Mar 26, 2015
In today’s video, I want to talk to you about the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are crucial to your diet even though about 95% of Americans aren’t getting enough Omega-3s in their diet. There are two types of fats you want to keep balanced in your body, Omega-3 and Omega-6. Benefits of Omega-3s are reducing inflammation, reducing risk of heart disease, reducing risk of cancer, helping with athletic performance and recovery, weight loss, improving brain function, and more! Typically, too many people have more Omega-6 fatty acids in their body, causing inflammation. In an anti-inflammatory diet, you should be consuming a lot of Omega-3-rich foods like grass-fed beef and bison, free-range eggs, wild-caught fish, chia and flax seeds, and a quality omega-3 supplement or cod liver oil.
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