Why Omega-3
The cell membrane of nearly every cell in the human body is made up of cholesterol and phospholipids – essential fatty acids such as EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahaexanoic acid). Read Cholesterol is good for you
Omega-3 fatty acids are important for people of all ages – from pregnant women to kids and adults.
From the immune system to the brain, omega-3 plays a critical role in the body’s physiologic processes. For example, the brain is 60% fat – mostly fatty acids; the synapses (the connections between neurons/brain cells) are 80% fatty acids.
Sugar impairs your brain function, memory and cognitive ability.
Omega-3 deficiency makes it worse.
Essential Fatty Acids
Critical Structural Components
So, not only are essential fatty acids critical structural components of our cells, but much of the body’s physiologic function is dependent upon having sufficient essential fatty acids in general and omega-3 in particular.
Humans today eat waaaayyyy too much omega-6 fats, found in processed vegetable oils, grains, and packaged convenience foods.
The ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 in most people is so imbalanced it causes people to be unhealthy, very unhealthy. You can’t say this too much.
Combined with the importance of these essential fatty acids is the fact that our modern culture is terribly deficient in omega-3 essential fatty acids. Because we eat grains and vegetable oils, and because we eat domesticated grain-fed animals, we eat way too much omega-6 fats.
Bonfire Omega-3 is a natural triglyceride, sourced from cold-water sustainable fisheries, tested for purity, and manufactured at the highest standards to prevent oxidation.
The Critical Omega-3 to Omega-6 Ratio
Research has shown that the human body is healthy when our dietary intake of essential fatty acids is a ratio of 1:2 between omega-3 and omega-6.
People today are eating a ratio of 1:30, even 1:50 – it should be 1:2.
Current research shows that people today are eating a diet style of processed vegetable oils such as canola, soy, cottonseed oils (commonly found in packaged foods), and grains (which are high in omega-6), and finally, grain-fed animals, creating ratios today of 1:30, even 1:50 – it should be 1:2.
This gross imbalance of essential fats is resulting in many disease processes among modern cultures – chronic inflammation, atherosclerosis, cancer, and brain degeneration (neurodegenerative diseases or dementia such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s).
Inflammation and Omega-3
When the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 gets too high, dangerous inflammation results, causing many diseases, including:
- Heart disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- High Cholesterol
- Depression
- Autoimmune diseases (Lupus)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriasis
- ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- Strokes
- Premature and low birth weights
- Neurodegenerative dementia diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
- Crohn’s disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
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