Are you ‘obsessed’ about health and fitness? If not then you ought to be if yes then you must have know about the magical elixir of health: Omega 3. Omega 3 are the good fats (yes! fats can be good) with multiple health benefits. Let’s read more about them.

What is Omega 3:
Fats are always considered to be the ‘bad guys’ when health is the prime focus. However, Omega 3 is a polyunsaturated fatty acid which has multiple health gains. Omega 3 are not produced by the body and they need to be included in the diet or taken as diet supplements.

How does Omega 3 benefit us:

• Omega 3 is essential for nearly all functions performed by the body.
• It helps maintain and improve the health of the heart and the brain, which includes dilatation and coarctation of blood vessels and blood coagulation or clotting.
• Omega 3 aids in normal development of the body.
• Omega 3 is also needed to maintain the good health of the tissue layers covering nearly all the organs.
• It aids in combating tiredness, Alzheimer’s disease, inflammatory diseases like arthritis and depression.
• A baby’s brain is particularly dependant on the fatty acids found in omega 3. For instance, DHA is known to assure right brain growth and to increase a baby’s intelligence. It also betters eyesight and the growth of motor skills.
• Omega 3 greatly improves hormonal balance; fish oil fatty acids can greatly reduce and relieve menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes and mood swings.
• Omega 3 can greatly improve concentration, hair growth, nail health and skin health.
• It relieves AMD or age related muscular degeneration which causes blindness or reduces eye sight.

Omega 3 from diet:

Omega 3 supplements:

In this blogpost I have mentioned just few of the many benefits of Omega 3. Whichsoever way you look at it, there is a healthy reason to include Omega 3 in your everyday diet.