omega-3s

The typical Western diet includes fifteen times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3s, which is not good for your health.

SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

The typical Western diet includes fifteen times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3s, which is not good for your health.

SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

Fish oil—composed of polyunsaturated fats known as omega-3s—has long been recognized as one of the most important sources of healthy fats.

The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007

Fish oil—composed of polyunsaturated fats known as omega-3s—has long been recognized as one of the most important sources of healthy fats.

The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007

Greenpeace warns Americans to avoid eating this affordable source of beneficial omega-3s, knowing that over 100 experts have signed an open letter calling on the federal government to update its flawed and outdated advisories they use as support.

Preserving Tuna Populations for Future Generations 2011

Bottom line: The findings may be the strongest evidence to date that consuming fish and omega-3s help prevent AMD as well as keep it from reaching advanced stages, but they need to be confirmed in randomized clinical trials.

Fish and fish oil linked to reduced risk of macular degeneration 2011

We also know that grassfed meat and dairy products offer real human health benefits in terms of higher levels of omega-3s, CLAs and vitamin E, as well as reducing the risk of E. coli food poisoning and the development of other antibiotic resistant bacterial diseases associated with intensive farming systems.

Andrew Gunther: Grassfed Meat: Making the Right Choices Andrew Gunther 2011

Women who consumed one or more servings of fish per week, and those who regularly consumed the omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) had a 35 percent to 45 percent reduced risk of clinically significant AMD compared with women who consumed the lowest amounts of fish and omega-3s.

Fish and fish oil linked to reduced risk of macular degeneration 2011

We also know that grassfed meat and dairy products offer real human health benefits in terms of higher levels of omega-3s, CLAs and vitamin E, as well as reducing the risk of E. coli food poisoning and the development of other antibiotic resistant bacterial diseases associated with intensive farming systems.

Andrew Gunther: Grassfed Meat: Making the Right Choices Andrew Gunther 2011

The National Institutes of Health's Joseph Hibbeln cautions that these risk-focused advisories may be "causing the very harm they intended to prevent" by discouraging consumption of fish and, subsequently, omega-3s.

Preserving Tuna Populations for Future Generations 2011