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Omega-3 Fatty Acids (fish oil) World Wide Attention
Worldwide attention was first drawn to the amazing properties of the long-chain omega 3 fatty acids when Bang and Dyerburg, two Danish researcher working in the 1970s, went to study the Inuit people of Greenland to see if they had a high incidence of cardiovascular disease, since their diets, rich in fatty fish, seal and whale blubber were so high in fat.
To their astonishment, the Inuit, living on their traditional diets, had a much lower incidence of cardiovascular disease than the Danish people did. What was their secret?
Analysis of the blood fats of the Inuits revealed that they had high levels of two unusual fatty acids – eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA), which are long chain omega-3 fatty acids. The traditional Inuit diet contributed between 15 and 20 grams of these unusual fats every day.
Since the 1970s, hundreds of thousands of studies by scientists all over the world continue to document the health promoting and life enhancing properties of these amazing long-chain omega-3 lipids. Eating a diet rich in omega-3s can support the health of our heart, joints, eyes, immune system, skin and nervous system, support healthy moods, maintain sharp minds into our golden years, help our bodies maintain a normal and healthy inflammatory process, and possibly even help increase our life span.
Plants (such as flaxseed, hempseed, canola oil, purslane) contain a shorter chain omega-3 oil known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is also important to good health, but does not have the same health sustaining properties as its longer chain relatives EPA and DHA. Research has shown that the human body has a very limited ability to convert ALA into EPA and DHA, so these must be obtained from the diet for optimal health.
The unfolding story of the Omega-3s has revealed that these specific fatty acids support good health throughout the entire human life cycle - from unborn babies to healthy active senior citizens.
DHA- The Brain and Heart Omega-3
Life Plus has been marketing high quality marine source omega-3 oils since the early 1980s. Recent research has begun to highlight the specific roles of the longest chain omega-3 DHA. Our brains are 60% lipids, and between a quarter and a third of that lipid is DHA, which plays a major structural role in brain cell membranes. Given the high availability of other fats in the diet, and the low availability of DHA in modern diets, it is quite possible that many people are struggling through life with other fatty acids taking the place of DHA in their brains. At both ends of the age spectrum, DHA is showing up as a major factor in maintaining and protecting the one thing that defines us as human beings - our cognitive function.
DHA naturally occurs in breast milk, and levels of DHA in breast milk correlate with the mother's dietary intake of DHA. A study published in the July-August 2004 issue of the journal Child Development showed that infants whose mothers had higher blood levels of DHA at the time of delivery showed better development of attention over the first two years of their lives. Low blood levels of DHA have been correlated with general memory decline in healthy elderly people, and an intervention trial published in the October 2006 issue of Archives of Neurology showed that DHA supplementation clearly supports the maintenance of healthy memory in an aging population.
School-aged children and teenagers need omega-3s for optimum performance at school. We have all heard the saying; “fish is brain food.” Far from being an old wive's tale, it's true, and DHA may be the primary reason. Studies have shown that children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have significantly lower levels of DHA in their blood than healthy kids.
E-32: The Unique Blend of Super-Potent Fat-Soluble Antioxidants - To Preserve Omega-3s and You, Too.
Another stand-out feature of OmeGold is its proprietary mix of essential plant oils, which are fat-soluble (oil-based) antioxidants – not only that, but they are the most potent fat soluble antioxidants known. The weakest are 50 times more potent than vitamin E, and the strongest is 5,000 times more potent than vitamin E. Why oil-based antioxidants? Our bodies are comprised of two “worlds” – one water-based and the other oil-based. Because oil and water do not mix, we need specific antioxidants for each “world.” Products like Proanthenols OPC provide superb water-soluble antioxidants, but you need an oil to carry oil-soluble antioxidants like those found in our unique essential plant-oil mix. OmeGold is natural for this purpose.
An added benefit is that these antioxidants also help to naturally preserve OmeGold’s freshness – far beyond that of conventional antioxidant preservatives such as vitamin E. Each of these oils are distilled from precious spices with a long history of traditional culinary and healing uses – cloves, oregano, sage, thyme and cinnamon.
Their antioxidant powers are so great, that presence of a very small amount of this proprietary blend provides an antioxidant activity to the entire capsule of OmeGold that is more than 6 times the antioxidant activity of pure vitamin E oil, as measured by Brunswick Laboratories, the originator of the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) scale.
It should be noted that the amount of each essential oil in 2 capsules of OmeGold is well within the amount contained in the whole spice that has traditionally been used in the flavoring of foods, and is far below the range in which essential oils have been used for therapeutic purposes.
Contains no preservatives, sugar, starch, salt, wheat, yeast, corn, milk, soy derivatives, artificial flavoring or coloring agents.
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