Consuming too much of almost anything, including water, can spell problems as any fluid or mass has certain level of contaminants in it. The concern should be not about their presence of them in particular substance such as fish oil but more about the levels of contamination. Therefore, patients who take more than 3 grams (3000 mg) of Omega-3 fatty acids through supplementation a day should be observed by a physician.
As it has been revealed earlier there are various kinds of oily fish which are suitable for Omega-3 fatty acids extraction. This leads to the question about what is the best kind of fish for obtaining all these healthy benefits talked about. I won’t hold the answer till the end of the article and reveal it straight away, which is salmon. What I think you will be interested in knowing is how eating salmon compares to taking fish oil capsules made out of the same fish.
You may be just considering taking fish oil daily or hesitating to buy it because of its unknown side effects that concern you. That is a normal human reaction to anything unknown. This article contains information that will help to air your concerns regarding regular fish oil intake and risks that may be associated with it.
Currently more parents who are being concerned about side effects of conventional medications turn to natural fish oil first. It becomes the choice in treatment of not only mood disorders but also different other developmental diseases such as autism, dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Some practitioners suggest that fish oil therapy can increase attention and focus. A clinical study in Australia found that parents, whose kids received regular dose of fish oil, noticed improvements in concentration of their kids who stayed on focus better.
Recommended dose for a child is 1,000 milligrams daily and up to 2,000 milligrams for an adult…
Based on observation that confirms fish oil ability to cure depression (see this article) another research on effect of Omega-3 acids on brain functions was conducted at the Oxygen Research Center in Melbourne, Australia. This time a more scientific study reviewed the effect of fish oil on prevention of Schizophrenia in patients subjective to this disease.
Can eating fish cure depression and generally improve our moods? A research based on scientifically and clinically proven facts suggests the answer to be yes. This is confirmed by several evidence lines that support role of Omega-3 acids, which are found in fish oil, in depression.
First of all, population surveys directly link the eating of big amounts of oily fish (full of Omega-3 fatty acids) to decreased rates of depression. This fact further gets proved in neurochemical studies performed on animals when looking at brain chemistry.
Read more about fish oil effects and supplements at this blog…
Unlike with oily fish full of DHA and EPA the main benefit of Cod Liver Oil is its high level of Vitamin D, that can normally be supplied by the sun. With current life style, where people spend more time indoors than outdoors, the deficiency of Vitamin D in human body becomes obvious, especially in children. The lack of this nutrient is connected to several diseases, including diabetes and rickets. The vitamin is necessary to prevent the latter bone disease, which occur more often in people now than before.
Another reason for that is the fact that children are no longer receive a daily dose of cod liver oil also thought to be influencing the situation.
The best source of Omega-3s is oily fish such as tuna and mackerel. Other food supplies including seeds of pumpkin wholemeal bread and cereals contain it too. However, they contain Omega-3 in another chemical than fishes, which makes it more complicated for the body to extract them and convert into EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) valuable for health. So, getting enough supplements from these types of fish products proved to be difficult.
A week ago scientists operating in the University of California suggested that Omega-3 component of fish oil increased lifespan of body cells. This has been discovered after several heart disease patients were examined on DNA damage rate. The patients who took Omega-3 supplements regularly has shown slow down of it. That fact means improved protection against inflammation and the ageing process of human.
So - does fish oils actually help look younger and live longer?
Heather Yuregir from the British Nutrition Foundation confirms that it is possible, even though longer research needs to be done in order to observe anti-ageing effect.
‘The research opened a possibility that fish oils can protect against ageing process which reveals yet another benefit of adding fish oil products into the diet’…
A great interest is linked to fish oil ability in boosting brain power and prevention of brain disease. Various studies have revealed that DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) contained in the oil can decrease the formation of plaque that causes Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Lack of Omega-3 connected to depression and there is some indication that fish oils may help patients suffering from it.
DHA has been exhibited to support foetal brain development.
However, parents who give their children fish oil pills to improve their performance at exams might be wasting money, as facts for fish oils increasing intelligence are arguable…
