The Health Benefits of Omega 3 Fish Oil

I have an abiding interest in health and fitness. I believe that the health benefits of Omega 3 supplements are enormous. Follow me as I tell you more about the health benefits to so many areas of your health of adding more Omega 3 fish oil to your diet.

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There's Omega 3 In Fish, Without Doubt, But What Else Is There?

Most people now know that there is plenty of Omega 3 fats in fish, and that more of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids in your diet is extremely good for you.

The Omega 3 essential fatty acids are known as "essential" because they are extremely important for the proper function of your body, and also because your body is unable to produce them itself and therefore your diet is the only source of these fats.

And research has demonstrated clearly that over the last century our intake of fish, the primary source of the Omega 3 fats in our diet, has declined dramatically. And science is now showing that this decline has repercussions in a wide range of health areas.

Omega 3 levels in fish vary according to the type of fish. Some fish are relatively low in Omega 3 essential fatty acids whilst others are relatively high. Oily fish in particular have high levels of DHA and EPA, the 2 most important of the essential fatty acids, as these are found in the oil.

And so it would seem, if our diets are low in the Omega 3 fats, and there is plenty of Omega 3 in fish, that we should all be eating lots of fish. And whilst this is true to a degree it also has its own problems.

The American Heart Association tells us that we should all be eating a couple of meals of fish per week. However they also recognize a problem, namely that much fish is contaminated with Mercury, PCBs and other nasty toxins. Whilst these are present are in low levels they should not be there at all, and we should not be eating them.

And for this reason the AHA also repeats various warnings made by the FDA, particularly concerning children and pregnant women, warning that they should not eat too much of certain fish, and that they should vary the types eaten because of this particular problem.

And with the price of fish rising all the time providing 2 fish meals per week can become prohibitive for many families.

There is no doubt about the Omega 3 levels in fish, however there are also reasons why we should be extremely careful in choosing which ones we eat, and we should also look for other alternatives to improve our intake of the essential fatty acids.

There are many brands of fish oil supplements available, however there are also brands of supplements which have been found to be contaminated as well, and so you should be extremely careful if looking to get your essential fatty acids from capsules.

But there are excellent Omega 3 supplements available with high levels of DHA and EPA and no contamination.

There is plenty of Omega 3 in fish, but some powerful reasons not to eat too much. Fortunately, through the use of high quality fish oil supplements, it is both cost-effective and safe to increase your intake of DHA and EPA every day.

To find out more, and in particular to find out how to locate high quality capsules, visit my main website.

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Are You Eating PCBs And Mercury With Your Omega 3 Capsules?

It's now becoming common knowledge that DHA and EPA, the 2 most important of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, are extremely good for your health, and that most of us get too little in our diet. It is not so well-known that many Omega 3 fish oil supplements intended to deliver these important essential nutrients can be contaminated with PCBs, Mercury and other industrial contaminants.

Unfortunately it's true. The US government tells its citizens not to eat too much fish because of industrial contamination. Obviously fish oil comes from fish, and therefore there is a likelihood that if oil is used from contaminated fish then that oil will also be contaminated.

And sadly that's now been confirmed, with a significant number of Omega 3 fish oil supplements tested by an independent laboratory being found to be contaminated with industrial toxins which can include PCBs.

PCBs are a class of particularly pernicious industrial chemical that have been banned in the US since the 1970s, many of which are known to cause cancer. In California Proposition 65 requires manufacturers of various products to warn consumers if they are at risk of ingesting various toxic chemicals at certain levels from their products.

And it's not just some fringe brands of Omega 3 supplements that were found to be at fault. Some big names in the fish oil supplements industry have been caught in the net.

And as a result legal action has been launched against these companies for failing to warn consumers of the risks of using their products as required by Proposition 65.

There's no doubt that virtually all of us need to increase our intake of DHA and EPA, the essential fatty acids known as the Omega 3 fats found primarily in fish. But none of us need do so at any risk to our health from contamination from chemicals such as PCBs and more.

There's an easy way to tell if the fish oil supplements that you eat are clean. The manufacturer of these supplements should publish on their website a Certificate of Analysis of the oil used in the supplements, updated for each batch of oil used, by an independent laboratory, certifying that the oil has been tested to contamination and found to be clean, with the results there for everyone to see.

If you're currently taking Omega 3 fish oil supplements head to the website of the manufacturer and see if you can find such a Certificate of Analysis. If you can't consider a change of brands.

The best fish oil supplements are marketed transparently, and you are perfectly able to view the entire Certificate of Analysis for each batch of oil used in their manufacture. Unfortunately you'll find that this is quite rare.

So if you're convinced of the health benefits of Omega 3 supplementation choose your brand of capsules wisely. There are risks that you may not have thought of before.

And to find the best brand of Omega 3 fish oil supplements with a regularly updated Certificate of Analysis available to view click here.

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Is Age Related Memory Loss Inevitable, Or Can You Help Prevent It?

It's commonly assumed that aging and memory loss go together, that as you get older it's inevitable that your memory will get poorer. But loss of memory with aging isn't necessarily a given. Whilst you certainly can't prevent ageing it is incorrect to assume that a poor memory should go with it.

New studies are now delving deeper into the causes of memory loss with aging and coming up with strategies to help prevent or reduce it.

Recent studies are now showing that inflammation in the body and in the brain can be one of the causes of declining memory. In fact science is now beginning to understand that inflammation in the body is an underlying factor for a whole range of lifestyle diseases.

A new study discussed at the American Academy of Neurology's most recent meeting has established that the more elderly who are suffering from inflammation in the brain are more likely to exhibit symptoms of cognitive decline and memory loss than those who do not.

As a result there are new strategies which may well help you to improve your memory as you age, because aging and memory loss do not necessarily go together.

There are of course many strategies, including brain exercises, to help reduce age related memory loss, however today we specifically wanted to look at strategies to reduce inflammation and in turn, hopefully, to improve your memory.

One of the most powerful anti-inflammatories, or in other words substances that helps reduce inflammation, is what are known as the Omega 3 essential fatty acids. These are found primarily in fish oil, though it can also be found in smaller amounts in other foods. In the past our diets were high in fish, and therefore we all had a higher intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids.

But our intake of fish has declined and for this reason science is demonstrating that many of us are deficient in our intake of the essential fatty acids DHA and EPA, which help to fight inflammation in our bodies.

Helping reduce your risk of memory loss with age is just one of the many health benefits you will attract to yourself if you improve your intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids. One of the major benefits of more Omega 3 fats in the diet is reducing your risk of dying from heart attack.

But increasing your intake may also help prevent or reduce age-related memory loss.

Of course more study is being undertaken in these areas, but it is very clear from current research that all of us, for a wide range of health reasons, should seriously consider increasing our intake of the essential fatty acids found in fish. Sadly fish is very expensive and eating too much is not recommended because of Mercury contamination.

The good news is that it is entirely possible to buy high-quality fish oil supplements containing high levels of DHA and EPA, and that these are both cost-effective to take daily and quite clean. Sadly not all fish oil supplements are high quality.

So if you're worried about ageing and memory loss then you should seriously consider a daily dose of the Omega 3 supplements, both for your brain as well as for your general health.

To find out how to source high quality fish oil supplements visit my main website.

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The European Parliament Confirms the Role of DHA in the Development of Baby Vision

It is now pretty well known that there are substantial health benefits, including to the very young, from increasing the amount of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids in our diet. This has now, in the last couple of days, been confirmed by a decision of the European Parliament.

The Omega 3 essential fatty acids are important fats that our body needs to good health but which it is unable to produce itself. For this reason all of our Omega 3 fatty acids must of necessity come from what we eat. And unfortunately the primary source of these essential fats is seafood, and particularly oily fish, and our consumption of seafood has declined dramatically over the last century.

This has had substantial health ramifications, and in particular has contributed to an increase in a range of lifestyle diseases that were rare a century ago. Researchers started to uncover the reasons why when they began to study communities which had very low levels of the lifestyle diseases such as the Japanese, and discovered a link between the amount of seafood consumed and diseases such as heart disease.

Whilst the initial evidence was building up there was some scepticism about the health benefits of the Omega 3 fats, however it is now generally recognised by mainstream medical organisations that a deficiency in the Omega 3 essential fatty acids contributes to heart disease and may even contribute to a heart attack causing death. The American Heart Association now tells us to eat more fatty acids for this reason.

But it's not just for our heart health. There's a wide range of other health problems which are impacted by a deficiency in our intake of the essential fatty acids, including our eyesight, and the development of baby vision

It is not commonly known but there is more DHA in the retinal rods in the eye than in any other cells in our body. An adequate supply of DHA ensures better vision in the very young and in the very old, because it is also now understood that low levels of DHA can be a contributing factor to macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in older people.

During the first 3 years of life your baby's vision develops dramatically. In the first 3 years of life the size of a baby's eyes increases threefold from birth. Retinal tissue in the eye is mature by the age of 3, although the development of vision continues throughout childhood affecting such things as hand eye coordination.

The development of baby vision affects every aspect of an infant's life.

It has been recognized for some time that breastfed infants have better developed visual functions than those who are fed formula. Traditional infant formulas does not contain any of the Omega 3 fats, particularly DHA, whereas breastmilk does, provided the mother has these important fats in her diet. If she does they are passed to the infant through breastfeeding.

For this reason it is now possible to buy DHA fortified infant formula, and the European Parliament has now confirmed the benefits to the eyesight of babies and infants of this DHA fortification.

Through a narrow vote it was confirmed that infant formulas can include claims about the benefits of DHA in the formula on infant visual development. There were voices of objection raised of course on the grounds that this may lead mothers to think that formula is as good for babies as breastmilk.

This is a valid objection and it is generally accepted that breastmilk is always better for babies than formula, however for various reasons mothers will still continue to use formula for their babies, and if they do it is always better that they use formula fortified with the Omega 3 fats.

There's no doubt breastmilk is better for babies, however it is important that any mother also understands that for her baby to get an adequate supply of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids the mother must have an adequate supply of these fats in her own diet. This is important both for her own health as well as for the health, and visual development, of her baby.

Gradually we are seeing acceptance by the mainstream, including medical organisations such as the American Heart Association, and now by the European Parliament, of the fact that a sufficient intake of DHA and EPA is essential to the good health of all of us, as well as to the development of baby vision.

Of course eating fish is the traditional way of ensuring an adequate intake, however fish is now generally considered to be contaminated with toxins such as Mercury, and we shouldn't eat too much fish that this reason. Fortunately there are high quality fish oil supplements available which are both cost-effective to take daily and which are completely clean and free of contamination.

Sadly however not all fish oil supplements are high quality. To find out which are visit my main website

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Find Out About The Link, If Any, Between Omega 3 Fatty Acids And Lowering Blood Pressure

There is little doubt about the heart health benefits of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid). Many of the benefits to our heart health of increasing our intake of these 2 of the most important essential fatty acids are now mainstream, and for this reason mainstream organisations such as the American Heart Association are telling us we should all be eating more Omega 3 fats. 

But do these health benefits extended to lowering your blood pressure?

In fact it's not just heart health benefits that are attracted to us by eating more of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids. There's a wide range of health benefits, some of which are now firmly established and some of which are still in the process of being investigated.

Unfortunately over the last century our intake of seafood has dropped dramatically. Instead of having a fish on our plate we are more likely now to have fries or burgers for dinner. And this is having an impact on our health.

Fish is the biggest source of DHA and EPA, the 2 most important essential fatty acids known as the Omega 3 fats. Our body is unable to manufacture either of these fatty acids itself and so needs to rely on our intake of these fats through our diet.

When we were eating a lot more fish we were getting plenty of the Omega 3 fats in our diet because fish, and in particular oily fish, are very high in these fats. Unfortunately burgers and fries are not high in the Omega 3 fats and are high in unhealthy fats.

The resultant effect has been that our intake of the good Omega 3 fats has declined dramatically over the last century and at the same time our intake of bad Omega 6 fats has increased just as dramatically, and it is considered by medical professionals that this may well be a substantial factor in the increase in the incidence of a wide range of lifestyle diseases including heart diseases, cancers and much more.

There is now some suggestion that those who are prone to high blood pressure may also benefit from increasing their intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids by lowering their blood pressure. In a study referred by the American Heart Association a large group of men were split into smaller groups and given a range of different dietary intakes, some higher in fat and some lower in fat, some with Omega 3 supplementation by way of fish oil capsules, some eating more fish and some taking placebo capsules.

The object was to examine the link, if any, between Omega 3 and lowering blood pressure

The result was interesting and encouraging, and the conclusion drawn was that in subjects who took either the fish or the fish oil, particularly those in the low-fat groups, diastolic and systolic blood pressures dropped.

It is always difficult to say at what point something is sufficiently proven. Of course these questions will continue to be studied, and as seems to be the case with all these things some studies will confirm this conclusion and some will reject it.

However whether it is sufficiently proven that taking fish oil capsules reduces your blood pressure, there is now no doubt that all that all of us should be taking fish oil capsules every day, or eating more fish, to attract a wide range of well recognised health benefits to ourselves, including reducing the risk of dying from heart attack.

The evidence supporting the conclusion that our reduction in intake of the Omega 3 fatty acids is severely affecting our health is mounting. And the evidence that increasing our intake now will attract significant health benefits to us is also mounting.

There are excellent high quality Omega 3 fish oil supplements available on the market which are both cost-effective to take every day, and, provided you buy quality supplements, are free of the Mercury contamination commonly found in fish.

However it is also true to say that not all Omega 3 fish oil supplements are high quality.

To find out which Omega 3 fish oil supplements are high quality visit main website.

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Omega 3 Fortified Eggs Are Very Expensive. But Are They Worth the Extra Cost to You?

Just about every food you buy now seems to be fortified with Omega 3 essential fatty acids. Eggs are no exception, and it is now quite common to see Omega 3 fortified eggs in your supermarket, and they are usually quite a bit more expensive. Is the extra cost of Omega 3 eggs worth it?

First of all let me say that all eggs should have Omega 3 essential fatty acids already. The fact that our mofern eggs are devoid of the Omega 3 essential fats owes as much to modern farming practices as it does to anything else.

The Omega 3 fatty acids commonly found in a range of natural foods such as fish start life out in grass. In the ocean the Omega 3 fats are found in seagrass. When small fish eat the seagrass they ingest the fats, and when in turn these small fish are eaten by bigger fish the essential fatty acids work their way up the food chain.

That's why fish oil is such a good source of the Omega 3 fats, because of the seagrass.

And ordinary grass is no exception, it too has plenty of Omega 3 fats.

And in the past our chickens used to free range around the farm, and spend their day eating, amongst other things, plenty of grass.

Yes surprising though it may seem chickens love to eat grass. Just watch one for a while and you'll see it breaking off grass stems and eating them.

So of course if the chickens were getting grass in their diet they were getting Omega 3 fats in their diet and these were therefore found in their eggs.

But modern farming practices have ensured that chickens no longer eat grass, rather they eat such foods as chicken pellets, grains and soy products. These don't have Omega 3 fats, and therefore neither do our chickens or their eggs, and therefore if we want Omega 3 fats in our eggs we need to buy Omega 3 fortified eggs.

The problem is that there are a number of essential fatty acids known as the Omega 3 fats, not just one. DHA and EPA are the 2 most important, and these are the fatty acids found in fish.

However there is another form of fatty acid known as ALA, which is not nearly as healthy for our body. It is really a precursor to DHA and EPA because it is only worthwhile for our health once our body has converted it into DHA and EPA.

And sadly it is now recognized that our body is very inefficient at converting ALA, and in fact very little of it is converted at all.

Meaning that eating Omega 3 fortified eggs with ALA in them rather than DHA and EPA gives you little health benefit.

If you're interested in finding out more read the label on the eggs, we have seen eggs with DHA and EPA, but this is rare. Generally ALA is found in the eggs because it is cheaper.

So in my view you're wasting your money spending more for Omega 3 eggs.

You're much better off spending your money on high quality fish oil supplements which have stacks more DHA and EPA in them and which are convenient and cost-effective to take daily.

Of course the perfect solution is to keep your own chickens, allow them to free range around your garden and provide you with beautiful Omega 3 fortified eggs.

To find out more about high quality fish oil supplements that are better value than Omega 3 eggs visit my main website about Omega 3 supplements.

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Will More Fish On The Dining Table Cure Your Depression? Huh?

That probably sounds a little silly, asking if eating fish will cure your depression. But even if you're a little sceptical stay with me here.

You see there is evidence that that is in fact the case.

You see fish, and a particularly oily fish, is packed with the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA and EPA. And there is substantial evidence that increasing our intake of the Omega 3 fatty acids known as DHA and EPA could improve our health. And there is now evidence that this may include depression.

It was observed almost 20 years ago that there has been a reduction in our intake of seafood over the last century together with an increase in the rate of depression. It was also observed that societies where fish formed a large part of the diet had lower rates of depression.

There are now studies showing that there may well be a link between the 2. There are encouraging results suggesting that increasing your intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids may well have a role in helping treat depression.

Of course like all these things there are also studies suggesting the opposite. It is always extremely difficult to say when something is proven and when it is not. But there is clearly now evidence to suggest that Omega 3 supplementation, or eating more fish, may affect your depression.

There is no doubt about the health benefits of eating more fish. There is solid scientific evidence which is now accepted by the mainstream medical community that there are worthwhile health benefits to eating more of the Omega 3 fats, including reducing your risk of dying from a heart attack.

And whilst it is not yet sufficiently proven that eating more fish will improve your depression there is no doubt that it will certainly help other areas of your health.

However there is a problem. Fish is getting increasingly expensive and out of the reach of many families. Not only that but it is commonly recognised that many fish are contaminated with Mercury and other industrial toxins, and we shouldn't eat too much for this reason.

So there is a conundrum. Eating more fish will help your health and may well help your depression, but exposes you to other problems, namely the cost and the risk of toxic contamination.

Fortunately there are high quality fish oil supplements available which are safe to take and cost-effective to use daily.

Note however that not all fish oil supplements are high quality. To find out which are visit my website.

Interested in seeing some of the evidence? Click here and here

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Why Are Your Flax Based Omega 3 Supplements Not As Healthy As You May Think?

There's no doubt now about the health benefits of fish oil. Fish oil contains DHA and EPA which are the 2 most important of the essential fatty acids known as the omega 3 fats. But this reason sales of fish oil supplements have exploded over the last decade or 2.

However many people are unaware that there are different forms of Omega 3 essential fatty acids, and that the omega 3 fats found in plant based sources are quite different from those found in fish.

The 2 most important Omega 3 fats for our health are DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid). DHA in particular is extremely important for the development and proper functioning of our brain.

Our brain is made up of somewhere around 60 percent fat, and a large proportion of that is DHA. It is now established that an adequate supply of DHA during gestation of the foetus is important for proper development of the brain as well as development of mental function during childhood and in fact through life.

Fish, and particularly oily fish, are the best source of DHA and EPA. In fact these 2 omega 3 fats come from the seagrass eaten by fish, and those important fatty acids work their way up the fish food chain.

Many people look to get their omega 3 fats from other sources, and in particular plant based sources such as flax.

However many people are also unaware that they are not getting DHA and EPA from flax seeds, they are actually getting a different form of Omega 3 fat called ALA.

ALA is not nearly as beneficial to the health as either DHA or EPA. It is in fact a precursor to DHA and EPA and can be converted in the body into these 2 fats, hence its benefits.

However research has shown that the rate at which ALA is converted is very low, some estimates are that only around 5 percent of ALA is converted in the body.

And for this reason ALA, which is the plant-based form of Omega 3 fats, is not nearly as effective for promoting good health.

This of course presenta a conundrum for anyone who, for philosophical reasons, does not wish to eat fish. Unfortunately the fact remains that fish is by far the best source of the important omega 3 fats.

And eating fish has it's own problems. Fish has become very expensive, and is now commonly contaminated with Mercury and other toxins, and in fact we are advised not to eat too much because of this contamination.

There are high quality fish oil supplements available which overcome this problem. They are free of contamination and they are also cost-effective to take every single day.

So if you're looking to add the health benefits of the omega 3 essential fatty acids to your diet remember that it is the fish-based form of the omega 3 fats that is healthy, the plant-based form is much less so.

And remember that the best alternative to eating lots of fish is to take high quality fish oil supplements. Note however that not all fish oil supplements on the market are high quality.

To find out which are visit my website.

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Could the Benefits of Fish Oil Supplementation Include Reducing Your Risk of Hearing Loss?

The health benefits of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids are now firmly established by mainstream science. Amongst other benefits you may even help save your life from taking Omega 3 supplements every day, because science has shown that overcoming your deficiency in the Omega 3 fats may prevent a heart attack.

But it is less well-known that adding more of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids to your diet may also help protect your hearing. The benefits of fish oil supplementation grow bigger and bigger.

Yes you heard right. Adding more Omega3 fats to your diet has been shown in at least 2 studies to reduce the likelihood or amount of hearing loss that people may suffer over time.

The 2 studies were conducted independently, one in Holland and one in Australia. The Dutch study examined both the level of hearing of a group of people over a period of 3 years as well is what they ate. Each of the participants in the study was tested for hearing including high-frequency and low frequency sounds, and the reduction, if any, over the period of the study was measured.

And it was found that those who have the highest intake of fish in their diet were roughly 10 percent less likely to suffer from hearing reduction compared to those who had the lowest intake of fish.

And of course fish is the primary source of the most important of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, namely DHA and EPA.

Another study in Australia undertaken for 5 years found that people who ate fish at least twice a week had roughly half the rate of hearing loss compared to other people who rarely or never ate fish.

It is not fully understood why increasing your intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids could help reduce hearing loss. But the fact that the mechanism is not well understood does not alter the fact that this seems to be the case, as borne out by 2 solid scientific studies.

And of course it's not just hearing loss that can be protected by increasing the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids in your diet, there is an extremely wide range of health conditions which can be positively impacted by eating more fish.

Sadly though much fish is heavily contaminated with Mercury, and in fact we are told not to eat too much for this reason, and this combined with the fact that fish is becoming extremely expensive presents a conundrum. How do we get more of the Omega3 fats in our diet without going broke doing so, and without eating Mercury? 

Fortunately it's quite possible to get high quality Omega3 supplements which contain oil from fish, and which are not contaminated with Mercury or any of the other contaminants present in fish, and which are also cost-effective to take daily.

Sadly however not all Omega 3 supplements are high quality.

To find out which are high quality visit my website all about the benefits of fish oil.

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Do Learning Difficulties In Children Respond To Omega 3 Supplementation?

Learning difficulties amongst children seem to be on the rise. Whether it's autism or ADD, or dyspraxia or ADHD or dyslexia or any one of a number of other learning difficulties, the incidence of these problems seems to be on the rise. So why could Omega 3 supplementation have anything to do with the solution?

It's a good question. Omega 3 essential fatty acids and in particular DHA and EPA are found primarily in seafoods and in particular in oily fish. A century or more ago seafood was high in our list of important and much consumed foods. Virtually everyone ate fish at some stage during the week.

And because they ate fish regularly, and because fish, and in particular oily fish, is extremely high in the essential fatty acids, our forebears got an adequate amount of the essential fatty acids in their diet.

However fish has now been supplanted in our diets with such foods as burgers and coke. And as a result most of us if not all of us are nutritionally deficient in a range of the important nutrients, and this has a range of implications for all of us.

Study after study has shown that increasing our intake of the essential fatty acids, most commonly by taking quality Omega 3 fish oil supplements, will help prevent a wide range of health conditions, including reducing our risk of dying.

A study undertaken in the UK on more than 100 children with learning difficulties has shown that increasing the amount of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids in the diet of these children helped a percentage of them, though not all, to function better and to achieve more at school.

All of these children were selected on the basis that they had average ability but were performing badly at school. They were given Omega 3 supplements every day for 6 months and tested on their performance amongst other things.

Of course you cannot conclude from this study that giving Omega 3 supplements to your children will cure their learning difficulties, there is certainly much more to it than that. However it does seem that adding more Omega 3 essential fatty acids to their diet, commonly by way of Omega 3 supplementation, is one tactic that ought be considered by parents and medical professionals.

And there is solid scientific evidence to support the conclusion that our children will perform better with adequate amounts of essential fatty acids and their diet. The omega 3 fats, and in particular DHA, make up a large percentage of the brain and a higher supply of DHA during the early years has been shown to improve cognitive performance.

So if you're a parent of a child with learning difficulties, along with consulting the appropriate medical professionals, it may well also be worth considering Omega 3 supplementation. It's not just learning difficulties that may benefit, is a wide range of other health benefits from adding more of the essential fatty acids to the diet, both to yourself and your children.

And the best way to do this is by taking high quality Omega3 capsules, though not all fish oil supplements are high quality

To find out more about how to locate high quality fish oil capsules visit my main website.

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Do Learning Difficulties In Children Respond To Omega 3 Supplementation?

Learning difficulties amongst children seem to be on the rise. Whether it's autism or ADD, or dyspraxia or ADHD or dyslexia or any one of a number of other learning difficulties, the incidence of these problems seems to be on the rise. So why could Omega 3 supplementation have anything to do with the solution?

It's a good question. Omega 3 essential fatty acids and in particular DHA and EPA are found primarily in seafoods and in particular in oily fish. A century or more ago seafood was high in our list of important and much consumed foods. Virtually everyone ate fish at some stage during the week.

And because they ate fish regularly, and because fish, and in particular oily fish, is extremely high in the essential fatty acids, our forebears got an adequate amount of the essential fatty acids in their diet.

However fish has now been supplanted in our diets with such foods as burgers and coke. And as a result most of us if not all of us are nutritionally deficient in a range of the important nutrients, and this has a range of implications for all of us.

Study after study has shown that increasing our intake of the essential fatty acids, most commonly by taking quality Omega 3 fish oil supplements, will help prevent a wide range of health conditions, including reducing our risk of dying.

A study undertaken in the UK on more than 100 children with learning difficulties has shown that increasing the amount of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids in the diet of these children helped a percentage of them, though not all, to function better and to achieve more at school.

All of these children were selected on the basis that they had average ability but were performing badly at school. They were given Omega 3 supplements every day for 6 months and tested on their performance amongst other things.

Of course you cannot conclude from this study that giving Omega 3 supplements to your children will cure their learning difficulties, there is certainly much more to it than that. However it does seem that adding more Omega 3 essential fatty acids to their diet, commonly by way of Omega 3 supplementation, is one tactic that ought be considered by parents and medical professionals.

And there is solid scientific evidence to support the conclusion that our children will perform better with adequate amounts of essential fatty acids and their diet. The omega 3 fats, and in particular DHA, make up a large percentage of the brain and a higher supply of DHA during the early years has been shown to improve cognitive performance.

So if you're a parent of a child with learning difficulties, along with consulting the appropriate medical professionals, it may well also be worth considering Omega 3 supplementation. It's not just learning difficulties that may benefit, is a wide range of other health benefits from adding more of the essential fatty acids to the diet, both to yourself and your children.

And the best way to do this is by taking high quality Omega3 capsules, though not all fish oil supplements are high quality

To find out more about how to locate high quality fish oil capsules visit my main website.

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Are You Getting Much Omega 3 In Fish That You've Fried? And If Not What Should You Do?

So you're eating fish tonight. Is there much Omega 3 in fish that might be served up to you tonight? Surely there is because everyone now knows that fish is the best source of those all-important Omega 3 essential fatty acids.

Not necessarily. The amount of Omega 3 in fish varies greatly depending on the type of fish and a number of other factors, including, if it's salmon that you're having, whether it's wild or farmed.

But a new factor that seems to affect the amount of Omega 3 in fish that we are eating has also been uncovered in a recent study. It would seem that how you cook your fish affects how much of those all-important essential fatty acids you'll be eating tonight.

A recent study undertaken and published in Neurology journal seems to be showing that how you cook your fish determines whether or not you're getting the maximum benefit from those Omega 3 fats.

The study was undertaken on residents of what is sometimes called the "stroke belt", a string of southern States which includes Mississippi, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia and more. In these States the rate of death from stroke and the rate of stroke in general is much higher than the rest of the country, and in particular much higher amongst African-Americans.

And the study established that people living in these States ate much higher than levels of fried fish than in other states.

In other words there was a correlation between the amount of fried fish consumed by those residents and their rate of stroke. And in particular it was found that African-Americans in those states have extremely high rates of consumption of fried fish.

Now of course this doesn't establish that all these people are getting strokes from eating fried fish, it would require much more study to firmly establish this. However it is certainly worrying and offers a powerful suggestion to those amongst us who understand the health benefits of more Omega 3 fatty acids in the diet that they should be baking or steaming their fish rather than frying it.

Of course there are problems with getting your Omega3 fats by eating fish, regardless of how you cook it. Fish is becoming extremely expensive and we are now warned by our government not to eat too much due to contamination with Mercury and other toxic contaminants.

And for this reason, in my view, the most cost-effective way to get a regular daily intake of the Omega3 fats is through the use of high quality Omega 3 supplements.

However there is no doubt that fish is good to eat, provided you don't eat too much. But if you're eating your fish confident in in the knowledge that you're getting all those good fats in your diet you may be fooling yourself, there may not be so much Omega 3 in fish that youv'e fried.

To find out more about the health benefits of Omega 3 fats and where to source high quality cost-effective and contamination free fish oil supplements visit my main website.

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Omega 3 Oils Are Now Essential in Everyone's Diet, Including Yours

In many cases claims about the health benefits of various alternative and nutritional supplements are little short of voodoo. However it is now clear that this is not the case when it comes to the health benefits of Omega 3 oils.

Many of the alternative and health supplements available on the market are backed up with very little solid scientific evidence to support the health claims made about them. Often mainstream science and medicine is extremely sceptical about any of the health claims made for so many alternative products.

But there is one nutrient that must be in your diet. It's the Omega 3 oils, and there is now solid scientific and medical agreement worldwide about the health benefits of these essential nutrients.

These can sometimes be known as the essential fatty acids, and the 2 most important of these are DHA and EPA, which are primarily found in seafood and in particular in oily fish.

The recognition of the health benefits of the Omega 3 oils has just received a substantial boost. On the 3rd and 4th of March 2011 there was an Omega 3 summit held in Bruges in Belgium. This summit was addressed by some eminent experts in the health care field, and the intentions of the summit were to examine the evidence of the health benefits of the Omega oils and to "start the turnaround" in the consumption of the long chain essential fatty acids worldwide.

In its press release the summit made a very significant statement about the health benefits of the essential fats, known as the long chain Omega 3 fats. This press release observed that disorders of the brain and heart resulting from a deficiency of the long chain Omega 3 fats called DHA and EPA are "the biggest challenges to the future of humanity".

This is about as mainstream as you can get. This is a significant recognition by mainstream medicine and science that many of the lifestyle diseases that afflict so many of us may be prevented by an increase in the intake of the Omega 3 oils. The best way to do this is by taking high quality Omega 3 supplements.

Not only that but the summit recognized the financial burden placed on health care systems worldwide of the costs of dealing with what are, in many cases, diseases preventable by some simple measures such as Omega 3 supplementation.

There is now no doubt at all that everyone should be sustaining a minimum level of intake of the long chain essential fatty acids. It is not difficult to do. There are excellent fish oil supplements available which contain high levels of DHA and EPA, and they are entirely accessible to everyone, and are cost effective to take.

For a collection of mainstream experts such as this to recognize that health and lifestyle diseases resulting from deficiencies in the Omega 3 oils can be this serious is a very powerful message to us all, and everyone should hear the message.

To find out more about the health benefits of Omega 3 oils visit my main website

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What Is Fish Oil Good For? Your Health Of Course

What is fish oil good for is a question asked from time to time by people who are interested in improving their health. The question is usually asked because they have started reading about the health benefits of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids found in fish oil, and their interested in finding out more about what fish oil is good for.

Increasing your intake of fish oil, or more specifically the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA and EPA found in fish oil, benefits your health in a wide range of areas.

The first of these is your heart health. There is significant evidence that increasing your intake of the essential fatty acids known as the Omega 3 fats has significant benefits to your heart including reducing your risk of dying from heart attack. That's a very significant health benefit indeed.

In fact the amount of scientific evidence in support of the fact that the Omega 3 essential fatty acids have significant heart health benefits is so overwhelming that the American Heart Association now recommends that all of us have a minimum intake of the Omega 3 fats for the sake of our heart.

However it doesn't just stop at heart health. Fish oil is good for a wide range of other health problems. That's because it's one of the most powerful anti-inflammatories that we know of.

An anti-inflammatory is something which reduces inflammation in our body. Given that inflammation is a significant factor in a wide range of health problems, reducing inflammation must be good, and it is.

The health benefits of increasing the amount of fish oil in your diet are widespread. They include reducing your risks of allergies, a range of cancers, reducing blood pressure, improving vision, helping improve a weight loss outcome, helping improve diabetes, helping improve depression and lots more.

It would almost seem from that list that fish oil is the new wonder drug. And the good news is that it's not even a drug, it just comes from fish.

So if the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA and EPA found in fish oil are so good for you should and should be getting more fish oil in your diet?

Probably, because the evidence is that almost all of us now are deficient in our intake of the Omega3 fats, and this is due to the fact that almost all of us are now eating much less fish then we did 100 years ago.

Yes the evidence is that this decline in our intake of fish, and with it our intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, is responsible for increasing our risk of a wide range of health problems.

Of course you can always eat more fish, but fish is very expensive. The good news is that there are excellent high quality Omega3 supplements made from fish oil, and they are much more cost-effective to add to your diet every day. It's a simple matter to pop a simple Omega 3 capsule every day than it is to eat fish.

So if you're asking yourself what is fish oil good for then there's the answer. It's good for your health. It's extremely good for your health, and you should be getting more fish oil in your diet, by taking high quality essential fatty acid supplements, every single day of your life.

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What Is Fish Oil Good For? Your Health Of Course

What is fish oil good for is a question asked from time to time by people who are interested in improving their health. The question is usually asked because they have started reading about the health benefits of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids found in fish oil, and their interested in finding out more about what fish oil is good for.

Increasing your intake of fish oil, or more specifically the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA and EPA found in fish oil, benefits your health in a wide range of areas.

The first of these is your heart health. There is significant evidence that increasing your intake of the essential fatty acids known as the Omega 3 fats has significant benefits to your heart including reducing your risk of dying from heart attack. That's a very significant health benefit indeed.

In fact the amount of scientific evidence in support of the fact that the Omega 3 essential fatty acids have significant heart health benefits is so overwhelming that the American Heart Association now recommends that all of us have a minimum intake of the Omega 3 fats for the sake of our heart.

However it doesn't just stop at heart health. Fish oil is good for a wide range of other health problems. That's because it's one of the most powerful anti-inflammatories that we know of.

An anti-inflammatory is something which reduces inflammation in our body. Given that inflammation is a significant factor in a wide range of health problems, reducing inflammation must be good, and it is.

The health benefits of increasing the amount of fish oil in your diet are widespread. They include reducing your risks of allergies, a range of cancers, reducing blood pressure, improving vision, helping improve a weight loss outcome, helping improve diabetes, helping improve depression and lots more.

It would almost seem from that list that fish oil is the new wonder drug. And the good news is that it's not even a drug, it just comes from fish.

So if the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA and EPA found in fish oil are so good for you should and should be getting more fish oil in your diet?

Probably, because the evidence is that almost all of us now are deficient in our intake of the Omega3 fats, and this is due to the fact that almost all of us are now eating much less fish then we did 100 years ago.

Yes the evidence is that this decline in our intake of fish, and with it our intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, is responsible for increasing our risk of a wide range of health problems.

Of course you can always eat more fish, but fish is very expensive. The good news is that there are excellent high quality Omega3 supplements made from fish oil, and they are much more cost-effective to add to your diet every day. It's a simple matter to pop a simple Omega 3 capsule every day than it is to eat fish.

So if you're asking yourself what is fish oil good for then there's the answer. It's good for your health. It's extremely good for your health, and you should be getting more fish oil in your diet, by taking high quality essential fatty acid supplements, every single day of your life.

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Why Should You Take Omega 3 Supplements? Because of the Dead Fish. Huh ?

Just about everybody is heard of the benefits of Omega three supplements. The essential fatty acids known as Omega three fatty acids are extremely important to our health. There's a wide range of health conditions which are exacerbated by a deficiency of the essential fatty acids.

In fact research is showing that if you are very low in the Omega 3 essential fats it can even lead to premature death, commonly by heart attack. The American Heart Association recommends that we increase our intake of the Omega3 fats because doing so is extremely beneficial to our heart health.

This there's a wide range of other health conditions which can also be prevented, or if not prevented them positively impacted, by increasing our intake of the essential fatty acids. These include a reduction in the risk of allergies, high blood pressure, pancreatic cancer, periodontal disease, diabetes, postpartum depression, macular degeneration, mood disorders and much more.

And the list is even longer than that.

But whilst there are a range of health conditions which are benefited from increasing our intake of Omega three fatty acids what do the dead fish have to do with it?

Unfortunately over the last few decades we have managed to pollute many of our oceans. Industrial chemicals are now present in a range of our oceans, and in particular in the Atlantic between America and Europe. These toxins include such nasties as PCBs, Dioxine, Mercury and much more.

And of course fish live in the same places. So fish which are living in the Atlantic Ocean will also come into contact with these chemical contaminants. And in fact they do. Our government is now warning us that we should be avoiding eating too much fish because of the risk of toxic contamination from eating fish which are themselves contaminated.

The omega three essential fatty acids are most commonly found in fish and fish oil. The reason in fact that most of us are deficient in our intake of the Omega three fatty acids is that our intake of fish is dramatically declined over the last century.

But here is the conundrum. Increasing our intake of fish puts us at risk of increasing chemical contamination. But now the situation is even worse.

Remember the Gulf oil spill? It wasn't that long ago, and a chemical called Corexit was being used to disperse the spill.

It is now being found that there is an enormous fish kill in the Atlantic Ocean, and large numbers of dead fish are washing up on the beaches bordering the ocean.

Whilst it has not been clearly demonstrated that the Corexit, or for that matter the oil, is killing the fish it would seem pretty coincidental.

However by taking the highest quality fish oil supplements you will be avoiding the risk of chemical contamination including, if it exists, the risk of contamination by oil or Corexit. You see guys quality fish oil supplements are made from oil from fish caught way down in the southern ocean where it is cleaner. Not totally clean mind you however the best fish oil supplements are manufactured from oil which undergoes a rigorous decontamination process in the event that there are any contaminants present.

However the majority of Omega three supplements are made with oil sourced from fish caught somewhere between the Americas and Europe.

So as you can see dead fish have quite a bit to do with taking Omega three supplements. There is a substantial risk that fish which are processed for their oil to using fish oil supplements have contamination present, possibly from Corexit. And whilst a decontamination process may remove many of these toxins is unlikely that any decontamination process would be configured to remove Corexit.

So remember, don't eat too much fish as it may be contaminated, and don't take omega three supplements made from all oil from fish caught in the Atlantic.

Use high quality fish oil supplements from fish caught way down south of New Zealand out of the way of adding oil and Corexit.

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Can You Use Omega 3 Fatty Acids To Combat Pancreatic Cancer?

Pancreatic cancer is a severe cancer. It is estimated that almost 37,000 people will die from pancreatic cancer every year. Will using fish oil dietary supplements that contain daily fish oil supplements help prevent pancreatic cancer? 

While cancers like prostate cancer and breast cancer are commonly in the news pancreatic cancer just isn't. But it is the 4th greatest killer in the US when it comes to cancers. Sadly the prognosis for people who experience cancer of the pancreas isn't great, and just like all cancers it is much better to prevent pancreatic cancer than it is to try to cure it. 

There is a growing body of data that many cancers could well be positively benefited from a rise in the consumption of the mega 3 essential fatty acids DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) and EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid). These are known as important fatty acids because they are essential for good health, however they cannot be made in the body and must be taken in through the diet. 

And during the last hundred years our consumption of Omega3 high foods has dropped considerably. The two most important of the fatty acids are EPA and DHA, and these are found mainly in seafood and in particular in oily fish, and our intakes of fish and seafood in general have dropped considerably. Other sources of the omega3 fatty acids have included grass fed beef and free range eggs, however our beef has become mainly grain fed, which decreases the Omega 3 content, and the same pertains to our eggs. 

A new study done on inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay Area finds that improving the intake of omega 3 fatty acids, in conjunction with an increase in intake of vitamin E and vitamin C may lessen the risks of pancreatic cancer by up to 30 %. 

Plus the study noted also that a high intake of saturated fat may in fact increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by anywhere up to 60 percent. 

Obviously it is always difficult to say when this is sufficiently proved, and clearly more studies are needed, however this also lines up with other research suggesting that increasing the consumption of omega 3 fats could help prevent other cancers, in particular breast cancers and bowel cancer. 

Even so the health benefits of taking high quality Omega 3 supplements are much more than just the chance of preventing pancreatic cancer. Lots of the health benefits of an increased intake of essential fatty acids are now accepted by mainstream medicine, and mainstream organizations such as the American Heart Association are suggesting that we should ımprove our intake of the essential fatty acids to avoid such health conditions as heart disease. 

So whether you are worried about pancreatic cancer or you're not there's numerous benefits to be gained from increasing your intake of essential fatty acids. You do that if you take high quality fishoil dietary supplements containing Omega 3 daily. 

However not all fish oil supplements are high quality. To discover which are visit my main web site.