This piece of writing is referenced from Lucy de Angeles work entitled Natural Born Healer. You can find out more about her work from her website below the article. You can also book a consultation with her, directly from her website. Readers are invited to do their own independent research.
Omega 3 – Nature’s Prozac
A widely quoted statistic suggests that 45% of Americans take antidepressants. As the UK often follows US trends, it’s concerning how common this has become — even among those not facing major loss or trauma but simply struggling to cope with modern life.
Medication can be life-saving in crises or for chronic illness, but using it long-term often leads to dependency and side effects, creating a cycle of “disease management” rather than true healing.
The Brain’s Real Fuel
The human brain is mostly fat and water, with about one-third composed of omega-3 fatty acids — essential nutrients we must obtain from food. Yet medications, recreational drugs, alcohol, vaccines, the pill, childbirth, and diets high in trans fats all deplete these vital fats.
Linseed, flax, and hemp oils are hard for the modern liver to process. Stress worsens the issue by dehydrating the body; the liver compensates by coating cells in cholesterol to retain water. Over years, this can lead to fatty liver — reducing nutrient absorption and worsening mood, focus and energy.
From birth, we depend on essential fats: first through the placenta, then breast milk. The foetus draws these fats from the mother’s brain, which may explain post-natal depression if omega-3 is not replenished.
Fish Oil: Nature’s Medicine
Fish oil is the most bioavailable source of omega-3. It supports neurotransmitter function, hormone balance, and serotonin production — all without side effects. Combined with B3, B6, magnesium, and zinc, it nourishes both brain and endocrine health.
Modern diets, medications, dehydration, and poor gut health mean many people — particularly vegans — cannot convert plant-based omega-3 from flax into usable form. Vegan diets also tend to contain too much omega-6, creating an imbalance that promotes inflammation and disease.
Omega-3 and omega-6 should exist in a 1:1 ratio, but today’s diets average around 1:20, favouring omega-6. Historically, people obtained fats from raw milk, soured dairy, fish, and grass-fed meat — all richer in omega-3 and easier to absorb.
The Bigger Picture
Many clients who’ve used the pill, drugs, vaccines, antibiotics, and processed foods for years show the same pattern — fatigue, low mood, and chronic inflammation linked to omega-3 deficiency. Even the author’s own daughter feels noticeably lower after just five days without fish oil.
Omega-3 is a natural anti-inflammatory, hormone balancer and mood stabiliser — truly one of nature’s greatest gifts. Yet the modern system keeps us as lifelong customers, dependent on pharmaceuticals that pollute both body and planet.
Meanwhile, “Mental Health Week” normalises widespread depression while ignoring nutritional causes. High-sugar diets strip the body of B-vitamins and zinc — also found abundantly in seafood — yet fish has become expensive and even politically discouraged.
The Vegan Narrative
Veganism can benefit some, but for many it leads to deficiencies. The ideology has been pushed as moral progress, yet often ignores biological need. True sustainability means working with nature — not replacing it with industrially produced hummus in plastic tubs.
No one is “Prozac deficient”; most are omega-3 deficient.
As Udo Erasmus, author of Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, said:
“Since the body is made of food and requires these nutrients to fuel the brain, do not be surprised when it doesn’t fire on all cylinders if these requirements are not met.”
Confusion and Contradictions
Modern nutrition advice is full of contradictions:
- “Meat causes cancer” vs “Bone broth heals the gut”
- “Milk is mucus-forming” vs “Milk is restorative”
- “Salt is deadly” vs “Salt is vital for electrolytes”
- “Eggs are bad for cholesterol” vs “Eggs are a nutritional powerhouse”
Sweeping statements ignore nuance. Processed meat isn’t the same as wild or grass-fed meat; soya milk isn’t the same as fermented miso or tempeh. Pasteurised milk destroys enzymes that make natural milk digestible. The issue is how food is produced, not just what food it is.
Fermented soya products like miso and tempeh are fine in moderation, but heavily processed soya milk disrupts hormones. Salt is vital when naturally sourced (e.g. from seaweed or celery), but rock salt and refined sodium upset electrolyte balance.
Candida and Gut Health
Candida overgrowth is caused less by fruit and more by antibiotics, processed sugar, mercury, vaccines, and weakened gut flora. Wild or seasonal fruit supports balance when eaten in harmony with nature. In summer and autumn, nature provides antioxidant-rich fruits full of structured water that prepare the body for winter. When gut health is restored, candida naturally subsides.
Linseeds – How to Use Them
Linseeds can help cleanse the system, but the body struggles to break them down. Whole seeds mostly pass through intact, acting as a gentle natural laxative rather than a source of omega-3. To use them effectively, soak whole linseeds overnight so they swell and release their mucilage. This allows them to “sweep” the colon and hydrate the gut.
Once linseeds are ground, their protective outer shell is broken, and the delicate alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) oils inside are exposed to oxygen, heat, and light. These conditions trigger oxidation, which rapidly degrades the oil and reduces both its nutritional value and safety.
Thus that by the time they reach the shop shelf they’re often oxidised and nutritionally spoiled. Freshly ground or soaked is best for internal cleansing rather than nutrient absorption. Pre-ground linseeds from shops often have significantly reduced bioavailability because their fragile omega-3 oils and lignans oxidise long before consumption.
For real nutritional benefit, freshly ground linseed is the only reliable way to ensure your body can absorb its omega-3, lignans, and minerals effectively.
Spirulina – Use Your Intuition
Spirulina divides opinion: some call it toxic; others call it a superfood. The original author’s daughter has used it for years and credits it with healthy hair and vitality. As with many whole-food supplements, listen to your body. When your gut health improves, you’ll sense what truly nourishes you. Go with what resonates and supports your wellbeing.
Relearning from Nature
Traditional diets fermented, soured, or soaked foods to remove toxins and aid absorption. Modern humans eat too many hybrids — bananas, carrots, beetroot — which no longer resemble their wild, nutrient-dense ancestors.
We must return to wild, seasonal foods and probiotic-rich diets that support gut health. Listen to your own body rather than ideology — what nourishes you best is your truth.
For more information on Lucy’s work check out Lucy’s Natural Born Healing (est. 2017)
www.naturalbornhealer.co.uk
You can buy her book here
See also (further reading): Fats that heal, fats that kill by Udo Erasmus