Fishy Facts - More Potential Health Benefits Than Initially Thought

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fatty that are needed by your body for building the membrane of our cell and also for production of certain hormones. Our body cannot synthesise these essential fatty acids and hence. We have to obtain then from our diet. Coldwater fish such as salmon and mackerel are high in Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA. DHA, a type of Omega-3 fatty acids, is an essential component of eyes, the brain and the nervous system.

Benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids :-

• may help to reduce the symptoms of inflammatory uclers along the digestive gut such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
• may even be helpful for overcoming depression and mood disorders.
• may help to speed up foetal growth and hence reduces the risk of having an underweight baby.
• may help to reduce suffers of rheumatoid arthritis, morning stiffness and joint pains.
• may help to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
• improved elastictiy will allow the arteries to expand and contract more easily, hence reducing the incidence of blockages, which cause heart attacks. Beside that, Omega-3 is also found to cause a reduction in the production of thromboxane A2, a platelet aggregating substance that promotes clotting and blood vessel constriction. This action further helps to reduce the incidence of blockages.
• may help to prevent irregular heartbeats, which can be dangerous for patients with coronary heart disease as sustained irregular heart rhythms can result in sudden cardiac dealth.
• can help to provide relief for asthma sufferers.
• may be helpful in alleviating skin disorders.
• can help reduce your chance of becoming sensile in old age.
• may help to enhance mental activity in adults as measured by rate of transmission of a certain type of brain wave known as p300, which is associated with learning and memory.

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