Author Nik: PeterBertonach
Name: Peter Bertonach
You may know all about the health benefits of Omega 3 essential fatty acids, it’s been in the news lately and many people are now beginning to understand about the importance of supplementing their diet with the essential fatty acids. We’re all deficient in these. But what are Omega 6 fats and what is the Omega3 Omega 6 ratio?
There are 2 important essential fatty acids that we need in our diet called DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), and these are found in fish oil and in fish oil tablets. These are called omega 3 essential fatty acids and over the last 4 decades there are many studies which have established the health benefits of increasing our intake of omega 3 fatty acids. These benefits include heart health benefits, prostate cancer prevention and breast cancer prevention, and now extend to helping to prevent bowel cancer.
There may be someone in your family with ADHD. Fish oil may well provide an answer for that person. It has not yet been conclusively proven but it would seem from the evidence that there is a link between ADHD and fish oil.