Tag: Benefits of Fish Oil
Benefits of fish oil for Health & Fitness
by wotv on Apr.14, 2009, under Health
When words are fats and oils, health-conscious individuals tend to run for cover. What I do not know is that there are good fats and bad fats. Complete avoidance of intake of oils and fats at the expense of fact – rather than beneficial – to their health.
The truth about fish oil
Essential fatty acids must always be part of our daily diet – without them, we take a step closer to our deaths. Essential fatty acids are divided into two families: omega-6 EFAs and omega-3 EFAS.
Although there are slight differences to distinguish the two groups of essential fatty acids from each other, studies have shown that excessive intake of omega-6 EFAs can lead to inflammation, blood clotting and tumor growth . The good news, however, is that the opposite is true for omega-3 EFAs. Omega-6 EFAs are found in vegetable oils while omega-3 EFAs found in fish oils among other foods.
Omega-6 to Omega-3
Doctors and scientists are of the opinion that the cause behind increasing cases of heart disease, hypertension or high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, premature aging and certain types of cancer is nothing more than an imbalanced intake of omega -3 and omega-6 EFAs.
As mentioned above, the omega-6 EFAs are found in vegetable oils. This includes but is not limited to corn oil and soybean oil, which contains high amounts of linoleic acid. Omega-3 EFAs on the other hand can be found also in marine plankton and walnut oil and flaxseed. Must be important to note that fatty fish and fish oils contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), fatty acids that have been observed to provide many benefits to the human body. In the early 1970s, a study on Greenland Eskimos have revealed that one of the main reasons why they rarely suffer from heart disease because of its high-fat diet (mainly composed of fish). (continue reading…)
