Omega-3
The reason that fish oil is recommended for visual function has to do with an area in the eye known as the retina. Omega-3 fatty acids are a major component of the retina. Of specific importance is Docosahexaenoic acid or DHA, because it accounts for 60% of the fatty acids in the retina.
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If you think that farming fish rather than catching wild ones, is a better way to go as it could be helping the environment, then you have a rude awakening before you.
The fact is that global fish supplies are dwindling dramatically.
In just 50 years, we have seen the number of large fish drop by 90%. [...]
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One extremely important compound our body absolutely needs is GLA.
What’s that? It can be found in the seeds of the evening primrose flower, in the borage plant, or in the sed of the black currant.
These are not everyday foods and you’re unlikely to prevent a GLA deficiency by just eating the right things alone.
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Here we go again with fat taking front row center in the news. It is well advertised that we should be getting enough omega-3 fatty acids, being more important than omega-6 or 9, as we actually have too much of those from other sources.
Deficiencies in omega-3 fatty acids have been linked to increases in crime, [...]
The above title is certainly an expression you have heard before. Although it was first meant for computer programming, it is now used quite easily to refer to what we put into our body.
If you feed it garbage, then that’s the only material it has to use for building and repair.
One great building nutrient your [...]
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