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The Nutrition Wonder – Omega 3 Fish Oil
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids of the likes of Omega 3 fish oil
Fish Oil Health Benefits...
The Nutrition wonder of modern times - Omega 3 Fish oil -- is overwhelmingly advocated as the nutrient of choice for a healthy heart -- recommended by none other than the American Heart Association.
The benefits of fish oil, however, are much more numerous than just a healthy heart. For starters, the human body would well die without the requisite content of some specific fatty acids and it is not without reason that these fatty acids are more familiarly known as Essential Fatty Acids (EFA).
These fatty acids are better classified as:
Omega - 3 Fatty acids and
Omega - 6 Fatty acids
The Health Ratio...
The human body needs and ingests two kinds of fats, which are indispensable for healthy well being -- Omega-3 and Omega-6. The optimal ratio for a healthy human would well be 1:1 ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6. On the contrary, the average American diet is often constituted of the ratio in the range of 20:1 to even as high as 50:1 -- which could well translate into a health disaster in the years to come.
The omega-6 fats are primarily sourced from soy, corn, safflower and sunflower oils. On the contrary, Omega-3 are sourced from walnut and fish oils. The benefits of fish oils then could scarcely be better underlined considering that of all the sources of Omega-3 fats -- the preferred source being fatty fish -- especially fish rich in EPA and DHA -- both of which are fatty acids crucial for human health.
Fish Oil Health Benefits...
The therapeutically beneficial effects of Omega 3 Fish oil could well be innumerable to say the least. The following conditions may benefit:
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