People use fish oil to help manage many health conditions: heart disease, high cholesterol, depression, anxiety, poor immunity, AIDS, and ulcers. Others use it for weight management, nutrition during pregnancy, boosting fertility and for care of the skin. The active ingredient responsible for all the health benefits of fish oil is Omega 3 essential fatty acids, Alpha-linoenic (ALA), and Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).

 

Facts about Fish Oil benefits: What you need to know?

 

  • Fish oil is usually harvested from albacore tuna, herring, mackerel, lake trout, sardines and salmon.

 

  • Thanks to Omega 3 fatty acids, fish oil helps to prevent cardiovascular diseases. It lowers the levels of bad cholesterol in the body. Further, it helps to treat strokes by preventing atherosclerosis in heart patients.

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