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Fish Oils
and long chain Omega-3 fatty acids: Fish oil is
generally considered to be important due to it's high long chain omega-3 fatty acids concentration.
Fish Oils: Fish oil
contains EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), both of which are
long chain omega-3 fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are grouped into two families, omega-6 EFAs and the
omega-3 EFAs.
One of the reasons that people in the industrialized world need more omega-3 fatty acids is
that they eat about 25 times more omega-6 fatty
acids than omega-3's. A diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can restore the balance.
Fish oil is one of the rare sources of high concentrations of omega-3's.
Fish Oils and
hormones: Fish oil is important as it affects certain hormones. As a general rule, the more fish oil that is absorbed by the body, the more "good" and
the fewer "bad" eicosanoids(a type of hormone) a person will have. A key for 21st century medicine, therefore, will be
to balance these hormones.
Possible Benefits
of Fish Oils::
> History has shown and scientists have found that the Eskimos of Greenland
> suffered very little from coronary heart disease despite a diet very high
> in fat. The primary source of fat in their diet came from sea mammals,
> which contain high amounts of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids.
EPA.
The processing of Fish Oils: The purity of the fish oil is
the most important factor to consider when taking it as a supplement.
To manufacture high dose fish oils requires substantial purification.
It takes 100 gallons of health-food grade fish oils to make one gallon of ultra refined fish oils. Ultra refined
fish oil contains around twice the EPA and DHA as health-food grade fish oils.
To find out more about ultra refined fish oils feel free to enter the
Omega-3 fish oil Information and Research.
There you can find more detailed information.
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