Fish Instead of Meat - Omega Fatty Acids and Our Health
The importance of the polyunsaturated fatty acid groups omega-6 and omega-3 can not be emphasized enough. It all depends on the balance. For one starts as a healing measure inflammatory processes in the body and the other must stop them again. Now the numbers are becoming more concrete and quite alarming.
Since 1970, the pro-inflammatory fraction in our diet has increased by 250%. At the same time, the proportion of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids fell by 40%. As a result, science calls this a "silent killer" that leads to painless chronic inflammation. A condition in which thousands of people face thoughtless and unknowing by eating it.
But that's not all. With fast food, scientists in Nice managed to prove alarming in an animal experiment. They needed four generations of laboratory mice to gain massive obesity through unrestricted food intake. In this fast-food diet, especially a certain substance of the health-maintaining omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linoleum acid, was missing. Their deficiency is obvious, it triggers the metabolic reaction, which is passed on as "inherited obesity". These processes may lead to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, which can be severe in humans.
We humans depend on eating omega-3 fatty acids, including alpha linoleic acid. Sources include flax-seed, soybeans, walnuts, olive oil and the delicacy fish. For the psychosomatic is also of great importance that omega-3 fatty acids also have an antidepressant effect. Whether this happens via the anti-inflammatory mechanism or via a stabilization of the nerve cell walls in the emotional processing system of the brain is still unclear. In any case, we have a healthy and, above all, accessible therapy against the depression. With healthy nutrition, we can thus create a good foundation for the health of body and soul.
