The
take home that you can use is that you want to take Omega 3
containing capsules with every meal in order to establish the correct
balance in the blood. Diet changes might accomplish the same thing
but those can never be counted on in the same way that a planned
supplementation can be. Now you know why folks appear enthusiastic
about fish oil capsules.
A
benefit in addition to others already known is that it appears to
slow eye degeneration in the elderly. Thus we can suggest a daily
intake of several thousand mgs of vitamin C, a couple thousand mgs of
vitamin D and a couple capsules of good quality fish oil with every
meal as reasonable practice. It also helps if you eat properly, but
if you are reading this you are already a convert.
I am
pretty sure that one of the primary scourges of aging is a deficiency
of sufficient key nutrients in our general diet. What we get too
much of hardly matters because the body can actually simply discard
all that or convert it into fat. What we lack induces low grade
starvation and eventually serious deficiencies and their related
damage.
We
badly need a superior testing protocol for discovering unsatisfactory
imbalances in the first instance instead of what is largely guesswork
far to often. My point is that we can do way better.
Omega
3 ameliorates macular degeneration
EDMONTON SUN
FRIDAY, JUNE 01, 2012
EDMONTON — There is
nothing fishy about Dr. Yves Sauve's latest eye-opening discovery.
The University of
Alberta ophthalmology and physiology researcher has found DHA, an
Omega-3 fatty acid found in fish, can reduce and prevent age-related
vision loss that occurs due to the natural accumulation of toxic
substances in the eyes, known as lipofuscin.
"We don't have
any studies other than what we've found with DHA that can prevent
that accumulation," Sauve said.
Sauve and his team are
doing trials in human patients with macular degeneration, a condition
that results in the loss of central vision and is the main cause of
blindness in people over 50. The trials have found those who have the
highest level of DHA will have the lowest severity and slowest
progression of macular degeneration.
Sauve said the
condition inflicts one in 10 North Americans over age 65 and one in
four over 75.
"In 2020, we are
expecting that one in five Albertans will be seniors," he said.
"So we're
preparing for that demographic tidal wave."
Sauve suggested
everyone should increase their DHA levels by eating oily fish like
salmon, or taking fish oil capsules with every meal. Because
fish do not make the DHA but actually obtain it through micro-algae,
vegetarian alternatives are also available in capsules that can be
found in health food stores.
Sauve said a primary
reason North Americans lack Omega-3 fatty acids is that the western
diet is exceptionally high in processed foods that contain large
byproducts of soy and corn, which are both high in omega-6 fatty
acids.
A healthy diet
should contain a one-to-one ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3, Sauve said,
but blood tests often find patients have a ratio as high as 15 to 1.
He said Omega-3 fatty acids have proven beneficial to human
health in many areas.
"We're telling
people that fish oils are actually a very good thing, and not only
for vision loss. This compliments other studies on cardiovascular
health and also mental health in terms of severe depression," he
said. "Even in children, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder can be tackled with the intake of DHA in some patients."
Sauve's studies were
recently published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology and
Vision Science.
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