| A few short years ago we would never have | | | | Alzheimer's Disease as well as a positive feature for |
| imagined that fish oil could be such a boon to health. | | | | the human brain. The American Heart Association also |
| The general wisdom at one time was that any oily or | | | | strongly recommends a serving of fish daily for the |
| fatty food must be bad. But, the tissues of oily, and | | | | benefits of fish oil. Researchers involved in the study |
| especially cold water fish contain a substance called | | | | of Attention Deficit Disorder believe that fish oil may be |
| Omega 3 fatty acids. This Omega 3 is found in certain | | | | more helpful than the drug Ritalin for treating ADD. |
| fish that include mackerel, salmon, herring, sardines, | | | | An interesting study that took place in England |
| albacore tuna, lake trout and other fish. When you add | | | | concerned criminals in the prisons who were fed large |
| the healthy benefits of fish oil to the high protein and | | | | amounts of seafood containing Omega 3 fatty acids. |
| low saturated fat of these fish they become one of | | | | The study showed that large consumption of fish oil |
| natures wonder foods. | | | | corresponded to a drop in murder rates among the |
| Many nutritionists believe that fish oil taken in any form | | | | prisoners. Many of the researchers believe that the |
| will help to regulate cholesterol in the human body. Of | | | | fish oil helps the neurons grow in the frontal cortex of |
| course there are both good and bad forms of | | | | the brain, which is responsible for personal behavior. |
| cholesterol and it is the bad form that fish oil seems to | | | | About the only downside to eating large amounts of |
| help regulate. Most nutritionists however recommend | | | | fish for the fish oil they contain, in addition to the danger |
| getting doses of fish oil from the meat of the fish and | | | | of too much vitamin A, are the possibilities of getting |
| not the liver. Liver products such as cod liver oil can | | | | too much mercury or other toxic substances from the |
| contain high levels of Vitamin A and too much Vitamin | | | | fish in contaminated waters. Many of the fish which |
| A can be dangerous to humans. In fact, early explorers | | | | are good sources of fish oil are predators, near the |
| in history, when visiting the land of the Inuit natives | | | | top of the food chain, and therefore more likely to pick |
| were fed raw liver which was harmless to the Intuit, | | | | up such toxic substances if they are in the area. For |
| who had built up an immunity but it proved harmful to | | | | that reason it is always wise to adhere to warnings in |
| the explorers and fatal to some of them. Additional | | | | various waters concerning the mercury and other toxin |
| studies of the benefits of Omega 3 fatty acids have | | | | levels. Reading the labels on the cans if you purchase |
| shown possible benefits to those who suffer from | | | | your fish in a store is a good place to start. |