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Bluntly speaking, you will not get sufficient omega 3 in your diet if you are eating an American type diet. We don't eat much fish, most people prefer to eat junk food than nutritious food. We believe what we are eating is good for our health, but when reading articles and getting to know of this missing ingredient in our diet, we discover what we are lacking. The number of fatalities from heart attacks and strokes says it all.
How can Americans improve their dietary habits and live longer?...
Does Your Bathing Suit Fit Yet?
At the moment I don't have my dream body, but I'm sure that many others like me have not been successful in achieving their goals either . I have lost weight and continue to keep a tab on my eating pattern and how it enables me to burn calories. The realistic fact is, it didn't only take me a few days, weeks or months to gain this excess weight. If I am carrying the weight gained in two years on my body, how can I expect to burn fat any faster? It's going to take me longer than 2 or 3 weeks to...
For Singles Only
Have you ever gone to the bar and thought that cute looking guy that kept looking your way was single? Then after dating him for a couple of times, you find out to your utter dismay that he has another love in his life.
Most of the married men do not wear wedding rings. Most of them choose not to wear them, not because they intend to cheat, but they pretend to be unmarried.
Are you tired of checking a potential date to see if there is an indentation of a wedding band? Are you interested...
What Are People Saying About Speed Dating?
Have you ever felt awkward about it, like you would never want to do it again? Not from the sounds of it. It appears like many are returning to find another date or may have already found one most suitable for themselves.
There are many who are even using online speed dating sites. There are cases of participants meeting, dating awhile, they get involved. The wedding already in the plans. Now that appears to be a happy outcome. There are numerous success stories.
Many are giving raving...
Lower Your High Cholesterol With Omega 3
You need tremendous diet control and sometimes depend on a pill in order to maintain your cholesterol level. We are bombarded with commercials every day about different medications which could lower your cholesterol. The main problem I have with so many of them are a number of side effects they mention very fast at the end of the advertisement. I desperately want to get my cholesterol down to a manageable range with diet. However there are always some risks involved with the prescription pills....
Omega 3 and How it Helps Promote Healthy Cell Membranes
Our body is composed of many cells. Every cell is covered by a membrane that is made up of mostly fatty acids. These cell membranes help to regulate the correct level of nutrients required for each cell. It lets those nutrients in while taking out what we don't need. The garbage.
For our bodies to maintain cells that work properly, we should ensure that the cells' outer shell, the membrane, always remains in sound health and fluid. If a cell is devoid of a healthy covering around it, then it...
I Am Sick of Dieting. Are You?
Its not at all surprising, why so many people are obese. They teach us the best way to lose weight, burn fat, is to eat sparsely. Every article you read advises you to cut down on something. you are advised not to eat those 5 foods. I have read and bought the programs advertising such revelation. If you don't want to get fat, avoid eating those 5 foods. I have yet to understand what those 5 food are. It appears that they never disclose the facts about them and once you are listening to the...
Interesting Ways of Getting Omega 3
No matter how hard we try to eat enough foods containing omega 3, we will never know if we get enough of the daily required fatty acids unless we take a pill. I simply hate to take pills, but now a days I am taking them to prevent falling prey to diseases as I grow older. I also suffer from everyday aches and pains. I don't want to not be able to do things I therefore take omega 3 along with other vitamins.
You can strive to get an adequate amount of omega 3 through the diet you eat. If...
Rheumatoid Arthritis? Try Getting More Omega 3
What do you know about Rheumatoid Arthritis? I have heard of people having it but I am not certain what it really is. I have seen many people suffering from what they call a form of arthritis, but when does it develop into Rheumatoid?
Rheumatoid Arthritis is a form of arthritis which is crippling in nature. People suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis or RA get their joints swollen. Their fingers get swollen and get deformed. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a degenerative disease due to which, the...
Is Fish Oil the Only Way to Get Omega 3 in Your Diet?
Fish oil is really the best known way, but there are new methods being discovered all the time. It's not so much how you get enough omega 3 daily, it's that you do get it. Omega 3 is an essential fatty acid. Which implies that we have to get it either through a gel tab, eating fish or through items that contain it or another way that has been uncovered. Considering the fact that it is an essential fatty acid, it means that our bodies cannot manufacture it on their own just the way some people...
Include Omega 3 For Better Health
No one can promise you that you will never have heart ailments, aching joints, problems with your memory, weak bones, high cholesterol, or arthritis.Completely forgetting about your cholesterol or suffering a heart attack or stroke. You feel so much more youthful and energetic. Memory loss would be an ailment your uncle or grandparents had, but you are going great guns and remember your wedding anniversary every year. That could still be happening after you have been happily married for 50 long...
Dont Forget Your New Years Resolution
Every year we sincerely make our New Year resolutions. Some of us make a resolution that we would quit smoking. Then there are others who vow going to the church more often or following the path shown by the bible. Maybe you gave up eating lots of junk food, but the main one people make is to loose weight. We can never say for granted, how much we intend to lose or if we do it's way more than we can logically do. So we set ourselves up for failure before we even start.
You may really want to...
What If I Don't Worry About Omega 3
If you don't worry about getting omega 3 into your diet, I hope someone else is doing it for you. Do you know about the health benefits of omega 3? Omega 3 is very important for the normal functioning of our body.
It helps in keeping your blood flowing in order to prevent blood clots that could form in your arteries. It keeps brain cells healthy and regenerates the cells as needed. Your heart with taking omega 3 will be healthier and you have less chance of having a heart attack or stroke....
What Are the Omega 3's I've Been Hearing About?
The simple version of omega 3 is a group of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The fatty acids are mostly unsaturated. We desperately need this type of fat in our diet because our body cannot make omega 3 by itself.Omega 3 comes in three varieties, the alpha-linolenic acid or (ALA), the EPA and the DHA. The only type of omega 3 you can get from garden grown foods is the ALA type. DHA and EPA are found in fish, shellfish or in oils extracted from fish.
What are some plants that you could plant in...
Don't Let Yourself Get Hungry
Do you count yourself amongst one of the people that eat only once a day and are relaxed and over for the night? Or you are one of those who tend to stick to 3 meals a day no matter how hungry you get in between them? Neither of these are good things to do.
When you go hungry throughout the day without eating, your body is using up the reserves to keep going, but it will not necessarily help you to burn your excessive fat. I know some people who have such busy routines running from one...
My Doctor Supports Omega 3
I went to the doctor recently. He as usual inquired about my medications. I told him all the natural medicines I take. Hesitating, I told him about omega 3. He was impressed. He feels everyone should be taking omega 3 everyday to improve his health. Before I told him about omega 3, I felt he was being a bit too professional and uncaring. After I told him that I took it thrice a day, he grew very talkative and began to relax and chat a bit.
The doctor and I chatted about all the health...
Omega 3 is a Blood Thinner
I did not ever want to think about, but my surgery was scheduled in just a couple of days. The hospital called with all their usual questions, your name, address, insurance carrier and what medicines are you currently taking?
I had a list of things I take, but I am generally a healthy person and only take a prescription for preventing the thinning of bones. Apart from it, I was taking calcium, I also took vitamin D to help the better absorption of calcium, a daily vitamin, Glucosamine...
Have You Tried a Cleansing Diet?
Cleansing diets can be hard to do, but worth while. While on a cleansing diet, you are told not to eat any food for 3 days. I don't advocate starvation, but this is a plan to flush out all the toxins out of your system. It gives your digestive system a break away from the food you ingest in your body every day. For 3 days you do nothing but drink special drinks. You may take something first thing in the morning to clean yourself out along with laxatives, or it may call for a special fortified...
Can You Get Omega 3 From Eating Chicken?
I wish you did, but the answer is no. Chicken tastes lovely to eat in your diet as long as your bake or broil it, but it does not contain omega 3. I simply love fried chicken. Frying the chicken in canola oil could surely give it some advantages of omega 3, but using canola oil at high temperatures may also destroy the benefits of omega 3.
I am sorry to say that eating hamburgers, fries and a shake also will not give you any omega 3. These items have almost become a staple diet of most of...
Are You Burning Fat Yet
Have you been unsuccessful in seeing any positive results even after dieting and exercising regularly? Are you really sticking to a regime or you are just fooling yourself. Most diets will work if you follow them strictly. You may not follow the strict regimen for life, but even if you follow them for some time, you will surely be successful in losing weight.
I was once successful in losing weight, simply by cutting down the consumption of carbohydrates. Stopped eating potato chips, any type...
My Doctor Told Me to Loose Weight
15 years ago, I weighed nearly 119 pounds. Now for most people, that sounds like not much to weigh. But for me, being just 5 feet tall, its too much. The optimum weight for my height should have been 98 pounds. After I had my first baby, my weight stood at exactly 98 pounds. I will tell you, I appeared too skinny. I appeared quite frail when I saw myself in the photographs holding my baby girl. Who ever devised that weight chart must have been wanting a bunch of Twiggys running around, if you...
Adding Omega 3 to Your Diet
Today Omega 3 has become one of the most popular additives to our diet. So many ways of getting omega 3 have been exposed besides getting it by eating fish . The number one reason for getting enough omega 3 daily is it has been shown to be very beneficial to preventing heart disease. If you're already suffering from a heart disease, it can be quite beneficial for you too. This means that omega 3 is good for everyone. All of us need omega 3.
The most popular way to get sufficient omega 3 is...
Burn Fat by Dancing
Dancing not only helps to burn the body fat but, if done in a proper manner, it can also help to burn your stubborn belly fat. Belly fat is the fat that is lodged down deep within the tissue layers in your stomach area. most of the exercises are not at all effective for the belly fat area. Belly fat is considered to be the most stubborn as compared to the fat present on the other parts of the body. I always said I didn't want to end up with the stomach my mom has. Its not difficult either. I...
Need to Loose Weight and Burn Fat
Have you ever seen how the people jeer at the overweight people? How they criticize them even if they do not know them. Sometimes I too get targeted by the jeering crowd, when I am eating out. Maybe a person who is over weight is sitting in one of the booths eating an ice cream sundae. Remarks like, that's the last thing they need. Why is an overweight person considered to be unfit to eat anything sweet. If they are eating french fries, hearing things like, now I see why they are fat. I...
Burning Off Belly Fat
What are some good fat burning foods? I would surely like to add some of them to my diet, if I got to know about them so that, I could burn fat at a faster pace. I really would like to loose this belly bulge I have. After bearing 4 children, I'm really getting plump. I was pretty slim after my first and second child. I have found age does play a role in obtaining the body we want. I know I have to settle for not a perfect body. Would look strange to be my age and have the body of a 25 year old...
Burn Fat Even While Resting
Wow! Now that sounds like the ideal weight loss plan. I can be a couch potato and burn fat. I'm sure there's a catch somewhere. I have dieted long enough to know that the more I sit around, the less weight I loose. So what is the gimmick?
Its not a gimmick. It only takes common sense to know that you cannot loose weight being inactive. You do need to go in for some type of activity before you settle down to watch the late night movie.
Many people think that if you do workouts that...
How Can I Burn Fat?
Everyone has his own idea about slimming down and burning fat. According to some articles, doing cardio workouts will not will not let you get your slim figure you are looking for, there are some people who aver that weight lifting and spot reduction is not doing it either. How do we honestly know what is the right way to burn fat?
In my opinion, it is not at all possible to find that perfect method. Even every doctor you visit, will have a different opinion. They will usually advise you to...
Exercise to Burn Fat
I'm on a strict diet, I watch my food intake very carefully, especially the portions of the food I'm taking, still I wonder, why my weight loss is so slow. How can I speed it up a little. Spring will be here before we know it and I need to fit back into that bathing suit. I hate going to the beach looking like some of those people that should not be seen out in public wearing a bathing suit. I am 57 years old, I know I will never look like a 25 year old, but I want to look the best I can for my...
Omega 3 May Prevent You From Dieing Young Due to Disease
Are you ready to accept it as a destiny, that you are sure to suffer from depression, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases as you age? Are you prepared for the fact that you could die of cancer someday? These are all either chronic or fatal diseases, are you really going to just sit there and let them consume your body because that is what has happened possibly to your grandparents, parents or siblings?
The vast majority of people assume that one of these fatal diseases mentioned above...
Omega 3 Can Help You Maintain A Healthy Heart
All fats aren't created equal. The omega 3 fatty acids come under the category, which are essential to our bodies, unlike other fats that cause our bodies to suffer from diseases. By the term "Essential Fats" we mean that unlike other fats, they cannot be manufactured in-house within our bodies. You need to get them through external sources such as eating the right foods or taking supplements. Plus they are good for our bodies.
Why in the first place do we need omega 3 fatty acids? Without...
Do Fad Diets Burn Fat
It is quite possible that some fad diets do burn the excessive fat, but is it a diet you can live with for the rest of your life? They always have testimonials listed as to how well they work. They also show pictures of people who have lost weight and burned off the excessive fat in a remarkably short time. Do you really believe it is all possible? I believe it is possible to lose weight by following a fad diet, but I don't think the diet is one I can stick with. It is quite impractical to eat...
Make Your Body a Fat Burning Machine
As you are exercising, your muscles are using a combination of fats and carbohydrates. How they are used depends on how long and how difficult your work out is. the fat is burnt while you exercise. Fat does require an increase of oxygen to get the best fat burning results. If your main reason for exercising is to burn fat, don't think that if you go faster in a shorter length of time, that you will burn fat faster. The fact is, walking at 3.0 miles an hour for a thirty minutes will burn more...
The Omega 3 Fatty Acids
If only years ago we had known how important omega 3 is for our over all health and well being. Many of us would not have been suffering from many of the ailments that have gripped us today. People suffering with chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and types of arthritis may not be suffering had they taken omega 3. The older people suffering with memory loss, vision problems and heart problems may be healthier. We may not see cases of eczema, depression, or mood swings. Children may...
Savi Seeds, Another Great Source of Omega 3
As the information is starting to be absorbed by people, the requirement for the sources of omega 3 is growing. Many people avoid the omega 3 derived from fish oil due to the toxic metals that could be packaged into the oil. They don't even want to eat the cold water oily fish for fear of ingesting mercury. Getting omega 3 in your diet is very important in healing and prevention of diseases.
There are many ways to get omega 3 apart from fish. Flax seed, English walnuts, canola oil, sunflower...
Dieting and Burning Fat
What is a good diet? A low carbohydrate diet can be a good option to start a weight loss program but it may not be beneficial in the long run. Your body uses carbohydrates for energy. You will loose weight at first, but once you start eating carbohydrates, you will start gaining the unnecessary fat. A starvation diet is never a good option. I have done it. Lost weight too, but it's very unhealthy for you. You have no extra energy to do the things you need to do. When you start eating again,...
How to Burn Fat
Do you think that popping the newest fat burning pill on the market would be really helpful in burning off those ugly spots of fat that have formed around your midsection? I truly have my doubts it will. If a diet pill ever comes out that really works, we won't hear it first on the Internet, or in an ad in a magazine or on Television. It will travel so fast by word of mouth. It will spread like wildfire, like the news of a disaster that just happened. Everyone would be jumping to tell others...
Do You Need to Burn Fat?
That seems to be a fairly common problem. Over eating never seems to cause any problem to us . We enjoy our food a lot, but we dread to see ourselves in the mirror. If we didn't over eat to begin with, there would be no problem. But it becomes really hard to eat right in today's fast paced life.
Where do you think, all the fat in your body goes? Women it's the hips. In case of men, the fat teds to accumulate around the belly . A lot of men have skinny legs and a big beer belly. Beer...
Americans Are Overweight
In the early 60's a study was conducted to determine if you are obese. It was deemed that if a lady is 5 feet tall and weighs less than 140 pounds, she is not considered to be obese. Go pass that 140 pound mark and you are overweight. That was good/bad news for me. I am a woman, 5 ft tall, and I weigh 140 pounds. That's good news because it implies that I'm not much overweight and don't have to loose much in order to be in shape. The bad news is that I still am overweight. A man who is 6 feet...
Are You Ready to Burn Fat?
Quite many people are now seriously thinking about losing weight. How they want their stomachs to have that rock hard look again. No more love handles, cellulite, jiggly butts, or belly fat. Everyone wants a trim lean look but how can you accomplish it?
You can be successful in losing weight only if you eat well balanced meals, the selection of your choice for snacks is good that is low in sugar and fat, and do your exercise daily. Many will be disappointed by the fact that they may not be...
Burn Fat and Calories
Loosing weight is a challenge but can be less of a dramatic change of life than many make it. When someone tells you they are going on a diet, what do you imagine? I know I view them with a plate of carrots and cauliflower for dinner, an apple and a hunk of cheese maybe for lunch and a special cereal for breakfast. I know, I did it all backwards. You eat breakfast first each day. Why do people think they have to suffer to burn fat and calories?
I'm not a dietitian, a nurse or a doctor, but I...
It's Time to Get Into Shape for Spring
The holidays for you may be over or close to being over and as usual the scale is no longer your friend. Maybe you gained a couple of pounds from all those delicious goodies and fattening meals you have been eating or maybe you gained a lot. No matter, we don't want to keep all that excess fat on our body. We need to get our body to start burning fat and not starve ourselves doing it.
This really sounds unbelievable Is a person really able to loose weight without going on a starvation...
How Do I Burn Fat?
I am tired of being obese. I hear advertisements all the time telling me about new products to use to help me burn fat. To get that perfect body. My buttocks are too big, my stomach pouches out and I just feel very lazy. Do I have to compromise with this weight gain as I grow older? Why bother with it. Maybe I should just enjoy life.
I know that is how we all feel sometimes. Loosing weight can be such a challenge and there are many proven ways to loose it, but you have to find the way that...
Why Are We Getting Fat?
Today quite many people are getting obese. Most of them cannot find the reason behind it. Do they have a low metabolism? Is it in their genes? These are some of the excuses people use at times because they really don't understand what they should eat.
I hate the way people view over-weight people. I agree there is something maybe they could do to help themselves, but what is it? Every person has different needs and reasons for being obese or even under weight.
Many over weight people...
Your New Years Resolution
It's that time of year again. As the new year is rising on the horizon, we are all thinking how we might do things a little different in the coming year. Maybe this year you will pen a book you have been talking about. Or is this the year that you are going to upgrade that kitchen and bath? We all start the year out with a lot of plans on doing things to make the next year even better.
What is the most popular resolution most people make? Is it reading more books, studying your Bible daily,...
The Three Kinds of Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Omega 3 fatty acids come in three different types: eicosapentanoic acid (EPA), docosahexanoic acid (DHA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Most of the people are well aware about the EPA and DHA. These two types of fish oil can be found in salmon, halibut, sardines and other cold water oily type fish. Most don't know a lot about the ALA type that is found in flax seeds, canola oil and walnuts.
EPA and DHA are considered to be the best sources of getting enough omega 3 in the diet. They are...
Why Should I Worry About Omega 3?
If you are asking this question, then you have not kept yourself updated with the latest researches on how good omega 3 is. How it can help your heart stay healthy. It can reduce inflammation cutting the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Omega 3 can help keep your blood pressure in a proper range. You can decrease the level of your bad cholesterol and increase the level of the good cholesterol.
Decrease your chances of developing rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimers disease, loss of bone, loss...
What Was I Doing Wrong?
I grew up in a family that had to eat only low fat or non fat foods because my father had high triglycerides and mom having high cholesterol. Meat became a taboo on the dining table. Milk had to be two percent. Everything in our cupboards had to be low fat. So what was the reason behind our health issues? We were eating how the doctor told us to. What then was the reason behind our obesity?
As I child, I learned from mom how to buy and fix our meals. She was a good cook. My mom taught me all...
Scientific Evidence about Omega 3 and Heart Benefits
There have been many scientific trials completed to and try to evaluate the benefits of omega 3 for the heart. It has been noticed that when the heart is experiencing (contraction) of the heart muscles of the ventricle chambers, it could be the cause of a fatal heart attack. The contractions don't occur steadily and they start to quiver instead of contracting as they are supposed to do. If this is not stopped , the result can be cardiac arrest in a patient and death. Omega 3 fatty acids have...
What is the Healthy Ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3
It's very important for your over all health that you maintain a healthy level of the omega 6 to omega 3 in your body. In fact its very critical indeed. These two omega fatty acids are called essential fatty acids. Our bodies need both of them but over doing either can cause problems. The best way to get these two fatty acids into the body is by eating the right foods or through supplements. They are called essential because our body cannot produce them on its own like omega 9 fatty acid.
If...
Vitamin F Fatty Acids
Vitamin F is often talked about when speaking about the essential fatty acids or EFA. It consist of the fatty acids: linoleic or LA and alpha-linoleic acid or LNA. LA is the most complete fatty acid of the two. LA and LNA are also the two basic types of EFA. Omega 3 and omega 6 contain both LA and gamma-linoleic acid. These are essential fatty acids or EFA since our body is unable to produce them on its own]. It is also responsible for repairing and regenerating new tissues in our body.
In...
Using Omega 3 to Ward off development of Cataracts
As we age, we become more vulnerable to the development of cataracts. Smoking, alcohol consumption and too much exposure to ultraviolet light could be some of the major reasons behind the development of cataract. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness not only in the United States but in the whole world. It is very much possible to ward off cataracts with omega 3 fatty acids.
With the development of cataract the lens of your eyes turn cloudy. The purpose of the lens is supposed to let...
What is Coronary Heart Disease?
If you follow the health blogs closely, you will read how coronary heart disease, or CHD is the number 1 cause of death for most of the people in the US. It has been found that taking omega 3 can help prevent this disease from happening.
What is CHD?
Your chest could be feeling painful or just uncomfortable. It could resemble how it would feel if someone was giving you a bear hug or just a mild pressure feeling. This could be possibly the result of the blood flowing to your heart having...
Converting Omega 3 ALA to DHA and EPA
ALA along with DHA and EPA are essential fatty acids which our bodies cannot manufacture on its own. We need to take them either in food or supplemental form.
The omega 3 from fish, tuna, salmon, mackerel and halibut , is more quickly absorbed into our systems than the ALA type. When we eat them, our bodies start absorbing the omega 3 benefits right away. It gets into the blood stream quicker and to the organs that it most benefits.
The ALA type, obtained from the plants, need to be...
What is the Problem with Trans Fatty Acids?
With the increasing awareness about the dangers of fatty acids, how they increase the risks of our developing heart problems, the food industry began searching for an alternative.
Saturated fats come from animal products such as, meat, lard, and dairy. It is also found in coconut and palm oil. This type of fat increases our LDL cholesterol or bad cholesterol. Unsaturated fats come from vegetable oils and don't raise the LDL. It is surely a better option to be preferred. Fried food has always...
Omega Fatty Acids What Are They?
What exactly are these fatty acids we keep hearing about daily. Omega 3 and omega 6 are being regularly highlighted as a hot topic on all forms of media, as a result of which, we are becoming more informed about them. There is actually a third type of omega fatty acid that we don't hear about, it's omega 9. It could be because it does not need to be sold across the counter. It is manufactured in nouse by our body itself. The other two are essential fatty acids we have to get from food or...
Who Needs Vitamin K?
All of us need Vitamin K. If you are taking omega 3, eating fish, have thinning bones, diabetes, IBS, Celiac or Crohns disease, heart problems or if anyone in your near family has been diagnosed with with heart problems, and if you are post-menopausal. People who are eating a high amount of fat in their diet, it could be omega 3, omega 6 or omega 9, the type is of no concern, just that the increased fat intake increases the person's requirement for vitamin K and E.
Vitamin K helps thin the...
Become an Omega 3 Man
Do you want to be full of energy and feel like a superhero, all set to get up out of bed every morning and greet a new sunshine?
All of us would love to be that way. Like when we were kids. Just lazing in the bed as the first sunshine penetrated into the room waiting to hear mom or dad moving around in their room giving us a sign that it's time to get up.
With the ageing process, we no longer have that drive, or zest to keep us going. What happens to this drive? What are the changes in...
Omega 3 The Healthy Fat
In my humble opinion, the best alternative of getting omega 3 is through supplements. In this manner you know how much you are getting a day and not just guessing did I eat sufficient tuna today, or how many more seeds do I need to eat to make sure I had enough. I myself take 3 Gel tabs of flax seed oil a day with my meals. I feel confident. Most of the processed foods that we consume daily such as potato chips, bread, lunch meats, do not contain any omega 3 . It is found in in tuna and salmon....
Omega 3 and Hormone Replacement in Females
Are you a women approaching or already feeling the affects of menopause? Your hormones are no longer balanced and you experience hot flashes, irregular periods. Are you concerned about the strength of your bones? You are not alone. Even though it may seem you are, sometimes there is really no one with whom you can share your thoughts. I know at my house they think my hot flashes are funny. Well, they aren't. I am one of the lucky ones. My hot flashes were a lot worse, now they are milder. I...
Benefits of Omega 3 for Type 2 Diabetes
Are you over weight? Have high blood pressure or are you a couch potato? Do you know that you are at risk for type 2 diabetes?. According to rough estimates about 9% of the total population above 20 years of age is prone to type 2 diabetes. Many researches have been conducted on the benefits of omega 3 fatty acids obtained from cold water fish. The research has found that adding omega 3 to your diet may indeed help the battle against diabetes 2. The DHA and the EPA found in fish can possibly...
Is Omega 3 Our Fountain of Youth?
There are a plethora of products tantalizing displayed on the drug and health food stores, which promise you to make you look young . It's in your make-up, lotions and creams that you apply to your face. They only make your face appear younger, at least that is what they are supposed to do. What about the rest of your body? Having the face of a 35 year old at 50 but the body of a 60 year old or so, isn't good either. How can we keep our whole body young. Our heart, all of our skin, bones,...
Omega 3 May Help Win the Battle of the Bulge
Almost daily stories crop up in the newspapers and tabloids on how to get rid of belly fat. What they rarely print is that Omega 3 can help you win that battle. A diet rich in omega 3 will not burn the fat all by itself but it is an additional benefit. Apart from eating well, doing a little weight lifting, and reducing the amount of your alcohol intake, omega 3 may help that stomach bulge.
Doing 100 sit ups a day wont give you a flat stomach. You may require more pain killers to ease your...
Sources of Omega 3 if You Are a Vegetarian
The vegetarians or vegans need to be extra cautious about their diets, in order to ensure that they are getting sufficient omega 3 . You need to obtain a balance of the two fatty acids, omega 3 and omega 6. A good ratio to follow is 2:1 or 4:1. The problem with the American diet is that the omega 6's are so much easier to get into your diet than the omega 3 is. It's easy to have to much omega 6.
There are three types of omega 3:
*ALA can be got from many foods, and is the right choice for...
Does Omega 3 Keep Eskimos Healthier
Eskimos have less heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and skin problems. What is the reason behind that? They eat a lot of very high in fat fish? You may be thinking that eating a high fat diet would put them more at risk for these diseases. They consume a lot of whale, seal and salmon. After doing a thorough research on Eskimo diet and what they were chiefly eating, it was noticed that although the fish was very fatty, they contain a good type of fat. The fish was rich in omega 3...
Does Your Cats Food Contain Omega 3?
Cats need omega 3 fatty acids too. They in fact need omega 3 for almost the same reason as we need it. Getting enough omega 3 in their diet keeps their heart, nervous system and joints healthy. It also keeps their skin healthy and the coat shiny. When you see an animal with a nice shiny coat and not scratching all the time, they appear a lot healthier. Too much scratching results in raw spots that can get infected.
I've been doing a lot of reading up on omega 3. I know that you won't find it...
All Dietary Fat is Bad for You, Or is it?
When I was a child, my dad was diagnosed with extremely high triglyceride levels in his blood. It resulted in switching over to low or no fat diet for our whole family. That was certainly a big change. Whole milk before, now 2%. The skimmed milk that our mother tried was out rightly rejected by all the kids.
The red meat was totally out from our diet. Spaghetti and meatballs became less meat and more sauce and noodles. Tuna casserole was okay with everyone. There were lots of noodles in the...
Which Has More Omega 3, Water or Oil Packed Tuna?
Checking out the cans of tuna at the super market was very confusing indeed. Some of them were "water packed", while others were "oil packed". Why would they pack it two different ways? I remember as a child, I ate tuna packed in oil. We would open the can, squeeze as much as we could out, then hold the can under running water to try and rinse the oil off. I also remember it tasted better than the water packed we eventually started eating once family members started having cholesterol and...
Some Infant Formulas Contain Omega 3
Are you aware that Omega 3 DHA is being added in the infant foods? Top experts recommend the addition of both, omega 3 DHA as well as omega 6 AA in the infant foods. This recommendation came from a group representing 11 different countries. Although breast feeding is considered to be the best, but if due to any reason, it is not possible, then supplements containing omega 3 DHA and omega 6 AA are the best options.
Omega 3, DHA falls in the polyunsaturated fatty acid group. It is considered...
Omega 3, Essential to our Health
Lately quite many benefits of adding Omega 3 to our diet are emerging to light. It has been observed that Eskimos suffer lesser from heart problems. This is because fish forms a part of their staple diet. Adding oily cold water fish helps us to have lesser health issues.
It is thought that omega 3 can provide you the protection against many ailments . It protects our heart, lowers our cholesterol, and raises the good type of cholesterol. It is also helpful in the cases of arthritis, skin...
Macular Degeneration and Omega 3
It is the old people who suffer from macular degeneration. Most of the people may not even have heard of this disease, until someone near and dear to them starts showing signs of it. This disease can be prevented by taking ample amounts of omega 3.
Macular Degeneration is a progressive disease that affects your center vision. You need centre vision to be able to read and drive. My father has given up driving now and uses a magnifying glass which lights up to enable him to read.
The...
Most People Do Not Get Enough Omega 3 in Their Diet
Are you one of those, who don't take omega 3 regularly? Omega 3 is a very essential nutrient that needs to be included in every ones diet, but many are lacking it. It is very important for both your heart and your brain.
Omega 3 is a fatty acid that has been put through thousands of clinical trials and has been proven to be important for protecting you against many diseases. It is very important for someone at risk for developing or may already have cardiovascular disease to take.
You can...
Could Omega 3 Decrease the Swelling of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients
If you are a patient of rheumatoid arthritis, you know how painful the joints are and how the tissue swells around them. Did you know that it also affects some of the other organs? This progressive disease affects your skin, lungs as well as your heart. Women are more at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. Men usually don't fall in the high risk category. As the disease progresses, the cartilage deteriorates and the joints become deformed. The bones can begin to wear...
Include Omega 3 in Your Diet to Improve Your Life
You need to take some positive steps and lead a regimented lifestyle, if you want to live long and healthy. For this purpose, you should exercise regularly, sleep well, eat a balanced diet, be sociable, and most important of all, take omega 3 regularly. These are all steps that may enable you to stay healthy until your later years in life.
If you exercise, you will maintain a healthier body weight which is important for all over good health. It helps you to remain mobile, take quick...
Having Bouts of Depression? Try Adding Omega 3 to Your Diet
Are you having a bout of depression? Not just a little upset because the stock market dropped again or the scale in the bathroom just has to be broken. I am talking about the type of depression that leads to unstable behaviour, mood swings, and possible serious results.
It has been found that our western diet could possibly be contributing to these bouts of depression. We consume too much of omega 6 and very less of omega 3. Did you know that in countries such as Japan and Iceland they fewer...
Omega 3 May Improve Your Memory
A healthy diet along with exercise and taking a daily dose of omega 3 may help you improve your memory. You should include cold water fish, such as salmon and trout in your diet along with leafy green vegetables, walnuts, blue berries, and green tea to help keep your brain healthy.
A healthy brain needs DHA. Where do you find DHA?. Our body cannot synthesize it on its own. You need to get it from the foods you eat, such as salmon, or through Omega 3 supplements. Our diet is so full of junk...
What If Someone Told You That Omega 3 Could Help Your Child Do Better In School
Who doesnt want their child to be a genius? I am not saying that omega 3 will do that, but it is important for the development of brain. Chances are very high that without proper amounts of omega 3 in the diet of a child, they could develop attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. We have all heard of children being on medicine for that disorder. Many of them behave like zombies. I would rather deal with their being overly active then that.
It has been found that many children...
What Is Omega 3
After all this concern about eating a diet low in fat, did you ever think that your doctor would tell you to start eating more fat? Well, not just any type of fat. Omega 3 fatty acids the development of your over all health. Your body cannot produce omega 3 on its own like cholesterol the bad type of fat. In order to get the essential fat of Omega 3, you need to incorporate more of salmon, tuna or halibut in your diet. Some not so tasty sounding foods such as algae and krill, plus some other...
Revealed-Omega 3 Could Prevent Cancer
If you eat a fat rich diet, it will increase your chances of developing many types of cancer. But you're surely not advised to forego the fat entirely. In fact some types of fat provide protection against cancer. You should choose the right types of fat, and eat them moderately.
"Saturated Fats" and Trans Fats are the two types, that are most likely to increase the risk of cancer. The main sources of Saturated Fats are full cream milk, eggs, red meat etc. Trans Fats, which are also known as...
Important Information About Omega 3 and Your Dogs Health
It does not matter if your dog is an active dog that runs around chasing squirrels or a couch potato that loves lying beside you watching cartoons on TV. All of them require adequate amounts of Omega 3 fatty acids in their diet. Both omega 6 and omega 3 are very important fatty acids for the dogs. As with their owners, dogs can get excessive omega 6 and insufficient omega 3 in their diet. They need a ratio of 5:1 to 10:1 with the higher number being omega 6.
Chicken and pork fats are rich in...
Omega 3 Fish Oil or Flax Seed Oil
You must have heard how omega 3 is so good for you, how it can help prevent disease and also be helpful in case you're already suffering from one, so you went to the pharmacy to buy some. Once at the store you are faced with the options of different brands, dosages and types. Your first preference is omega 3, now what do you do?
Which is best? Is fish oil better than flax seed oil or is flax seed oil best? What should you do? You try to ask others for their opinion, but if you are also like...
Preventing Heart Disease With Omega 3
You got the bad news on the visit to your doctor. All the test they took, Stress test, ECG, Blood Test and many more. The results that came out were quite undesirable.
You have coronary heart disease,(CHD) which is due to the narrowing of the small blood vessels that transport blood and oxygen to the heart. Coronary Heart Disease is the main cause behind majority of deaths for both men and women in America.
CHD is due to plaque collecting along your artery walls which slows down the rate...
What is Omega 3 Fatty Acid
Among all types of essential fatty acids, Omega 3 Fatty Acids have a very important role. Although human body manufactures most of the essential fatty acids, Omega 3 fatty acids have to be supplemented externally through food. They are chiefly found in fish. Salmon, Tuna, Algae, Krill and Nut Oils are some of the rich sources of Omega 3. Also commonly known as Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids or PUFA's, they play a very important role in the functioning of the brain and the normal development and...
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