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Burn fats with Omega3 fats!
Omega3 fatty acids are important for the health of villi in your intestines, where nutrients are absorbed by your body. This means that they are important for you in your weight loss program,
healthy diet,
and overall health.
You need healthy villi to absorb the
nutrients
your body needs. You need to feed trillions of cells in your body. Consult your physician if you are diabetic or taking blood thinning medication. Info bits: The American Heart Association recommends that healthy individuals include omega-3 fatty acids in their diet to help reduce the risk of
cardiovascular disease.
Omega-3 and your waistline
You are at high health risk if you have too much abdominal or visceral fats. Taking good quality omega-3 supplements has helped people reduce abdominal fats. It can help you as well. Give it a try.
Remember that not all
nutritional supplements
are made of the same quality. So get the one that's tried and tested.
What are omega-3 fatty acids?
Omega3 fatty acids
are essential
polyunsaturated fatty acids.
They cannot be produced by your body and yet you need them. They are essential to your health.
They are liquid in room temperature and in the refrigerator. They will not solidify in your body.
They are present in each of the trillions of cells in your body. They increase the thickness and surface area of cells of your intestine. This results to better digestion and better
nutrient
absorption. There are various studies showing benefits from omega3 fatty acids in relation to brain and heart health.
Where can you get omega-3?
You can get them from fish, such as salmon, tuna, halibut, mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, black cod, bluefish, other marine life (such as algae and krill), and certain plants (like flaxseed, dried butternuts, canola, walnuts, purslane). ALA (a-linolenic acid) is omega3 from plants.Use DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) to build hormones that regulate immune function, blood clotting, and cell growth. You can get them from omega-3 marine sources. The best sources are algae and krill. These are more beneficial to your health compared to ALA. The risk here is the mercury content in some fish. And many commercially available fish are farmed and do not really have plenty of omega-3 because the fish are fed with. Info bits: The American Heart Association advises us to avoid eating shark, swordfish, king Mackerel, or tilefish because they contain high levels of mercury. For a safer source, take
high quality DHA+EPA omega-3 supplements.
Omega-3 oils and fiber don't go together
When taking omega-3 supplements, it is best do this when not eating a fiber-rich meal. This is to avoid the essential oils from being absorbed by the
fiber
and released out of your body. What you need is to absorb these essential oils for the health of the villi in your intestines and for all the cells in your body.
Omega-3 helps you improve your health
Omega3 fatty acids are essential in forming the membrane around the trillions of nerve tissues in your body. This includes your brain cells and all nerve tissues all over your body. Without omega-3, nerve transmission cannot function properly.There are many studies showing that omega-3 fatty acids help you in the health of your cardiovascular system, which includes your heart and all your blood vessels. Omega-3 fatty acids have been found to prevent blot clots and arrhythmias, inhibit development of atherosclerosis (or the condition of thickened artery walls due to fatty deposits), lower triglycerides (or fats in the bloodstream), and increase HDL cholesterol (or good cholesterol). They also stimulate endothelial-derived
nitric oxide,
which is essential to your cardiovascular health. They can reduce the incident of plaque rupture due to their anti-inflammatory properties. Plaque rupture can lead to blood clotting and heart attack. They can also erode plaque and improve health of blood vessels. It has been observed that insufficient supply of DHA+EPA omega-3 is related to neurological disorders of depression (including post-partum depression), Alzheimer's disease, behavioral disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), hyperactivity, and developmental coordination disorder. This means that DHA+EPA can help prevent these conditions. DHA+EPA omega-3 helped improve chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, certain skin disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBS), Crohn's disease. It may even reduce risk of prostate cancer. DHA+EPA omega-3 have been shown to improve chronic eye conditions (cataracts, dry eye), epilepsy, allergic sensitivity in very young children, pneumonia, lung/breathing capacity and chronic pulmonary disorders, bone health, and fibromyalgia.

How much omega-3 do you need?
International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) recommends omega-3 to reduce risk of death from
cardiovascular disease.
It recommends that adults consume a minimum of 500mg daily (2004). Daily consumption of 650 mg of DHA+EPA-combined omega-3 has been associated with an approximate 40% lowering of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality based on epidemiological studies.American Heart Association in its official Dietary Guidelines (2000) recommends a daily intake of 900 mg/day of DHA+EPA for people with
coronary heart disease.
For adults, do not take more than 3 grams daily of omega-3 supplements without supervision of a health care professional due to higher risk of bleeding. Info bits: The American Heart Association recommends these amounts of EPA+DHA omega-3 from supplements for adults. Those with coronary heart disease, take 1 gram daily. Those with high LDL cholesterol (or bad cholesterol) levels, take 2 to 4 grams daily. It may take 2 to 3 weeks for benefits to be seen for both recommendations.
When you reach your ideal weight, stick to a healthy diet, regularly exercise, and have a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life.
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