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The Head-to-Toe Healing Effects of Omega-3s

Omega-3s Help Your Heart Omega-3s stabilize the buildup of plaque on the walls of the arteries, preventing hardening of arteries and subsequent rising blood pressure. These flexible fats accomplish...

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Essential Fats: All About Omegas

Fatty acids are the basic building blocks and the main nutritional component of fats. The body requires about twenty fatty acids in order to live and operate. It can make all but two of these:...

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Omega-3 and DHA For Students

DHA is the primary structural component of brain tissue, so it stands to reason that a deficiency of DHA in the diet could translate into a deficiency in brain function. In fact, research is...

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Omega-3 and DHA Food Sources

The best sources of DHA are: seafood, algae, and especially coldwater fish. Omega-3 fatty acids are nature’s antifreeze. In general, the colder the water, the higher the omega-3 content in the fish...

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Omega-3 and DHA as Brain Food

Fats make up sixty percent of the brain and the nerves that run every system in the body. So, it stands to reason that the better the fat in the diet, the better the brain. So, with all the fat eaten...

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