Food is a very important part in people’s lives since the foods we eat are substances that our body transforms, obtaining their nutrients that are necessary for the formation, growth and reconstruction of our tissues and the strengthening of the healthaccording to the Ministry of Health of Cantabria (Spain).
Nutrition with Omega 3. Source: Freepik
From the Spanish Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pediatric Nutrition they emphasize that for a feeding is correct, it is essential to know the composition of the food. The objective, they indicate, is to incorporate all the nutrients we need to live, highlighting that there are some that our body manufactures from those already obtained through food.
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In this framework, one of the components that our body needs are fatty acids. Omega 3a type of polyunsaturated fat that helps strengthen neurons, keep your heart healthy and protected from stroke, and improve heart health if you already have heart disease, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health .
Nutrition with Omega 3. Source: Freepik
He Omega 3 It is obtained to a greater extent from oily fish and nuts. The American Heart Association recommends eating fish rich in unsaturated fats at least twice a week, while the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (Spain) advises the intake of nuts in people with nutritional problems or who have an intolerance to certain foods.
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Regarding the importance of adding blue fish and nuts to our feeding Due to its Omega 3 content, nutritionist Marian García warns that these acids can reach the body in different ways when choosing any of these foods in particular.
García points out that the Omega 3 of the oily fish is ready to be incorporated into our cells. On the other hand, in the case of nuts, this acid arrives as a precursor so it must go through different processes within the human body until it becomes the necessary component.
In this regard, the expert recommends that if we prefer to consume nuts, the ideal is to consume them soaked or ground so that they penetrate the body better. Furthermore, it advises increasing our feeding the amount of nuts and chia and flax seeds.
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