The Truth About Omega 3 Cholesterol-Fighting Foods

December 26, 2009 · Filed Under Health Related Article

If you have walked down the aisles of any major grocery store in the past year, then you have probably noticed the sudden influx of omega 3 enriched foods gracing every shelf from the breads to the cereals to the eggs. You may even have bought some of these foods, feeling confident in your knowledge that omega 3 fatty acids are key to heart health, memory and recall, focus, psychological health and fighting a variety of inflammatory disorders like diabetes and psoriasis. Not to mention recent evidence links consumption of omega 3 fatty acids directly to the prevention of colon and breast cancer!

Needless to say, you probably believed you were making a rationale and responsible investment in your health when you paid an extra few dollars for that enriched bread or those cholesterol-fighting eggs. Unfortunately, you probably not only failed in your investment, but you likely just plain got ripped off. The FDA is investigating a wide variety of vendors who have been claiming to sell omega 3 enriched products – in particular those vendors who have promoted their products as “cholesterol fighting” foods. In reality, many of these foods may have been enriched with omega 3 fatty acids, but there is no way to tell if your food has the right kind of omega 3s or whether it simply is filled with the many forms of these fatty acids that do nothing for you one way or the other, or even that interact badly with other fatty acids to cause gastric distress in some people.

As far as the FDA is concerned, the main problem is that people who eat these foods in large amounts in order to fight cholesterol – something that omega 3 is very good at doing – may actually be seriously undermining their own efforts since the foods may not be sufficiently enriched or may have the wrong types of omega 3. In the case of omega 3 enriched eggs, these foods may actually be doing more harm than good since eating large amounts of egg yolk will almost always hike your cholesterol regardless of your other eating habits.

But if the food manufacturers cannot be believed or trusted to provide the right types of omega 3 content, where can you get your omega 3 in a natural form that is safe for the whole family? In the long run, you will be better served by finding an all natural, 100 percent pure salmon oil supplement that you can take once a day and then forget about omega 3 entirely. These supplements not only contain the requisite amount of omega 3 that you need to get all the health benefits that come from regular omega 3 fish oil consumption, but they also are guaranteed pure and are endorsed by the World Health Organization. They will also cost you much less than you would pay for loaf after loaf of omega 3 enriched bread, since you would literally need to eat over a pound a day to get as much omega 3 as you need to get full benefits from this amazing fatty acid.

To learn more about an environmentally responsible, safe omega 3 supplement, visit www.omega -3.us.

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