Essential Fatty Acids

Fatty acids are essential for our optimum health. Lack of them can result in many symptoms such as lethargy, headaches, lack of concentration, dry scaly skin, acne, flaking nails, hormone imbalance and a low immune system to name but a few! What’s more, our bodies cannot make its own Omega 3 and 6 so we have to get them from other sources. Omega 9 can be produced by the body but often in fairly limited quantities.

Either making sure you include plenty of Omega rich foods in your diary or taking a good quality supplement may go a long way to protecting your cardiovascular health, reducing cholesterol, helping with inflammation and improving brain function. The diet industry has caused many of us to survive on very low fat foods or ‘diet’ foods with little nutritional value so it is no surprise that many of us are not getting enough ‘good fats’ in our diet. In fact, having enough EFAs can actually help your weight loss efforts as it is said to help regulate the metabolism.

Omega rich foods include walnuts, flaxseed and canola oil, fatty fish and fish oils, corn, safflower, soybean, cottonseed, primrose oil, sunflower oils, meat, poultry and eggs. If you struggle to eat Omega rich foods on a regular basis, simply consider supplementing every day and you will soon see the benefits.

Useful Resources:

Miracle Superfood