| There seems to be a new breed of products in | | | | Omega 6. Like the 3s this group is also essential - |
| the fish oil sections of the major chains. I think | | | | meaning the body can not make them. We must |
| some manufacturers do this to provide a purely | | | | get them through diet or supplement. However, |
| vegetarian product. Others just try to confuse | | | | the Western world is awash with the 6s. They |
| people. Omega 3 6 9 supplements can have fish | | | | are in most vegetable [not olive] oils and |
| oil in them or none at all. The question is how | | | | everything that is made from these oils - |
| much of each do you really need and what | | | | processed foods, salad dressings, fast foods etc. |
| exactly are you paying for? | | | | We should have a 1-to-1 ration of the 3s and 6s |
| First, let me address the vegetarian issue. If you | | | | in our body. In the West it is more like 20 to 1. |
| do not want any product sourced from fish, then | | | | Ninety nine [99] per cent of the people buying an |
| your best bet is to get a good flax seed oil | | | | omega 3 6 9 do not need the 6s. A normal fish oil |
| supplement that is loaded with an omega 3 called | | | | capsule will probably have a small amount |
| ALA. Fish oil 3s are called DHA and EPA. Omega 3 | | | | [4%-5%] of 6s anyway. You do not need any |
| 6 9 labels will usually tell you which omegas they | | | | more. |
| use but not their source. | | | | Omega 9. Also called oleic acid. This is non |
| Plus, you really do not need an omega 3 6 9 | | | | essential because our body makes this easily |
| product. Keep reading to discover why. | | | | enough if everything else is in balance. It is found |
| Omega 3. The two essential fatty acids from cold | | | | in olive oil and is a major part of the oil in our skin. |
| water fatty fish [DHA, EPA] are one of the core | | | | It is anti-inflammatory and helps EPA work in the |
| nutritional foundations we have. They are part of | | | | cell membranes. |
| every cell membrane, compose large parts of our | | | | A small excess of this will not hurt you as will too |
| brains and retinas and are important in keeping | | | | much 6, so some manufacturers add some of |
| our immune system balanced with the 6 group. A | | | | this in normal fish oil products just to make sure |
| deficiency in this dynamic duo causes problems | | | | you have enough of it. |
| everywhere in the body - brain, skin, joints, eyes, | | | | You can see why people get confused. Savvy |
| heart and other organs. | | | | marketers think that if you put enough numbers |
| ALA, the flax source, has to be converted to | | | | on the label, the consumer will think there is more |
| DHA and EPA to be used. It is a difficult process | | | | value. There isn't. In fact, you are getting less of |
| that gets harder with age or ill health. In other | | | | the DHA/EPA that the body really wants. |
| words, unless you are a vegetarian you want to | | | | For more information on this and other fish oil |
| see DHA/ EPA on the supplement label - not ALA. | | | | topics, please visit my website. |