An adequate daily supply of omega 3 fatty acids confers multiple health benefits upon you. Meeting your daily requirements of omega 3 is indeed crucial to optimum physical and mental health, especially in preventing (even reversing) heart disease. Omega 3 fats reverse heart disease, boost immune function, fight degenerative disease, help increase fertility, improve mental health and promote healthy skin.
Numerous studies have shown that there are benefits from taking fish oil supplements for triglyceride levels that are above normal. High blood triglyceride increases risk of heart attacks, and their control is an important thrust of primary prevention of heart disease.
Triglyceride levels can be reduced by cutting down on consumption of fats, alcohol and simple carbohydrates. Omega 3 fatty acides, particularly EPA and DHA, help further in bringing down levels.
Fish oils for triglyceride control act in a roughly dose dependent manner, with more fish oil intake being better. Taking 4.5 grams of EPA and DHA brought down triglyceride levels by upto 39%
A pharmaceutical grade fish oil preparation containing the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids has been used in Europe both for research projects and as a prescription drug. Recently the FDA approved essentially the same product for use in the USA for treatment of moderately elevated triglycerides (150-500 mg/dL).
Fresh fish is the best source of omega fatty acids, yet the most likely to be contaminated with PCBs, DDT and dioxin, along with heavy metals like mercury. Investigators of a study linking fish consumption to breast cancer warned “Fish is not merely a source of omega 3 fatty acids, but also of methyl mercury.”
An option that allows you to enjoy the benefits of fish oil, without the risks, is to take fish oil capsules. Several brands use oil from fish caught in the cleanest and coldest waters like off coastal New Zealand where contamination is rare. This is made safer by molecular distillation which removes any mercury or other heavy metals, dioxins, PCBs and other contaminants from the oil. Learn more about this in a free report here.
