TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Naturally sourced Omega-3 from breast milk, fish and fish oil. Including one of the essential unsaturated fatty acids for the body, omega 3 has many benefits for the body.
Inside omega-3 there is something called EPA and DHA, popularly called derived from fish oil, basically not like that, which is true because these fish consume algae as food. Algae also produce EPA and DHA.
Therefore, the ratio of the amount of omega 3 between herbivorous fish and carnivorous fish will be mostly found in herbivorous fish species such as lemuru fish and anchovies.
Beneficial for people with high cholesterol, it is known that consumption of EPA and DHA in the long term has proven to have a positive impact on coronary heart disease, which is able to reduce the risk of sudden death by up to 45 percent when compared to patients who do not consume EPA and DHA.
Quoting from the Andalas University Public Health Journal, writing that the statement reducing the risk of sudden death from heart attack by up to 45 percent is believed to be from observations on the Eskimo race.
The Eskimo race has a very low prevalence of death from heart attack when compared to other races, of course this is related to the diet of the Eskimo race. It is known that Eskimos have a habit of frequently consuming a diet rich in omega-3s when compared to other races.
In addition, the benefits of EPA and DHA are also beneficial for healing keloid symptoms, lowering cholesterol in the blood, especially LDL, anti-platelet aggregation, and anti-inflammatory.
In the body, this fatty acid will have an anti-inflammatory and anti-blood clotting effect, it is also good for the central nervous system and brain.
If only during development, the body lacks this type of fatty acid, then the risk of inhibition of development in the brain, this is also the reason why omega-3 plays an important role in the health and development of organs called molecular.
In addition, the lack of omega-3 fatty acids, especially from fish oil, has an impact on nerve tissue and vision and can interfere with the development of the nervous system. If this happens, there is a big chance that there could be a system crash immunity, memory, mental, and vision. However, excessive consumption of saturated fatty acids is also not good for the body, it actually has a bad effect, such as triggering obesity. Meanwhile, another risk factor that can occur is cancer, due to the content of trans fatty acids.
TIKA AYU
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