SUPPLEMENTS - OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS

How many times have you heard to limit your fat consumption to help prevent heart disease?  I'm sure a million times, AND, I'm sure you have also heard that you need to eat the "Right" kind of fats, you know, the "Good" kinds.  PWD need to obviously pay close attention to heart health, but in all honesty, I only semi-understood that statement.  That being said, I want to help call out the importance of omega 3 fats, which are definitely one of the good kinds.  The best supplement to get your omega 3 from is Fish Oil or Crill Oil because they both contain EPA and DHA.  See below for a couple options that I got at Costco and I'll describe the benefits I have found below:

With all the available supplements out on the market these days it can get confusing on what to take & for what.    I know that Omega-3 fatty acids are suppose to help reduce inflammation in the body, which is prevalent in almost ANY disease.  The ingredients, EPA and DHA are the beneficial acids, so any seed/nut based omega 3, like flax seed oil, will then need to be converted by the body into EPA and DHA.   I have found that Fish or Crill Oil supplements are the best option for me (watch your food allergies here!) to get that into my system.

Many people have heard of omega 3, but fewer are aware that a family of fats called omega-6, which is found in vegetable oil & numerous other foods (grains, salad dressing, mayo, margarine...the list goes on & on) can be harmful when consumed in expense of omega-3.  In the standard American diet, omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is 10:1 with the ideal ration being 2:1.  The increase in bodily inflammation has been linked to the poor ratio in people's diets.  So I have found the best way to get my omega-3 is through dietary consumption, it can be diffcult, so I take it in oil or pill form (thanks Costco for the jumbo sized bottle!).   I'm trying out a diet that is filled with far less O6's & more O3's, I'll let you all know how it goes & how I feel.