What are the Health Benefits of Omega-3’s?
HEART HEALTH It is well established that eating fish, especially coldwater fatty fish such as Alaska salmon have many profound benefits to heart health and health in general. The American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association, the Arthritis Foundation and the American Diabetes Association would not recommend eating fish, particularly cold water fatty fish, at least two times per week were the benefits not so well documented and compelling. In general, people who eat sufficient seafood are healthier than those who don’t. It is estimated that 90% of the U.S. population does not consume enough omega-3’s. Prior to the adoption of a more Westernized diet, rates of heart disease and diabetes were very little among Eskimos and Inuit peoples, whose traditional diets were very high in fat. This key observation is the one that clued modern science to the truth about fats, and how they are not all created equal! The following is a list of documented and theorized benefits of Omega-3
