Omega 3 Inflammation - How Dha and Epa Fight Chronic Inflammation in Your Body
Omega 3 Inflammation. What are Omega 3 supplements and are they as good as natural omega3? What is Omega 3 and how does it work? What is it useful for? Thanks. By Diane Answer: Omega 3 Inflammation. Basically, there are 2 types of fats: saturated and unsaturated.
Omega 3 supplements are manufactured from oils extracted from cold water fish. Fatty fish like mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and salmon are high in two kinds of omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Omega 3 is also found in good quantities in meats from animals fed with grass, not with grains. Omega 6 is present is all grains, flours, sodas, cakes, sugars. We basically have an unbalance of too much omega 6 and too little omega 3 in our diets, close to 20 times more omega 6 than what we should have. So, we improve our health if we take less omega 6 foods and more omega 3. Omega 6 are pro inflammatory and omega 3 are anti inflammatory. Even though it is a well known fact that omega 3 fish reduces heart disease , improves your mind and mood , protects against some cancers and improves your immune system, more than 90% of the population in the western hemisphere has an omega 3 deficiency. Here is a list of different disorders related to omega 3 deficiency: 
Is it better to take fish or fish oil capsules? It should be better to take omega 3 by eating fish but unfortunately today our oceans are contaminated, specially with mercury. It may not be very important for you if you just eat fish once in a while but if you want to take fish almost every day in order to improve your omega 3 intake, it could mean too much mercury and it is safer to take the fish oil. My best to you, Alfredo E. P.S. Don’t forget your daily fish oil for your entire family. You can find omega 3 fish oil, molecularly distilled, free of impurities and sent anywhere in the World at low reasonable price,
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Omega 3, together with omega 6 and omega 9, are part of what is called polyunsaturated (an unsaturated fat) fats or fatty acids.