{"id":821,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"omega-3-6-9-fats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Omega-3-6-9 Fats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong>Information about Omega-3-6-9 Fats <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Omega-3 is found in oily fish such as salmon, trout, herring, and in plant foods like flax, walnuts, algae and hemp seeds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Omega-6 is found in vegetable oils such as cottonseed, soybean, corn and safflower. In proper proportion to Omega-3, these fats are good for brain development, heart health, good cholesterol and good mood.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Omegas-3\/-6 are the polyunsaturated healthy fats. Our body cannot produce these two fatty acids making it &ldquo;essential&rdquo; to obtain them from food. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Omega-9 is a monounsaturated fat (MUFA). If you have enough omega-3 and 6 in your diet, your body can produce omega-9, making it &ldquo;non-essential&rdquo;. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2022%20pics\/Mapa-Zonas-Granada-Aceite-Olivas.png\" width=\"333\" height=\"273\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Olive trees and olive oil production around Granada, Spain<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The main Omega-9 is oleic acid commonly found in oils, fruits and nuts. Using oils like olive oil, canola, peanut, macadamia, sesame, safflower and sunflower instead of partially hydrogenated oils provide good sources of omega-9. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It is found in almonds, cashew, peanuts, pecans, pistachios, macadamias, and walnuts. Avocados and olives, which are actually fruits, are tasty source of this monounsaturated fat. Omega-9 is increasing metabolism and a skin moisturer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Omega-3 fats have many functions in our body and are important for good health.  There are three kinds:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">ALA (alpha-linolenic acid).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">DHA (docosahexaenoic acid).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">ALA is an essential fat, so it must be consumed in the diet, like seeds, nuts, and <a href=\"?p=1007\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">avocados<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Our bodies can only make very limited amounts of EPA and DHA from ALA. Therefore, it is important to include foods rich in DHA and EPA in your diet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/Omega3-benefits.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"167\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">How Much Omega-3 Should I Aim For?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The amount of omega-3 fat you need depends on your age and whether you are male or female.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Omega-3 Index reflects the relative amount of EPA + DHA in red blood cells. It is expressed as the percentage of the total amount of fatty acids present. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">ALA is in vegetable oils, walnuts, flaxseeds and soy products. EPA and DHA are found in various seafoods.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Today, the ratio between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in the Western diet is between 10:1 and 20:1. Thus we consume up to 20 times as much omega-6 as omega-3 fatty acids. The recommended ratio is lower than 5:1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A proper balance between the intake of omega-6 and omega-3 is one of the keys to improved health and will help to reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases. Processed foods can disturb the proportions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Keeping the intake of all fats to 20-35% of your calories, with most coming from MUFA and polyunsaturated fats, will facilitate your weight control efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">To determine the amount of good monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats on a nutrition label do the math: Good Fats = Total Fat &amp; Bad Fat (Trans Fat and Saturated Fats).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Enduring, chronic inflammation in the body leads to developing joint problems, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and obesity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/Arctic%20Fish-oil.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"145\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2022%20pics\/arctic%20oil%20gold.jpg\" width=\"77\" height=\"145\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/eqology.com\/news-en\/product-information\/eq-pure-arctic-oil\/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Arctic Fish Oil<\/span><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;+<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">&nbsp;Lutein<\/span><br \/>\n(.15ml\/kg bodyweight\/day)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">DHA and EPA can only be found in marine products such as fatty fish and fish oil. It is these long-chained fatty acids, like DHA and EPA, that give us the principal health benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Herring has a high content of cetoleic acid, which stimulates cells to convert short omega-3 fatty acids into the healthy, longer marine omega-3 fatty acids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Examples of fish that contains most amounts of omega-3 (EPA + DHA) are salmon, herring pickled, tuna Bluefin, mackerel, sardines (canned in oil) and oysters (steamed).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/Sardines-voordelen.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"83\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Benefits Sardines:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/Sardines-benefits.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"87\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">100 g. of sardines contains about 1.5 g. Omega-3. 100 g. herring contains about 1,5 g. Omega-9, and 4 g. Omega-3.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Men over 19 should aim for ALA intake of 1.6 g\/day. Women 1.1 g\/day. Two servings of fish\/wk provides 300-450 mg of EPA and DHA per day. Healthy people should consume at least 500 mg\/day of combined DHA and EPA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> Studies suggest that fish oil improves the function of the endothelium, the innermost layer of our arteries. Therefore, heart patients should take &gt;1000 mg\/day.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/green-lipped-mussels-map-nz.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"314\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synofit.nl\/groenlipmossel\/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Green lipped mussels oil<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n(1-2 capsules\/day)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Besides DHA and EPA, raw green-lipped mussel oils are a source of other rare omega-3 fatty acids, such as furan fatty acids that act as powerful antioxidants. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This unique combination inhibits the production of immune chemicals (leukotrienes) involved in triggering inflammation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">These fatty acids also block key enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2) in a similar way that aspirin and other drugs do. These actions help reduce the migration of inflammatory white blood cells into joints, so that pain and swelling are reduced. They also  have anti-inflammatory effects against asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">People with hip or knee osteoarthritis, taking green lipped mussel oils, showed significantly less joint pain than those taking fish oil. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Synofit oils contain all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synofitusa.com\/pages\/the-green-lipped-mussel\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">green-lipped mussel&#8217;s<\/span><\/a> Omega 3&#8217;s fatty acids, such as EPA, DHA, ETA, ETE and DTA, including the glycosamino glycans such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate, plus Curcumin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synofitusa.com\/pages\/blackcurrant-leaf-ribes-nigrum\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Blackcurrant leaf extract<\/span><\/a>, Vitamins C + D, and Calcium.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Extracts contain the mussel&#8217;s fatty acids but lost the glucosamine and chondroitin or contain the glucosamine but lost the fatty acids, proteins and other ingredients, due to the heating processes involved.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/green-lipped-mussels.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"142\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Higher levels of EPA benefits people with joint, bone loss, and psoriasis problems: 100 g N-Atlantic herring contains 1300 mg of EPA, 1700 mg of DHA, 1200 mg of ALA. Chinook salmon contains 860 mg of EPA and 620 mg of DHA per serving. Eel and sturgeon also have higher EPA levels than DHA. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Ten ml of Arctic fish oil contains:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">83 kcal of energy,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">1410 mg of saturated fats,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">3320 mg of mono-unsaturated omega-9,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">1390 mg of poly-unsaturated omega-3,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">of which 490 mg is EPA. and 690 mg is DHA.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Per serving:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Pacific sardines have 740 mg DHA and 450 mg EPA, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Atlantic salmon has 950 mg DHA and 250 mg EPA, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Sockeye salmon has 600 mg DHA and 450 mg EPA, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Rainbow trout has 440 mg DHA and 400 mg EPA, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Canned white tuna has 540 mg DHA and 200 mg EPA, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Canned light tuna has 190 mg DHA and 40 mg EPA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This table shows foods which are sources of omega-3 fats:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2014%20pics\/Omega-3%20List.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"3160\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Omega-9 acids<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2018%20pics\/Omega-9%20acids.JPG\" width=\"333\" height=\"177\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Some omega-9 fatty acids are in animal fat and vegetable oil. The 2 most important omega-9 fatty acids are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Oleic acid (18:1, n-9), which is a main component of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hNrRhoSPqOM\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">olive oil<\/span><\/a>, macadamia oil and other monounsaturated fats.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Erucic acid (22:1, n-9), which is found in rapeseed, wallflower seed, and mustard seed.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about Omega-3-6-9 Fats Omega-3 is found in oily fish such as salmon, trout, herring, and in plant foods like flax, walnuts, algae and hemp seeds. Omega-6 is found in vegetable oils such as cottonseed, soybean, corn and safflower. In proper proportion to Omega-3, these fats are good for brain development, heart health, good cholesterol&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}