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Omega 3 Fatty Acids Protect and Improve Health!

Omega 3 fatty acids are one of two classes of essential fatty acids. These are the ones we must get from our diets. The other class of essential fatty acids is the Omega 6. A third class (the Omega 9 fatty acids) is usually not essential for humans, since we can form these through enzymatic action.

For optimum health most researchers believe the ratio between these fatty acids should be about one to one. Usually a ratio of four or five times more Omega 6's than Omega 3's doesn't cause major health problems.

But the modern diet usually contains closer to twenty times more omega-6 than omega-3.

Consequently supplementing your diet with omega-3 improves your health by allowing your body to function correctly with a balanced intake of essential fatty acids.

Add Omega 3 Fatty Acids to your Supplements for these Health Benefits:

lower triglycerides

normalized heart rhythms

slow plaque growth

hinder inflammation

improve blood vessel dilation when needed

prevent blood clots

help prevent cancer

stop cancer cell spread if already suffering from cancer

improve cancer fighting drugs effects

promote healing after cancer surgery

help prevent weight loss caused by cancer

fight depression and improve effects of anti-depressant medications

support a healthy brain and improve its function

fight brain inflammation

prevent bone loss

increase calcium absorption

maintain bone mass and dental health

relieve osteoarthritis pain

get pain relief for rheumatoid arthritis as well

turn off or severely limit inflammatory responses.

impede formation of new fat cells and cause early death of existing fat cells

This list of over twenty health benefits discovered through recent research, clearly explains why adding omega 3 fatty acids to your diet is a wise decision.

Reliable Sources of Omega 3 Fatty Acids

They are found in flaxseed, canola oil, walnuts, and in a new health product called salba. However, only small amounts are converted to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the fatty acids that give our bodies some of the most important health benefits.

One study found that only 5 to 15% of omega 3 fatty acids eaten from plant foods were changed to DHA in our bodies.

So one of the best and most reliable sources of these fatty acids is cold water fish, or fish oils. Click here for details and reliable sources of omega 3 fish oil.

Another source of this nutrient is krill oil. For more information click on the picture of the krill to the left to check out the Krill oil page. Since Krill are so low on the food chain, their oil is less likely to be contaminated with pollutants than is fish oil.

Concluding Recommendations

Because our diet is not well balanced between the essential fatty acids, supplementing the Omega 3's will protect against a wide range of health problems, or enable you to recover from them.

Although there are several different plant sources of these fatty acids, research indicates we don't absorb the fatty acids well from them, so fish or krill oils are the most reliable ways to supplement.

Balancing your essential fatty acid intake is probably one of the easiest and most overlooked ways to improve your health and delay aging.

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