Foods that help to cleanse the liver

Foods that help to cleanse the liver :

 *Garlic- Just a small amount of garlic has the ability to activate liver enzymes that helps your body flush out toxins. Garlic also holds high amounts of allicin and selenium, two natural compounds that aid in liver cleansing.

*Grapefruit - High in both vitamin C and antioxidants, grapefruit increasea the natural cleansing processes of the liver. A small glass of freshly-squeezed grapefruit juice will help boost production of liver detoxification enzymes that help flush out carcinogens and other toxins.

*Leafy Green Vegetables- One of our most powerful allies in cleansing the liver, Extremely high in plant chlorophylls, greens literally suck up environmental toxins from the blood stream. With their distinct ability to nuetralize heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides, these cleansing foods offer a powerful protective mechanism for the liver.

 Try incorporating leafy greens such as bitter gourd, arugula, dandelion greens, spinach, mustard greens and chicory into your diet. This will help increase the creation and flow of bile, the substance that removes waste from the organs and blood.

 *Avocados - This nutrient-dense super-food helps the body produce glutathione, which is necessary for the liver to cleanse harmful toxins. Recent studies indicate improved liver health when avocados are eaten regular

* Olive Oil- Cold-pressed organic oils such as olive, hemp and flax-seed are great for the liver, when used in moderation. They help the body by providing a lipid base that can suck up harmful toxins in the body. In this way, it takes some of the burden off the liver in terms of the toxic overload that many of us suffer from.

*Walnuts- Holding high amount of the amino acid arginine, walnuts aid the liver in detoxifying ammonia. Walnuts are also high in glutathione and omega-3 fatty acids which support normal liver cleansing actions.

*Turmeric helps boost liver detox, by assisting enzymes that actively flush out known dietary carcinogens.

*Herbal Green tea is loaded with catechins, a type of plant antioxidant that has been shown in studies to eliminate liver fat accumulation and promote proper liver function. This powerful herbal beverage also protects the liver against toxins that would otherwise accumulate and cause serious damage.

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Extra virgin olive oil benefits

Extra-virgin olive oil cools inflammation.
 
Studies show that fatigue sufferers have higher levels of inflammation in their bodies. This increases insulin resistance and makes blood sugar unstable. As a result, the adrenal glands have to work harder. Olive oil interrupts that cycle, giving your adrenals a well-deserved break. In addition to containing the potent anti-inflammatory oleocanthal, extra-virgin olive oil is also one of the best sources of both oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol, antioxidants that also reduce inflammatory chemicals in the body.

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Fast and slow metabolism

Did you know?

 

The difference between a "fast" metabolism or a "slow" one is about 200 calories....... ......!!!
 

Do you have that friend who drives you crazy because he or she can eat seemingly anything and not gain weight? While you might have been thinking it was all just genetics and a
fast metabolism, it turns out that most of it is just due to healthy living.

 

68% of the population is meant to consume between 1840 and 2160 calories a day, while 96% is meant to consume anywhere between 1680 and 2320 calories a day. So generally speaking, metabolism onlaround 200-300 calories.

How much is that?

 

It’s about a single Poptart, half a slice of pizza, couple tablespoons of peanut butter, or three to four Oreos. So metabolic rate does vary, but very generally speaking not by much. The vast majority of the population exists within a range of 200 to 300 calories of one another.y goes up or down

 

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This simple recipe has 10 benefits

Instead of getting a cup of coffee, why not replace it with a warm water lemon drink!? Below are the good factors to consider.

1. Boosts your immune system: Lemons are high in vitamin C, which is great for fighting colds. They’re high in potassium, which stimulates brain and nerve function. Potassium also helps control blood pressure.

2. Balances pH: Drink lemon water everyday and you’ll reduce your body’s overall acidity. Lemon is one of the most alkaline foods around. Yes, lemon has citric acid but it does not create acidity in the body once metabolized.
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3. Helps with weight loss: Lemons are high in pectin fiber, which helps fight hunger cravings. It also has been shown that people who maintain a more alkaline diet lose weight faster.

4. Aids digestion: Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials. It encourages the liver to produce bile which is an acid that required for digestion. Efficient digestion reduces heartburn and constipation.

5. Is a diuretic: Lemons increase the rate of urination in the body, which helps purify it. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate which helps keep your urinary tract healthy.

6. Clears skin: The vitamin C component helps decrease wrinkles and blemishes. Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear as well. It can actually be applied directly to scars to help reduce their appearance.

7. Freshens breath: Not only this, but it can help relieve tooth pain and gingivitis. The citric acid can erode tooth enamel, so you should monitor this.

8. Relieves respiratory problems: Warm lemon water helps get rid of chest infections and halt those pesky coughs. It’s thought to be helpful to people with asthma and allergies too.

9. Keeps you zen: Vitamin C is one of the first things depleted when you subject your mind and body to stress. As mentioned previously, lemons are chock full of vitamin C.

10. Helps kick the coffee habit: After taking a glass of warm lemon water, most people suggests of less craving for coffee in the morning.

Why it has to be warm water not cold? Cold water likely provides a shock or stress factor to the body. It takes energy for your body to process cold water.

The recipe is really simple - a cup of warm water (not hot) and the juice from half of a lemon.

 

 

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Keep your child safe from the negative effects of iron-deficiency anaemia

Anaemia caused by iron deficiency is the most common nutritional problem in the world. It is a major concern, particularly for children, because of the many negative consequences for them, including lower performance at school

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Determining Daily Calorie Needs

Estimating daily calorie requirements is notoriously inaccurate. Even the very best calculators cannot determine the metabolic rate of an individual.
Quite simply - everyone is different!


NOTE: The Free Dieting Calorie Calculator uses the following formulas to estimated daily energy requirements:

• Uses Mifflin-St Jeor formula (see below).
• Can also select old formula (Harris-Benedict), and a formula based on Lean Mass - but you must know your body fat percentage.
• You can also choose BMR in the Exercise level. In this situation all weight loss calorie levels are blanked out.

The Best Guess

Calorie calculators will first estimate Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). This is effectively the amount of energy expended per day. BMR is a measure of only the most basic functions (effectively the same as if you rested in bed the whole day). Other terms synonymous with BMR are Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and Resting Energy Expenditure (REE).
Once BMR has been estimated, various "activity" factors are applied. Once again these are best guesses. One individual may burn 100 calories on a 10 minute run - another individual may burn 150 calories.

Mifflin - St Jeor Formula

The Calorie Needs Calculator currently uses the formula proposed by MD Mifflin and ST St Jeor¹.
Why This Formula? As recent as 2005, the ADA (American Dietetic Association) published a comparison of various equations². The Mifflin-St Jeor was found to be the most accurate.

Men
10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) - 5 x age (y) + 5
Women
10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) - 5 x age (y) - 161.

Katch-McCardle Formula

This can be selected on the calculator. It is a variation¹ on the basic Mifflin-St Jeor equation that will base the equation on Fat Free Mass (FFM) or Lean Mass. This is more accurate for those who are leaner (and who know their body fat percentage!).

Men & Women
21.6 * Fat Free Mass + 370
Where Fat Free Mass = Weight - (Body Fat Percentage * Weight).

Harris-Benedict Formula

This formula was created in 1919, and due to changing lifestyles, it tends to overstate calorie needs by 5%. The results tend to be skewed towards both obese and young people³.

Men
66.5 + (13.75 X weight in kg) + (5.003 X height in cm) - (6.775 X age in years)
Women
655.1 + (9.563 X weight in kg) + (1.85 X height in cm) - (4.676 X age in years)

The Freedieting Calculator

After calculating the BMR, exercise is factored in. Depending on the exercise level chosen, the BMR will be multiplied by anything from 1.2 to 1.9.
This provides us with maintenance calories. To get the fat loss figure - 20% is subtracted. The extreme fat loss figure has 40% subtracted BUT - there is a "rock bottom" figure that equates to 8 calories per pound of body weight - the extreme fat loss will never be less than this amount.

See Also

Daily calorie needs for pregnant women.


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Does Vinegar Cleanse Your Body of Toxins

Doctors don't prescribe vinegar for digestive problems! but, it is an excellent  remedy for diarrhea!
We all heard of "Pectin" that is found in apple + vinegar's bacteria-killing abilities which can be use as a remedy for diarrhea.


Anyway, I came across this video "Charlotte Skiles" she talked about vinegar in general and then she summed up by talking about especially about apple cider vinegar.

http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=D766F6F1E5DD86D00A1F3BEF32EB1DC3

Video Transcript: "Hi, my name is Charlotte Skiles. I'm a nutrition consultant and clinical herbalist with Eat in Peace Wellness Consulting, and the question today is does vinegar cleanse your body of toxins? Well, it depends on what kind of vinegar you're talking about. I would be inclined to speak about apple cider vinegar because it's a very health promoting beverage that you can consume. You put a little bit of apple cider vinegar, maybe a teaspoon to a tablespoon diluted in water, and that can go a long way to facilitating good digestion. Now, when you facilitate good digestion you do get a flushing of toxins from the system, but the thing to realize is that you're using the substance to empower your body to do its job. The body knows what to do if it's given the tools to do so. So, does vinegar cleanse toxins from the body? Indirectly, through its enhancement of digestion if that makes sense, so vinegar is a folk remedy, a long-term remedy specifically used when people experience a certain amount of joint pain, because what happens is the joints and the connective tissue don't get a lot of good circulation so toxins and immune complexes can kind of settle into the joints over time. That's the only way I know how to explain it. If they can't find their way out of the body they just settle where they can, and over the years a person might experience a certain amount of pain. Now, that's not to say that, you know, all joint pain originates from that. It's just it depends on the person's story and the context of their lives. There's lots of reasons for joint pains, but one of the ways that apple cider vinegar serves historically is a remedy for those sorts of patterns, and you're facilitating digestion once again by increasing the acidity of the stomach with something like apple cider vinegar. We want acid stomachs. What we want is an alkaline mouth, an acid stomach, an alkaline small intestine, and a somewhat more acidic colon. It alternates, so without that acid stomach, which a lot of people are taking antacids, you upset the entire digestive process because each level of digestion prepares the body for the next, so apple cider vinegar can go a long way to acidifying the stomach and helping digestion, thus indirectly cleansing the body of toxins. So, that's what I have to say about vinegar and its ability to cleanse the body." Vinegar can cleanse the body of toxins when the right vinegar is used, such as apple cider vinegar that facilitates healthy digestive function. Take a teaspoon to a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar on a regular basis to flush out toxins with helpful information from a nutrition consultant and clinical herbalist in this free video on alternative medicine.

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Study linking diet soda, stroke 'flawed'

A study linking diet soda to an increased risk for stroke presented at the American Stroke Association's 2011 International Stroke Conference earlier this week has attracted public outcry from health officials across the nation who feel the study findings are critically flawed.


“The findings are so speculative and preliminary at this point that they should be considered with extreme caution,” Beth Hubrich, MS, RD, of the Calorie Control Council, said in a press release.


Hubrich joins a chorus of criticism from the likes of Richard Besser, MD, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, and Walter Willett, MD, chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. During a Feb. 10 segment that aired on Good Morning America, Besser and Willett voiced concerns about public fear that may arise in reaction to the findings.


“I think we have to interpret the findings about diet soda very carefully, in almost any first report, we shouldn't really change our behavior, because it could easily have occurred by chance,” Willett said.


Health officials are wary to endorse the study's conclusion that diet soda “may be associated with a greater risk of stroke, MI or vascular death than regular soda,” noting that the data have not been published in a scientific journal and therefore have not been subjected to typically rigorous peer review processes.


“There are a lot of factors that were not taken into consideration, so we can't really assume that there is a causal relationship between diet soda and stroke,” Jennifer K. Cleary, APN, C-NP, of the Lipid Disorders and Metabolic Syndrome Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, told Clinical Advisor.


Although the researchers surveyed study participants about soda consumption at the beginning of the study, it does not appear that additional surveys were conducted during the nine-year follow-up period, Cleary pointed out. Also, the study did not take into account the type or brand of diet soda. This may be relevant as the chemical additives used for dyes and sweeteners may vary.


Other critics have pointed out that studies participants were older (69 years old on average); stroke is more common among men 55 years and older, as well as women aged 65 years and older.


Additional aspects of the study that raise concerns include the self-reported nature of soda intake data, the broad terms used to categorize soda consumption and the small sample size of participants who reported drinking soda daily (4.5%) — imprecision that makes it difficult to draw meaningful conclusions.


“[The researchers] didn't look at how much salt [participants] took in, they didn't look at what other foods they ate. Those things we know are associated with stroke and heart attack,” Besser said.


Cleary echoed these concerns, stating that people who choose to drink diet soda on a daily basis are probably not making the best diet choices. “They might also be consuming fast food and making other unhealthy lifestyle choices.”


Currently, the American Heart Association recommends using low calorie sweeteners in moderation, and regulatory agencies including the FDA vouch that products made with aspartame, sucrolose or saccharine are safe.

Source of this article "clinicaladvisor.com"

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Saudi Kabsa Recipe

Kabsa

Ingredients:

• 1 2/12 - 3 pound chicken, cut into eight pieces
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato puree
• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 medium carrots, grated
• Grated rind of one orange
• 4 cloves
• 4 cardamom pods
• 3 sticks cinnamon
• Sale and pepper to taste
• 1 pound long grain rice
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Preparation:


#Sautee onion in oil until it begins to brown. Add chicken pieces, tomato puree, chopped tomatoes and garlic and stir for about five minutes over low heat.


#Stir in three cups hot water, grated carrot, orange rind, spices, salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat, covered, about 20-25 minutes, until chicken is done.


#Remove chicken. Set aside to keep warm. Stir rice into the liquid in the pan, and cook, covered over low heat for about 35 - 40 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed


#Put rice on a serving platter with chicken pieces arranged around the circumfrence. Toss raisins and almonds over all.

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Corn Flakes Muffins

Ingredients:


1 cup of corn flakes
1 medium egg, slightly beaten.
1 ½ cup of flour.
½ cup of sugar.
½ cup of butter.
¼ cup of milk.
1 ¾ teaspoon of baking powder.
½ teaspoon of salt.
¼ teaspoon of allspice.
¼ teaspoon of nutmeg.


 Instructions:


Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
Sift the flour with all of the other dry ingredients.
Add the butter.
Mix together the beaten egg and the milk, then add to dry ingredients and mix until just moistened.
Fill greased muffin tins about three-quarters full.
Bake for 25 minutes.

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Pancakes

                                                                        

Pancakes {Recipe for pancakes serves 4}

Ingredients:

•2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring
•2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
•3 tablespoons granulated sugar
•1/2 teaspoon salt •2 1/2 cups milk
•2 tablespoons melted butter

Preparation:

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. If the batter seems too thick to pour, add a little more milk. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until bubbly, a little dry around the edges, and lightly browned on the bottom; turn and brown the other side.

                                                            

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Learn about your RDA

 There are different Recommended Daily Allowances for different groups of people. Pregnant women, for example, may require more vitamins and minerals whiloe children also have different needs compared to regular adults. There is also a more specific recommendation for specific age brackets.

"Now you can calculate to determine the RDA for yourself "
 Here, http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/rda.php


Note: the  RDA doesn’t take into consideration any health problems or stresses that may increase a person’s requirements for a particular nutrient.

Take a look at these tables..
[RDA]
● Dietary Reference Intakes: RDA and AI for Vitamins and Elements (PDF|28 KB)
● Dietary Reference Intakes: UL for Vitamins and Elements (PDF|19 KB)
● Dietary Reference Intakes: Macronutrients
● Dietary Reference Intakes: Electrolytes and Water
● Dietary Reference Intakes: Estimated Average Requirements (PDF|15 KB)
● Dietary Reference Intakes for Older Adults Table (PDF|170 KB)

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Yogurt and Cucumber Salad

Yogurt and Cucumber Salad - Salatat Khiar ma'a Laban

This salad is used served alongside meals and topped on kabsa and spicy main meals. Although most Middle Eastern meals are not highly spicy, some like kabsa, and Moroccan Foods are.
Ingredients:
•1 quart yogurt
•2 cucumbers, partially peeled and diced
•2 cloves garlic
•1 teaspoon dried mint
•1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
In a mortar put the garlic, salt and mint together. Pound until the garlic is finely minced.
Add the minced garlic to the yogurt and cucumber and mix well.

 

( via@Fit__Nutrition ) on Twitter

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A broccoli soup

A broccoli soup

You'll need:

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1/4 cup diced onion
5 cups fresh broccoli, rough cut
3 cups of peeled diced gold potatoes
Fresh water, as needed
Sea salt and ground pepper, to taste
A handful of fresh parsley, roughly chopped
1 cup milk

Here you go,

Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot set over medium heat and stir in the garlic, onion.
Add in the cut up broccoli and gold potatoes. Add just enough water to cover the vegetables- not too much. You can always thin the soup later, if you need to.
Add the chopped parsley. Season with sea salt and fresh pepper, to taste.
Bring the vegetables to a high simmer. Cover the pot, and reduce the heat to a medium simmer. Cook for twenty minutes or so, until the potatoes are fork tender.
Remove the pot from the heat. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup.
Return the pot to the stove and add in the milk. Stir and heat through gently (don't boil the pureed soup).

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For those who don't mind a baking challenge

Lemon Biscuits

For those who dont mind a baking challenge,,
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 cup milk
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, (you can use margarine,, but they taste better with butter)
1 egg
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
Lemon Glaze


Here we go,
Stir 2 teaspoons lemon juice into milk and set aside; Stir together flour, baking powder, soda,and 1/4 teaspoon salt
eparate bowl Beat butter for 30 seconds; add sugar, and beat till fuluffy, add egg, and lemon peel; beat well; Add dry ingredients, and milk mixture alternately to beaten mixture beating well after each addition. Drop from a teaspoon 2 inches apart into an greasepaint cookie sheet > Bake in a 350 oven 12-14 minutes. Remove at once to wire rack, brush lemon glaze over.

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Food and exercise are linked to your mood

Is there a link between food and mood?
In 2006, 31 million prescriptions were written for anti-depressants. The burden of mental illness on our health system is on the brink of being overwhelming, therefore it is not surprising that researchers are looking at simple dietary nutrient modifications to prevent and treat it.
Omega-3 oil consumption (from fish) has become a particular point of interest in the treatment of mental illness. Observations from epidemiological studies show that there is a strong negative correlation between depression and fish consumption (lower incidence with higher fish consumption).
It is also known that people who suffer from depression have lower amounts of Omega-3 fatty acids in their blood and other body tissues.
Japanese researchers have also found a link between diet and stress levels.


University students supplemented with fish oil reported no change in stress-induced hostility from the start to the end of the exam period compared with the control group who reported a 58 per cent increase in hostility.

Is there a link between exercise and mood?
There is no research looking at the effects of exercise on mood in children. However, evidence from adult studies shows a significant beneficial effect on exercise on mental health.
An Australian study showed that high intensity progressive resistance training reduced the depression rating by half in more than 60 per cent of participants. The results indicated that the effect of exercise may be dose dependant as the higher the relative intensity of the training, the greater the reduction in depression. This type of exercise may not be recommended for children, but the research demonstrates the benefits of exercise.


// Dr Andrew Sinclair, B Agric Sci, PhD, Nutrition Consultant. Ms Daniella Tassoni, B Sci, Science Consultant. //

For more information: http://www.fabresearch.org/

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High fiber, low carbohydrate diet dramatically lowers inflammatory disease risk

High fiber, low carbohydrate diet dramatically lowers inflammatory disease risk.

(NaturalNews) Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have published the result of a study showing that a diet rich in slowly digested carbohydrates, such as leafy green vegetables, legumes and other high-fiber foods, significantly reduces markers of inflammation associated with the onset of chronic disease. The work, reported in The Journal of Nutrition, explains that a diet rich in high-fiber foods significantly improves insulin signaling and resistance that promote life-shortening diseases including cancer, cardiovascular, stroke and dementia.
Monitoring the glycemic-load of different foods lowers the risk of blood glucose spikes and also increases a hormone that helps regulate the metabolism of fat and sugar. Health minded individuals will want to ensure they eat between thirty and fifty grams of fiber from a variety of food sources each day to control systemic inflammation and lower disease risk.

Learn more from the original source'NaturalNews':

http://www.naturalnews.com/034816_dietary_fiber_inflammatory_disease_diet.html#ixzz1l268RezR


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What Your Body Really Needs For Maximum Benefits from Exercise

What Your Body Really Needs For Maximum Benefits from Exercise:


According to Phil Campbell, author of "Ready Set Go", receiving maximum cardiovascular benefits requires working all of your muscle fibers and both metabolic processes.
You have three different types of muscle fibers – slow-twitch, fast-twitch, and super-fast-twitch.
And your heart has two different metabolic processes:
1.The aerobic, which requires oxygen
2.The anaerobic, which doesn’t require any oxygen





Traditional strength training, aerobic and cardio exercises work primarily the aerobic metabolic process. And they use mostly only slow-twitch muscle fibers.
Typically, traditional forms of exercise don't engage the anaerobic process of your heart nor do they involve the very beneficial fast-twitch muscle fibers.
On the other hand, high-intensity interval training such as Peak Fitness works BOTH your aerobic and anaerobic processes AND employs the crucial faster-twitch fibers, giving you a very thorough heart muscle workout.







To quote Phil Campbell:
"Most exercise programs today are built based upon a very incomplete picture of the physiology of your body.
For example, long slow cardio, "calories in, calories out," would be a perfect way to look at the body if it were all slow-twitch fiber…
But the fast- and super-fast-twitch fibers are essentially 50 percent of your muscle fibers and they don't get recruited until you add a velocity of movement."

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Omega 3 Fish Oils - Offers Amazing Health

Each and every human being on this planet strives to live a healthy and contented life with each passing day!
Today more than ever before, the human race has become extremely conscious of the vast benefits that can be derived by an active and healthy lifestyle. Contemporary nutritional experts have uncovered various breakthroughs in dietary therapies, which enhance both mental and physical bodily functions, considerably. The health benefits could range from increased vitality, extended mortality, and the ability of the body's immune system to avoid or overcome the many fatal ailments, that has ravaged the human race in recent years.
Specific dietary supplements, such as Omega 3 fish oils and regular exercise have played a major role in these dynamics, enabling humans to live longer life-spans than previously thought possible.

What are Omega 3 fish oils?
There are many different health supplements, but Omega 3 fish oils which is derived from certain types of fish, can be advocated as the most promising at present. It has been clinically established, to be enormously useful in the prevention and relief of numerous health circumstances.


Omega 3 fish oils are comprehensively natural sources of nutrition, which can produce immense health rewards to any human being. It has relatively minor side effects, even if taken in high doses, compared to the detrimental consequences that are usually associated with chemical-based pharmaceutical medication. These have the potency to offer tremendous results to a person's overall good-health, if administered properly. In order to fully comprehend these inimitable health gains, it is particularly important to discern what exactly are Omega 3 oils and from which sources it originates.
Sources of Omega 3 fish oils
Omega fish oils are precisely what its name implies. It is oil contained in the flesh of special varieties of fish.

Several diverse species of fish are rich in such oils, and the following can be listed:
Salmon
Sardines
Tuna
Trout
Mackerel
Mullet
Anchovies
Herring
Menhaden
Sturgeon
Bluefish

Fundamental features and its relevance to vibrant health, is principally due to the fact that it is composed of exceptionally essential elements, such as Omega 3 fatty acids. There are many characteristics of Omega 3 fatty acids, but the two most vital ingredient are; DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), which are also commonly identified as N-acids.
Moreover, these two specific constituents of Omega 3 fatty acids are well-known to provide remarkable respite to inflammations and many other infirmities. Additionally, Omega 3 fatty acids are generally acknowledged as one of the key factors in the prevention of blood-clotting, which in itself could be a real life-saver to many.
Omega 3 fatty acids can not be produced by the human body on its own. Hence, the only available means for the body to obtain such crucial acids are by way of diet.

Diets rich in Omega 3 fish oils
The inclusion of fish oil to a person's daily diet is predominantly imperative, since it is uniquely able to battle an array of abnormalities as mentioned below. The two most obvious methods of maintaining a diet rich in such oils are; either the ample consumption of fish on a regular basis, or the daily use of Omega 3 fish oil pills as a dietary supplement. Traditionally, inhabitants ate such varieties of fish in generous servings, in order to sustain adequate amounts of fish oil in their bodies. This is of course, the most natural manner in which the levels of Omega 3 fatty acids can be enhanced in the human body.
It has been determined by current nutritional studies, that the method of fish preparations also plays a central role in producing any positive outcomes. Baked and poached fish for example, have been known to fabricate many health gains as opposed to fried fish, which is of course due to the process of frying. Nevertheless, some considerations need to be taken into account when comparatively large quantities of fish are added to one's diet frequently. This is mainly due to mercury levels in fish having increased greatly in the past few years. Mercury is dreadfully toxic and most often leads to serious illness.
It is an accepted reality that none of the fish on this earth are entirely free of mercury. Therefore, the majority of health professionals suggest that fish should be consumed a maximum of two or three times per week. However, there are some species of fish with negligible volumes of mercury, while also having an abundance of oil in its flesh.
Named below are such types of fish:
Salmon, Sardines, Mullet, Freshwater Trout, Herring, Anchovy and Mackerel (North Atlantic Chub)
fish that contain the highest percentage of mercury are:
Tuna and King Mackerel


Omega 3 fish oil pills
The most non-toxic sources of Omega 3 fatty acids are dietary supplements, such as Omega 3 fish oil pills. Many brands of Omega 3 fish oil pills are freely available in the world today, but the best quality products with the lowest volumes of mercury, are manufactured in New Zealand. This is the preferred option for countless people who are not very keen on consuming fish. It is also the safest for those who may be at a higher risk of mercury poisoning, due to excessive consumption of fish.
However, some fundamental aspects need to be looked into when selecting a suitable supplement of Omega 3 fish oil pills.

Primarily, verify if the Omega 3 fish oil supplement contains DHA, EPA, or even both. The sensible choice would be to decide on a product that consists of both these Omega 3 fatty acids. The DHA and EPA Omega 3 fatty acids, could then work in unison with each other, providing the optimum of health advantages to the consumer.

Secondly, confirm whether a particular brand of Omega 3 fish oil pills have an enteric coating. Basically, an enteric coating prevents any trace of fishy-flavour from entering the palate. This would be very helpful especially if the individual does not favour the taste of fish.
A further concern would be the freshness and quality of the fish oil used in these products. A reputed brand with proven freshness, should be selected for the best possible outcome. The higher the purity of the oil, without additives such as vitamin E and stabilizers, the better the absorption inside the body which results in positive health effects.

Benefits Of Omega 3 fish oil pill
The splendid benefits of Omega 3 fish oil pills could be reaped by anyone, regardless of age or gender. Specifically though, people with the following symptoms of ailment could benefit greatly by taking such a daily supplement.

-Weight Gain with imminent prospects for Obesity
-Chronic Depression or High Blood Pressure
-Stroke, Heart Disease and high risk conditions for a Heart Attack
-Women who experience Painful Menstruation
-Excessive amounts of Triglycerides that could lead to Diabetes
-Brittle Bones having an elevated possibility of developing Osteoporosis
-Arthritis, Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder




Concluding observations
Omega 3 fish oils have comprehensively demonstrated, time and again, to be distinctively necessary for the wellbeing of any individual. The amazing restorative qualities of these oils can only be overstated, because of the enormous relief it provides for various health conditions. These could range from depression, weight-gain, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and many more debilitating disorders.
Additionally, it complements modern society's busy and stressful lifestyles, with much needed vigor and vitality. Such unique and multiple health benefits can be easily achieved by taking a regular supplement of Omega 3 fish oil pills. This can be done as a convenient alternative to the actual consuming of fish, which are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids.
Therefore; in this present day and age, such natural nutrition provides the most practical solution in attaining a wholesome diet, saturated with Omega 3 fatty acids. This in turn, will tremendously advance the health-standard of a person's life and carry it to the fullest potential.


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