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EPA & DHA
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) is a member of the long chain (20 carbon) Omega-3 fatty acid family. EPA is required for the production of a special group of substances in the body called prostaglandins. EPA is a direct source of an important substance called prostaglandin E3, which promotes healthy circulation throughout the entire body, a function critical to one’s overall well-being.*
Of equal importance, but not as widely known, is Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA-—22 carbon chain length), a major component of the human brain tissues and the retinal tissues of the eyes. The healthy adult human brain contains 20 grams (2/3 of an ounce) of DHA! An expectant or nursing mother should consume at least 350 mg of DHA in her daily diet, in order to be able to provide this nutrient crucial to brain and eye development in the newborn, without depleting her own body stores of DHA.
Healthy Brain Function
Clinical research at Harvard Medical
school’s Department of Psychiatry,
has documented the central role
of EPA and DHA to maintaining
and stabilizing healthy moods for
many people.
Dietary Ratio of Omage-6 to
Omega-3 Oils
Nutritional anthropologists, who study the diet of early human kind have concluded that our species evolved on a diet much higher in omega-3 and much lower in omega- 6 oils than those of modern western societies. They have calculated that t he omega-6 to omega-3 ratio for most hunter-gatherer societies has been close to 1, and no higher than 4 , whereas modern diets have an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio as high as 50 to 1!
Omega-6 oils are the widely used warm weather vegetable oils, such as corn, soya, and sesame oils. To achieve a healthy dietary ratio between omega-3 and omega-6 oils, it is necessary not only to consume more omega-3, but also to consume less omega-6 oils.
It is also important to good health to avoid as much as possible foods that are heated to high temperatures in vegetable oils (such as French fries and potato chips), and foods made with partially hydrogenated oils. Both of these are major sources of trans-fatty acids, which are even more destructive to health than saturated fats. It has also recently been shown that mercury, a growing problem of seafood contamination, is not extracted when fish body oils are produced, so that high quality fish oils actually contain much lower levels of mercury than does dietary fish.
Healthy Heart Rhythms
An increasing number of studies have correlated frequency of eating cold water fish (a good source of omega-3 fats) with maintaining healthy heart rhythms. It has recently been suggested that this is a major contributor to the widely observed beneficial effect of including fish and fish oils in the diet on promoting heart health.*
Discover Additional Healthy Nutrition Options.
In order to support your overall good health, you should include plenty of Omega 3 -rich foods in your regular diet. However, if you are unable to do so on a consistent basis, EPA Plus is an excellent product.
In addition to supplementing with EPA Plus, you may want to consider including Daily BioBasics as part of your supplementation routine to maximize the benefits of EPA Plus.*
HOW TO TAKE EPA PLUS
It is recommended to take one or two capsules with the two major meals each day. Many individuals also take EPA PLUS with the third meal as well.
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