omega 3 fatty acids

Most doctors say you should have at least 1g of Omega-3 fatty acids a day for general health. Doctors still are debating whether 1g or 2g of Fish Oil is preferable for treating depression, but fish oil is preferred over vegetable products. Make sure they...

I'd had to discontinue my use of regular fish oil capsules because they gave me not only the dreaded "fish belch" but also heartburn/indigestion. I've been taking this brand of enteric coated caps for several days now and have had no problems whatsoever....

I am a mother of five and I have recently discovered fish oil to be very good for children's health. I use to hear stories by my mother whose own mother forced her to take her cod liver oil daily, but it was this horrible experience because it tasted so...

Not a day goes by that I don't use these gelcaps, ever since my stroke 6 years ago. Not only that, but now I also purchase them for my mother. who just turned 80 in July. Her doctor said her cholesterol results lowered over 40 points in just 2 months...

Flaxseed oil pills may boost levels of some omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, but it would take a higher dose of flaxseed oil, a Canadian study shows.

U.S. News & World Report has an article out today stressing the importance of omega-3 fatty acids, highlighting a serious deficiency in many people's diets.

The difficulty with remedying this situation is that eating oily fish regularly is not a practical solution for many people.

(Ohio State University) A recent study shows that popular fish oil supplements have an effect on the healing process of small, acute wounds in human skin.

But whether that effect is detrimental, as researchers initially suspected, remains a mystery. The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oils are widely considered to benefit cardiovascular health and other diseases related to chronic inflammation because of their anti-inflammatory properties.

But insufficient inflammation during the initial stage of wound healing may delay the advancement of later stages.

(Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

The researchers say the combination could be a potentially dangerous food source for some patients with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other allergic and auto-immune diseases that are particularly vulnerable to an "exaggerated inflammatory response."

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) In an ongoing effort to determine the anti-inflammatory value of diets rich in some types of fish, scientists studying asthma and allergic reactions have found that a molecule produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids helps resolve and prevent respiratory distress in laboratory mice.

The research, supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, was led by a research team at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Nearly half of all Americans want to eat more Omega-3 fatty acids, and these days, we can find them in our snacks, beverages and breakfast foods.

The heart-healthy fatty acids (which occur naturally in fish oil and fish) can be found in cheese, orange juice, pasta, cereal and yogurt.