Brain Health
What Does Fish Oil Have to do With It?

Brain Health, what does it mean? How can we ensure we keep our memories and cognitive abilities as we age? When we envision our later years as baby boomer women, staying strong, independent and healthy, we hope to hang on to the wisdom that living fully brings, and the mental clarity to remember and use that collective wisdom in clear and effective ways. Those who love us would agree!

That is why no “dis-ease” brings with it more fear than when we contemplate developing Alzheimer’s. Keeping our brains healthy and fully functioning is something we can mindfully participate in by making informed choices. Being healthy means body MIND and spirit, but if the brain health is comprimised and the mind shuts down, what good with the other two aspects of who we are be?

The latest research on the effects of sufficient omega-3 fatty acids on mental clarity is fantastic news to those of us in our mature years. There has always been evidence that omega-3 fatty acids is critical for the brain development of the very young, but recent studies are showing that those same omega-3 fatty acids we make sure our children and grandchildren are getting enough of are also extremely critical in preventing cognitive decline as we age.

There are two studies that were published in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that show those consumed high omega-3 fatty acids such as EPA and DHA reduce the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s and improving or keeping excellent brain health.

Two thousand elderly Norwegians where in the first study comparing their fish consumption and cognitive decline or lack of it. The study showed that the high correlation between their consumption of the type of fish with high that have high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and the participants levels of cognitive function. Those who ate at least 6 ounces of fish twice a week or more had higher scores in all cognitive tests.

In the second study, researchers from the Netherlands measured blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from both diet and supplements in a groups of Dutch men and women in their 50’s and 60’s over a three year period. And again, the group with the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids did the best in cognitive testing.

In the Dutch group, the decline was 60-70% less than in the groups with lower levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood. So this begs the question; with our oceans full of toxins and the fish in them as well, how can we protect our cognitive function by increasing our omega-3 fatty acids? Because what we need is the long chain fatty acids such as in EPA and DHA and those are found primarily in fish oil, and the fish we have access to is toxic, where then do we find our omega-3? Using other dietary sources of omega-3 is not the answer as most of them are the shorter chain fatty ALA. And while our bodies can convert ALA into both EPA and DHA, we would have to consume over 1000 mg of ALA to end up with only 100 mg of EPA and DHA, very inefficient and this does not provide significant quantities of EPA or DHA.

So our only real choices are fish oil supplements. And the only fish oil supplements I think we can trust or use would have to pure, filtered enough to eliminate the toxins and potent enough for the vital protection so needed for excellent brain function and cognitive activities. Until our oceans are cleaned up, or we can succeed in producing toxin-free, farmed raised fish, our only choice is an Omega-3 that has bee proven to be as pure and effective as promised. Check this out, compare it to what you may be using now.

Brain health is only one of the many benefits of supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids; our hearts and whole vascular system, our skin, out eyes, our entire body benefits from this important nutrient.

Watch this short video and see why this Omega-3 would be your best choice.

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