Taking Fish Oil And Why DHA Is Vital To The Body

By Ben Mester


Fish oil is a supplement that a lot of people are talking about recently. Mostly, it's due to the fact the Standard American Diet (SAD) is becoming so wanting in healthy omega 3 essential fatty acids, which fish oil is greatly rich in. One of the omega 3s is a compound called DHA.

DHA plays a big part in our everyday health and wellbeing. Not only is it considered a brain food that helps to boost mental clarity and thought, it's got a wide range of other vital functions too. DHA is now being added into many pre-natal supplement formulas due to current studies that have shown that DHA while pregnant is essential to the healthy development of the baby, and can also strongly benefit the mother. How does it do that?

DHA has been studied much in relation to depression. People suffering from depression also generally appear to show an absence of DHA in their diets. And since much DHA is used up while pregnant for the development of the child's brain and central nervous system, this is thought to be one of the largest contributors to postpartum depression.

Not only has DHA shown some good results in battling postpartum depression in new moms, it's also showing some strong results in battling other kinds of depression as well. It makes sense that when a diet is deficient in foods that feed the brain, your attitude and mood, and your perspective can all begin to suffer.

Another big benefit of fish oil is that it does not have the same hazards associated with eating fish. Fish samples regularly show mercury contamination, and people are sceptical of eating fish that are raised in fish farms. But top quality fish oils are free from that kind of contamination, giving a person all of the benefits without having to cope with any of the side-effects.




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