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You might disagree but hear me out on this; more than 90% of people in the western world are deficient in omega 3 fatty acids. This is the reason people are looking for food options that can bridge the gap of shortage of this essential fat. One such pick is flaxseed oil. This is selected by many people, but is this food source enough? Let's take a closer look. To understand whether a food source be it be flaxseed oil or nuts or fish oil is good or not, we need to know few facts of omega3 – its types, which form is most needed by our body and which food contains which form. There are three forms of omega 3 fatty acids - alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). ALA can be converted to DHA and EPA through a very complex and inefficient biological process. DHA and EPA are the more readily absorbed by body as compared to ALA. DHA is the major constituent in human brain, eyes, nervous system. Body has an irreversible process to convert DHA to EPA. All these facts make DHA very powerful fat among the three forms. Thus to reap maximum benefits of omega3 fats, it is important to have high concentration of DHA in our blood streams. You will be surprised to know that plant sources like nuts and flaxseed oil contains only ALA type of omega3. Since conversion ratio of ALA to DHA and EPA is not very high; to have higher levels of DHA we have to eat loads and loads of these food sources. Or the easy option would be to shift to a food source that has high DHA content. Fish is rich source of both DHA and EPA. To compensate the deficiency, eating fish daily was recommended till some time but not anymore. This is because of the chemicals like arsenic, mercury, lead, PCBs, etc present in the ocean water and hence in the fish. Solution to this problem is well refined fish oil supplement. This is highly concentrated in DHA and EPA and because it under goes various refining process all the contaminations are also filtered out. In conclusion, flaxseed oil is sufficient if fish and its products are a strict no for you, otherwise I would recommend you to go in for a high DHA molecularly distilled fish oil supplement. This will give you all the benefits of omega 3 – be it for heart, brain or for nervous system, or Arthritis, etc without any worry of toxicity. To learn more on effective fish oil supplements that I and my family are taking since long, visit my website Omega 3 Brief today. Chuck Blake is an active researcher and consumer of fish oil products.Visit his website http://omega3brief.com today to learn more about the powerful benefits of omega-3 fish oils.
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