Heart Healthy Foods - Fish Oil, Your Heart and Exercise

Question:

Heart Healthy Foods. I would like to know why omega 3 is good for my heart and why it reduces arrhythmia. How can I have a healthy and strong heart?

By Rafael

Answer:

Heart Healthy Foods. It is a very general question that could take years of study to clarify. But this Portal is basically all dedicated to omega 3. The first thing you have to understand is that omega 3 is an ESSENTIAL fat; that is, every cell of your body needs it in the proper amounts to be healthy. Specifically your heart and your mind suffer when you don’t take enough.

All body cells have a membrane. Each membrane is mainly made of essential fats, or essential fatty acids, Omega 6 and Omega 3. If the membrane has too much Omega 6 it becomes hard, viscous and there are problems for the food, energy and hormone transfer.

When Omega 3 is sufficient the membrane is thinner, less viscous, more elastic, less inflamed. Too much 3 Omega and the membrane “drips”.

Too much Omega 6 and is clogged. It has been established that the appropriate Omega 6/Omega 3 ratio is near 1:1. In our modern life this ratio has changed to around 20:1, and some times up to 50:1. We eat too much Omega 6.

Too much Omega 6 and our cellular membranes are heavy, inelastic and the cellular function is slow. The body must do more work to feed itself and to remove toxins. Tissues are plugged up and they become inflamed. Inflammation is the main symptom of many diseases, from heart disease , arthritis, allergies and the list goes on and on.

Omega 3 deficiency is also related to diseases like diabetes and thyroid dysfunction. If your membranes are slow, your body must produce more insulin to be able to put sugars into cells to produce energy.

Then, you become more insulin resistant. If your pancreas is inflamed it will be more difficult to produce the insulin your body is demanding.

Ask yourself the following basic questions:

Is your weight the same it was when you stopped growing up?. If not, all that difference should be fat, a heavy burden for your heart.

Are you doing at least 30 minutes of dally high-medium intensity exercise?. If not, you may be neglecting the most important factor for a strong and healthy heart.

Best wishes,

Alfredo E.


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