Do you know which country has the longest life expectancy for men? According to the United Nations statistics,  Icelandic men now are in the lead for a long life, even longer than the Japanese life expectancy for men.

While in the U.S. men live 77 years, Icelandic men are now living to an average of 80 years according to United Nations statistics. There is such good health in Iceland that they have less heart disease, high blood pressure and strokes than apparently any other nationality.

Why do they live such healthy long lives in Iceland despite the dark winters and cold weather? The main reason appears to be their diet. They eat a LOT of fresh fish which contain healthy Omega 3. Most ocean fish are now loaded with mercury, but the waters in Iceland are cleaner. Did you know that Omega 3 is needed for a healthy brain and heart?

The best source for Omega 3 fat is from cold water oily fish like tuna, mackerel or salmon. Omega 3, unlike many fats, is a 'good' fat and is needed by our the body to keep healthy.

Our bodies can't make Omega 3, so we need to include it in our foods or in our supplements. This oil is found mostly in oily fish. It can also, in lower doses, be found in vegetable oils like fax seed oil and in some seeds and nuts, like walnuts and flax seeds. It's a good habit to include several servings of nuts per week in your diet.

Eating a lot of fish isn't recommended these days because of the high levels of mercury in so most of our fish. Hence, it's a very smart idea to get your Omega 3 through supplements. Supplements from fish are the best source.

There are several on the market. One is even called Iceland Health and is made from fish in Iceland. The Icelandic company was started in 1938. They began with exporting cod liver oil and much of it came to the US. They have been researching and producing fish oils for over 60 years.

Although tuna is one of the favorite sandwiches in the United States, the Environmental Defense’s Health Alert list suggests that kids should not have canned tuna more than once a month. Because they are still developing there is a high risk of problems with their brain development and it can affect their problem solving skills and coordination skills later in life. Even a small of amount of mercury on a consistent basis is dangerous to their health.

Of the two main kinds of tuna 'Canned Light' has less mercury. 'Canned Albacore', also called solid/chunk white, is a larger predatory and has more mercury. 'Canned Light' is usually a tuna called 'Skipjack' which is a smaller fish with about 1/3 the mercury.

Do read the label on the 'Canned Light' cans and if it says 'Yellowfin Tuna' that also has about the same amount of mercury as 'Albacore'. It's also called 'gourmet.' The safest option is to get most of your omega 3 from a good supplement like Iceland Health.