Health Benefits of OMEGA 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Fish oil contains omega 3 fatty acids, unsaturated oils that can help prevent heart disease. The body can also make it from alpha-linolenic acid.

Health Benefits from the Daily Consumption of Omega 3 :

• Improve blood flow
• Help in removing cholesterol from the blood and fatty deposit from artery.
• Reduce blood clotting
• Help repair damaged tissue due to a lack of oxygen in the body.
• Helps combat skin disorders like Psoriasis and Eczema
• Slows the advance of multiple sclerosis.
• Slows the effects from the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
• Slows the growth of cancerous tumors.

One of the principal fatty acids is Omega-3 (liloleic acid) as well as Omega-9 (oleic acid, olive oil), which along with Omega-3 have therapeutic properties.

Linolenic acid can be converted into eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which is the precursor to the 3 series prostaglandins 3 are favorable prostaglandins, while prostaglandins of the 2 series are not good. The reason is, prostaglandins of the 2 series promote platelet stickiness, bad factor that contributes to hardening of the cardiovascular system. Another important omega-3 oil is the DHA Docosahexaenoico acid.

Omega-9 (oleic acid, olive oil). Oleic acid or omega-9 is monounsaturated oil because it contains 18 carbons and one double bond at ninth carbon molecule.