Healthy Eating Food

When learning about healthy eating food you’ll find that fats get a bad reputation, but the truth is there are good fats and bad fats. And omega-3s are really good fats.  The most well researched omega 3 is more about benefits of fish oil.

These fatty acids, which are essential for human growth and development, are most often associated with coldwater fish and certain fruits and vegetables, but they also occur in abundance in grass-fed beef. Grass fed meat is a rich source of this healthy fat because the animals spend their lives eating the green forage plants that are naturally rich in omega-3s themselves. Just by eating their natural diet, the cattle absorb these valuable fats and then pass the nutrition on to you. The result is beef that has nearly 60% more omega-3s than beef from cows that have been raised on a low-omega-3 grain diet.

Chicken and the eggs from pasture raised (free-range) chickens are also good sources of Omega 3′s.

More sources:

• Flaxseeds and flaxseed oil
• Soybeans and soybean oil
• Walnuts
• Brazil nuts
• Soy nuts
• Olive oil
• Hemp seeds
• Pumpkin seeds

Most people think the best food source  is  fish for omega 3.   Be educated before eating fish and know that you need wild caught fish.  Today too much fish is  farmed with the fish being fed pellets of food that isn’t even close to the fish’s natural diet like natural algae found in wild caught fish waters.  Fish quality is lowered because of waters  polluted due to industrial waste in the oceans and harbors toxins like mercury and PCB’s that have accumulated in the flesh.

I’m not a fish eater but I do use Carlson’s Cod Liver Oil (lemon flavor ) for essential fatty acids supplements.

Omega-3 fatty acids are found in fish, nuts, seeds and oils.  Some fruits and vegetables are good sources of omega-3s.  Eat kidney beans, navy beans, tofu, winter and summer squash, certain berries such as raspberries and strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, romaine lettuce, and collard greens.  Don’t forget that grass-fed meats and poultry, and their eggs are also sources of omega-3s.

Omega 3 fatty acids may play a role in the prevention and/or treatment of the following health conditions:

• Alzheimer’s disease
• Asthma
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Bipolar disorder
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular disease
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Eczema
• High blood pressure
• Huntington’s disease
• Lupus
• Migraine headaches
• Multiple sclerosis
• Obesity
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Psoriasis
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Benefits of omega 3 fatty acids:

• Reduce inflammation in your body
• Keep blood from excessive clotting
• Maintain cell membrane  fluidity
• Lower the amount of  cholesterol and triglycerides  circulating in the bloodstream
• Prevent or protect vision
• Inhibit thickening of the arteries
• Good heart health
• Helps with wound healing
• Reduce the risk of becoming obese and improve the body’s ability to respond to insulin
• Help prevent cancer cell growth