WHFoods: omega-3 fatty acids
omega-3 fatty acids
What can high-omega-3 foods do for you?
* Reduce inflammation throughout your body
* Keep your blood from clotting excessively
* Maintain the fluidity of your cell membranes
* lower the amount of lipids (fats such as cholesterol and triglycerides) circulating in the bloodstream
* decrease platelet aggregation, preventing excessive blood clotting
* inhibit thickening of the arteries by decreasing endothelial cells' production of a platelet-derived growth factor (the lining of the arteries is composed of endothelial cells)
* increase the activity of another chemical derived from endothelial cells (endothelium-derived nitric oxide), which causes arteries to relax and dilate
* reduce the production of messenger chemicals called cytokines, which are involved in the inflammatory response associated with atherosclerosis
* reduce the risk of becoming obese and improve the body's ability to respond to insulin by stimulating the secretion of leptin, a hormone that helps regulate food intake, body weight and metabolism, and is expressed primarily by adipocytes (fat cells)
* help prevent cancer cell growth
What conditions or symptoms indicate a need for more high-omega-3 foods?
* Depression
* Cardiovascular Disease
* Type 2 Diabetes
* Fatigue
* Dry, itchy skin
* Brittle hair and nails
* Inability to concentrate
* Joint pain
Salmon, flax seeds and walnuts are excellent food sources of omega 3 fatty acids.
I love how all these sites first tell you how important omega3 is, and then when it comes to the "where to get it" section, they fall flat. Let's face it, a nutrient this vital to human health in every single way, would probably not be hard for humans to find, right? Or else why would humans have evolved to need it so badly? Our brains are MADE OUT OF OMEGA3! So the success of our whole species is predicated on our ability to get fish from the deepest depth of the ocean? How did cavemen do this? How do people in arid or mountain or inland environments get omega3? From salmon? From flaxseed? Have you even seen flaxseed in your entire life? I haven't! Spend a few weeks hiking through the Smoky mountains, and tell me where you find flaxseed and salmon? You don't! Here's where you get omega3- FROM MEAT!!! But here's the catch, when we make meat now, we feed the animals cereal grains, which are an unnatural food for us and for the animals. Grains knock the omega3's right out of our meat. So instead of eating grassfed beef like our ancestors did, and like the do in Europe, or ordering it from a independent American rancher, we go off searching for flaxseed, or some possibly poorly preserved gel cap. Eat grassfed beef! A quick google search will help you locate dozens of suppliers.
omega-3 fatty acids
What can high-omega-3 foods do for you?
* Reduce inflammation throughout your body
* Keep your blood from clotting excessively
* Maintain the fluidity of your cell membranes
* lower the amount of lipids (fats such as cholesterol and triglycerides) circulating in the bloodstream
* decrease platelet aggregation, preventing excessive blood clotting
* inhibit thickening of the arteries by decreasing endothelial cells' production of a platelet-derived growth factor (the lining of the arteries is composed of endothelial cells)
* increase the activity of another chemical derived from endothelial cells (endothelium-derived nitric oxide), which causes arteries to relax and dilate
* reduce the production of messenger chemicals called cytokines, which are involved in the inflammatory response associated with atherosclerosis
* reduce the risk of becoming obese and improve the body's ability to respond to insulin by stimulating the secretion of leptin, a hormone that helps regulate food intake, body weight and metabolism, and is expressed primarily by adipocytes (fat cells)
* help prevent cancer cell growth
What conditions or symptoms indicate a need for more high-omega-3 foods?
* Depression
* Cardiovascular Disease
* Type 2 Diabetes
* Fatigue
* Dry, itchy skin
* Brittle hair and nails
* Inability to concentrate
* Joint pain
Salmon, flax seeds and walnuts are excellent food sources of omega 3 fatty acids.
I love how all these sites first tell you how important omega3 is, and then when it comes to the "where to get it" section, they fall flat. Let's face it, a nutrient this vital to human health in every single way, would probably not be hard for humans to find, right? Or else why would humans have evolved to need it so badly? Our brains are MADE OUT OF OMEGA3! So the success of our whole species is predicated on our ability to get fish from the deepest depth of the ocean? How did cavemen do this? How do people in arid or mountain or inland environments get omega3? From salmon? From flaxseed? Have you even seen flaxseed in your entire life? I haven't! Spend a few weeks hiking through the Smoky mountains, and tell me where you find flaxseed and salmon? You don't! Here's where you get omega3- FROM MEAT!!! But here's the catch, when we make meat now, we feed the animals cereal grains, which are an unnatural food for us and for the animals. Grains knock the omega3's right out of our meat. So instead of eating grassfed beef like our ancestors did, and like the do in Europe, or ordering it from a independent American rancher, we go off searching for flaxseed, or some possibly poorly preserved gel cap. Eat grassfed beef! A quick google search will help you locate dozens of suppliers.
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