medicine because

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I think there's some value for having both, and so
you need you need to be somewhere in between where
the western and the traditional medicine intersect. If we want
to compare when our ancestors didn't have these lifestyle related
illnesses that we have commonly, So that would be the

(16:59):
ratio that I would suggest from you know, And that's
my perspective. How top might have a different perspective, And we.

Speaker 3 (17:07):
Do know one thing is that a ratio is supposed
to be more leaning towards the omega threes. But we
are consuming a lot more of mega six and today's
diet than we used to. What type of foods would
like increase the types of omega six we have?

Speaker 4 (17:20):
Like you know, I don't like to call out foods
like that because then you know, people get really concerned
about food choice. But if you look at the chemistry
of certain types of food with some of these foods
have greater sixes. So you take, for example, like corn,

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so I be in these types of foods they have
more six versus if you decide to have peanuts or
say kale or armorant or spinach. You know, those are
foods that have vastly different omega three six compositions. And
even if you you know, you might not think colors

(18:02):
are cauliflower, for example, califlower is higher than a lot
of people realize in terms of omega threes. So there's
difference in the food sources. And my suggestion when I
talk to people, when I train students to is to say,
you know, educate yourself as to what is the composition

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of the food that you're eating, because most time there
is information in the literature and online. You know, just
look at the sources. You know, there's reputable sources that
have some of these food compositions, and just take a
look at it and then make a decision based on
what you're having that would give you a more balanced

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composition for Mega three and if you do that, then
that's a simple way to make sure that you have
a good balance. And then in terms of protein choice,
fatty fish would be a good choice. You know, so
things like carrying a macrol. And if you want to
do a salad, is what hile do you put on
the salad? So you could put kraill oil, you could

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put shahile. These are some more interesting oil and even
sea oil you could put on your salad. Or if
you're making most people make a salad drizzle dressing, you know, yeah,
you could add some sea oil in there. You could
add some some of the fati fish oil in there.
These are really good sources for mega threes that you

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could you could take versus harding a cornisle, right, because
if you had a cornile, then you are or even
the vegetable oil. If you look at the vegetable oil
that they sell you in the store, the vegetable oil
tend to have more six than three and and it
tends to be the cheaper source of oil. And when
you go cross or expensive. So when you go to

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the supermarket, on the first thing you do is you
want to highly grab the cheapest source, but pay attention.
You might pay twent since more, you know, fifty cents more,
but in the end it's going to save you a
lot more dollars when you go to the so the
doctor later on in life.

Speaker 2 (20:08):
Exactly. Well, that's great.

Speaker 3 (20:10):
I mean, that's that's perfect, and that's really great advice
for folks.

Speaker 2 (20:13):
It's very complex.

Speaker 3 (20:14):
Obviously, nutrition is one of the most complex things people
can face these days. It's really easy to make maybe
not so healthy choices. But what advice would you give
people when it comes to looking at adding something like
it omega three that does have these health benefits into
the life, Like, what would you would you sort of
like closing advice be for folks.

Speaker 4 (20:35):
Yeah, So I think diet does the number one potential
to modulate your health outcome, and so pay attention to
your diet. You can eat a lot of the same
stuff that you heat, but it's just what is the choice.
So if you're going to get a butter, all right,

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get a butter that is enriched with DHA because they're there.
All right, eggs is there? You know, you have eggs
enrich They feed the birds with different omega tree sources.
You can use less traditional hoil, but it's still available.
So if you have to fry a fish, then you

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use some of these these oils to fry the fish.
You can finds see it. In fact, these days you
are they have here fryers, right, yeah, so when you
and you put a little bit of foil in their
here fryer. Yeah, use your look at the Omega tree
sources of the oils that salt there and and and

(21:36):
use those rather than the regular sources which tends to
be the I Omega six sources of oil. And then
look at then look at your protein choice. Right, uh so,
so fatty fish for example, green leafy vegetables, things like cauliflower, colors,

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they are excellent sources of a make threes. Just mix
it up in your diet. You know, you don't have
to do it every single day, but make an effort
to say, I'm going to add it at least three
times a week, right, And those small changes make a
huge difference in terms of your health outcome. And then

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the last thing I want to say is that brain
health is now emerging as the number one global heal tissue.
It's major, it's a major, a major issue. And you
know along the agent spectrum just arise in deficits in
brain health, and so we need to figure out from
a population health perspective, what are some diatter interventions that

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are cheap and accessible that we could have to improve
people a brain health outcome as they hate along the
agent spectrum. So mutual pick foods, you know, so these
are foods that are designed to improve brain health out
and so we talk about fatty fish, we talk about
things like sea oil, We talk about flax oil for example.

(23:08):
These are sources of omegas. Reason and I point outs
one example of neutro pick ingredients, but there are others.
There are many others. But I would encourage people to
start paying attention to their mental health. What are dietary

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choices that you could make to enhance your mental health
Because if the brain is your engine, if the engine
is not operating at its maximum capacity or at best capacity,
then the rest of that machine, which is a human structure,
can be at full capacity. You know, you can't balize,

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and so pay attention to your brain health and pay
attention to your food choice. Because dietary intervention remains the
number one ingredients DOT we can modulate. You can use
the modulator your health out come and omega threes is
a good place to start. ELTI FATS is a good

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place to start.

Speaker 3 (24:13):
Doctor Thomas, thank you so much for the conversation today.
I found it really enlightening and I think there was
lots of great information for our listeners.

Speaker 2 (24:19):
So thanks, thanks for joining me.

Speaker 4 (24:21):
Thank you and Tye to having me in. Thanks for
the interest, and I really appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (24:26):
That was doctor Raymond Thomas helping us understand the science
behind omega threes. Now let's turn our attention to how
these essential nutrients are being produced right here in New
Flann and Labrador. After the break will be joined by
Katherine mooreson Crino, who will talk about seal oil, how
it's made and what it does for health and what
it means for our economy and environment. We'll be right back.

(24:49):
Joining me now is Katherine Moore's from Krino, a company
based in South Dildo, New Flann and Labrador. Creno produces
seal oil rich and EPA, DH and DPA omega threes
that support heart, brain and joint health. Their products are
sustainably sourced, locally made and play an important role in
both our economy and our wellness.

Speaker 2 (25:08):
Let's hear from Catherine Hi, Catherine, Welcome to the show.
Game Mike, Thanks for having me. It's great to talk
to you.

Speaker 3 (25:15):
We've had an interesting conversation already with science of Omega
threes and we're talking specifically about a product that is
inherent in Newfoundland and Labrador and something that you guys
work with at your organization. Can you tell me a
little bit about your company and what you guys develop.

Speaker 2 (25:34):
Sure.

Speaker 5 (25:35):
Our company Crenal Processing. We're based out of South Dildo
and we process seal products. So today we're focused on
our coloil products. We have both a coloil capsule for
human consumption and we just actually started a pet product.
So our coil capsules are an Omega three supplement similar

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to most people are very familiar with fish oil supplements,
and also there are some plant based Omega three supplements
as well, but seal oil is very unique because seal
oil comes from a mammal. Other mammals, whether it's ourselves
or our cats and our dogs. Our bodies are better
able to both digest the oil, which means that we

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have less digestive issues, less of those fishy burps that
a lot of people don't like. And because it comes
from mammal our bodies are better able to absorb the
omega threes and that's due to the mammalian molecular structure,
and therefore we get greater health benefits out of it. Then,
if it came from a fish oil or a plant

(26:41):
based omega three supplement, seal oil is your most complete
source of omega three. So fish oils contain two types
of omega threes dhan EPA. Seal oil contains both of those,
but also DPA, which is an extremely unique and powerful
omega three. Seal oil is actually one of the only

(27:04):
naturally occurring high levels of DPA. Mother's bro breast milk
is actually one of the others, and I find that fascinating.
DPA is ten times more effective than EPA, and it
actually also boosts the levels of the other omega threes
within your body as well. And because of these reasons,

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seal oil is your most effective source of omega three.
In addition to this, it is natural, it's not chemically
altered like most fish oil supplement, and it's Canadian, which
is an added plus.

Speaker 3 (27:41):
Yeah totally, especially today where people are trying to choose
Canadian whatever possible. And it's also not just Canadian, but
it's also something specific in Newfouland and Labador. When you
look at what you guys are doing, how does it
play a role in supporting local communities in the economy
in general, and could this actually be something that's larger
when it comes to the opportunity to grow the business
and provide more opportunities.

Speaker 5 (28:03):
Yeah, at our peak time, we're employing at our facility
in South Jildo about thirty people. We also support the
harvesters of course, provide supplemental income to many fishermen around
the island, and of course there's a transportation and there's
all kinds of spin offs in addition to that. So yeah,
I mean, and we're very proud to play that role

(28:26):
here in Newfoundland.

Speaker 3 (28:29):
Well, I think that's one of the things that comes
up with your product too, just to address this, because
there's a bit of an open in the room when
it comes to the misconceptions and maybe some of the
controversies around the seal industry. It's obviously made international news
when it comes to that, but like, what message do
you think that people should understand about this product and
that sustainability.

Speaker 5 (28:48):
You know, it's very unfortunate because There's been so much
misinformation fed to the population over the years by animal
rights groups, but all we can do is try and
combat by sharing good information. You know, right now the
ecosystem is actually out of balance. The population is so
strong that we need to have a harvest. It's important,

(29:10):
it's important for sustainability. All of our harvesters are licensed
and trained. They have to meet high animal welfare standards.
The sealing industry is the most highly regulated wild harvest
in the world, and the products themselves are extremely unique.
We've done a better job a recent time of getting

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this information out there and it's starting to make a difference.
There are more and more people that are on understanding
that it is an ethical and sustainable industry and that
the products are special, and we're seeing changes as a
result of that, so that is great.

Speaker 3 (29:49):
We're here with Katherine Moore is from Karno who's talking
about seal oil, how it's made, what it does for
our health, and what it means for our local economy.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
We'll be right back after the break.

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Speaker 2 (30:10):
Welcome back.

Speaker 3 (30:10):
We're here with Canthine Morris from KRINO discussing the production
and health benefits of seal oil, along with its importance
for the local economy and sustainable food systems.

Speaker 2 (30:19):
Let's get back to the interview.

Speaker 3 (30:22):
Yeah, so let's talk about that sustainability aspect of it
for a little while, because I think sometimes you'll think
that hunting can sometimes be unsustainable, but in this case
you're actually helping sustainability by helping reduce some of the population.

Speaker 2 (30:34):
Explain that a little bit.

Speaker 5 (30:36):
I mean, the population has been so high that it
has been negatively impacting on the fish stocks, and the
whole ecosystem has been thrown off balance, and it also
impacts on the health of the herd itself, of the
seals themselves because there's so much competition for food. So
it's important to have a harvest. Now, it does need

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to be regulated, obviously, and you have to have good
practices in place, and from our perspective, we believe in
maximizing the utilization of the product of the seals themselves.
So I mean we process the oil, we process the pelt,
we process meat. In fact, we even recycle low quality oil.

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We use it in our burners that operate our refinery,
so we maximize what we get from the seals.

Speaker 2 (31:30):
Yeah, totally.

Speaker 3 (31:31):
And I guess the other thing too is that when
you're developing a health product people something that's almost like
a nutraceutical, how do you make sure that people are
having a safe product Sometimes? I think we sometimes we
see a local product, we wonder is it going to
have the same safety and efficacy as other products.

Speaker 5 (31:47):
We meet both CFIA and Health Canada regulations, both our
facility and our product, so we are registered with the CFIA,
we are licensed with Health Canada, and we have to
go through an we'll renewals with both and so an
auditing process and often site inspections as well.

Speaker 3 (32:09):
So that's interesting that you mentioned too that you're able
to use these products in different ways, so we know
about the human benefits, but consuming seal oil because of
the Omega three is in it. But you also mentioned
something about pets, So what are you guys doing when
it comes to our free friends.

Speaker 5 (32:24):
Well, we actually just started the pet product about two
years ago and it's one that I'm very excited about.
So it's the same thing I mean we benefit from
Omega three supplements, particularly the seal oil, but our cats
and our donts do as well. And it's great for
skin and coat health, great for hip and joint issues,

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especially when you have larger dogs, good for heart health,
pets with allergy issues, and a nice part about the
seal oil is that it is hypoallergenic. It doesn't contain
fish allergens, and there are a lot of pets out
there that do have fish allergies and the pets love
it well.

Speaker 3 (33:04):
It's interesting because we have this product and people know
about Omega threes. They've heard of people taking cut of
the royal or generations people take of fish oils, and
Omega threes seal oil obviously being another healthy fat that
we can take in with even some additional benefits. What's
the biggest challenge you have with trying to get people
to realize the benefit of a product like this when
it comes to improving their long term health.

Speaker 5 (33:24):
You know, Mike, I'm a huge advocate for the product, obviously,
and it's not because I marketed, but it's because I
believe in it. But sometimes I sound like a snake
oil salesman when I'm talking I'm.

Speaker 6 (33:39):
Not talking to people are I'm talking to my friends.
And because it's there's the health benefits are so vast,
and it's simply because most of us are Omega three
to omega six ratio is out of balance.

Speaker 5 (33:55):
We get way too much on mega six in our
diet and not nearly enough Omega three and omega six
promotes inflammation. Omega three decreases inflammation, and pretty much the
vast majority of the health issues that we have are
some type of inflammation. So therefore, by supplementing with omega three,

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you reduce that inflammation. So there is a big list
of health benefits associated with the product. And I mean
it's also great for your mental health, your visual health.
There's so many health benefits associated with it. I would
recommend if somebody was going to take one supplement that

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it be omega three. And most recent reports they do
recommend omega three Vitamin D like those are they make
the top of the list across the board, and of
all the omega three supplements, see oil is going to
be your most effective.

Speaker 3 (34:53):
That's so interesting, and I think that's true. I mean,
you know, when I look at things I used to
recommend to people on the nutrition side of things that
always say me to increase our vibra we eat, increase
our good fats in order to make sure that we've
got the.

Speaker 2 (35:03):
Right balance in our body.

Speaker 3 (35:05):
And you know, these days, with so much of an
imbalance in the foods that we eat, if we aren't
eating some of these natural foods, it does become even.

Speaker 2 (35:12):
More important to that.

Speaker 3 (35:13):
I guess the question being now, if people wanted to
buy our product, where do they find it?

Speaker 5 (35:17):
Here in Newfoundland? You can get it at Costco Coleman's Sobs,
the Natural Vibe. It's in some of the supplement stores,
some independent pharmacies as well, and it's on Amazon, It's
on our website and if anybody is struggling to find it,
they can always reach out to reach out to us

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and we can help them, we can direct them.

Speaker 3 (35:44):
Do you think it'll ever come a time when things
like nutritional supplements that actually show value for people's help
and have improven in scientific studies become part of our
standard care for some of these illnesses that relate.

Speaker 2 (35:56):
To things like inflammation or pre nutrition.

Speaker 4 (36:01):
Do you, Mike?

Speaker 5 (36:01):
I mean, I believe that you know, a lot of
health issues start with your diet, and could potentially be
avoided with the right diet and the right supplementation.

Speaker 2 (36:13):
I agree.

Speaker 3 (36:13):
I think that you know people listening, always take your
doctor's advice and get your positions perspective, and take medications
when they prescribe them to you. But there's always things
that we can do in our lifestyle, whether it be
nutrition or whether it be exercise or cutting out some
of these bad habits that can make a significant difference. Katherin,
thanks so much for sure and all this information today.
It's really interesting to hear about something that's local that's

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making a difference and is also helping provide to our
economy right now and give us nice Canadian products that
we can be used to improve our health.

Speaker 2 (36:41):
Thanks so much.

Speaker 5 (36:44):
You, Mike, it's been that great having this opportunity to
talk about a Krena and our products.

Speaker 3 (36:49):
Well, that was a great conversation and a fascinating look
at how science and local industry come together to support
both personal health and community sustainability.

Speaker 2 (36:58):
A big thank you to doctor.

Speaker 3 (36:59):
Raymond tom for breaking down the science of Omega three's
and to Katherine Moore's for giving us insight into how
seal oil is made right here in Newfland and Labrador.

Speaker 2 (37:07):
It's always encouraging to see healthy products.

Speaker 3 (37:09):
Coming from our own backyard, especially when they support local
jobs and the economy. Have you liked to learn more
about seal Oil or Corino You can visit them at
krino dot Ca.

Speaker 2 (37:18):
Well that's our show this week. Thanks for tuning in.

Speaker 3 (37:21):
I'm your host, doctor Mike Wall. We'll see you back
here next week for another episode of the Wellness and
Healthy Lifestyle Show on the Stingray podcast Network.

Speaker 2 (37:29):
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