Fish Oil Fast Fact #161: A New Twist on Heart Health
Posted by Michael Byrd on Nov 06 2009 | Tagged as: Fish Oil
If you have heard about fish oil, omega 3 and heart health a million times before, then you may be tempted to start skimming – well don’t. Because this news may be new. We all know that the omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil from fatty fish like salmon can be major contributors to a healthy heart, in addition to preventing strokes and possibly even delaying or preventing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
However, most conventional wisdom about how to get omega 3 fatty acids into your daily diet may actually be a little misleading. For years, health organizations have recommended that you eat fatty fish once or twice a week in order to increase your omega 3 intake. However, since most western diets are so incredibly low in omega 3, this actually may not be nearly enough to effect the positive impact on your health that you are trying to achieve. In fact, you could be doing this already and still actually have an omega 3 deficiency. In reality, you would need to consume almost 2 pounds of fish a day in order to insure that you were getting sufficient amounts of omega 3 fatty acid in your diet. But if that sounds like a little too much fish for you, try a daily dietary supplement instead.
