| You may have taken a look at the title of this article | | | | brain fluidity. If you're unfamiliar with the common |
| and thought, "What in the world does fluidity in the brain | | | | sources of omega 6 fats, they are cereal, eggs, |
| have to do with my daily health, or life for that | | | | poultry and avocado. I'm not saying these foods are |
| matter?" Well, now that you're here, we should | | | | bad for you, but they need to be properly balanced |
| probably discuss why brain fluidity is so essential to | | | | with omega 3 intake to maintain proper brain fluidity. |
| your well being, and talk more about how fish oil | | | | Omega 6 fatty acids can quickly become harmful to |
| supplements can help keep your brain working at peak | | | | your bodily processes if not properly balanced with |
| potential. | | | | omega 3 sources like fish oil supplements. |
| It might be hard to grasp the idea that one nutrient | | | | Saturated fats |
| such as omega 3 can play so many vital roles in | | | | It is also a well-known fact that saturated fats are bad |
| everyday bodily functions. These roles range from | | | | for humans. Not only do they contribute to |
| mood regulation and weight loss to managing thought | | | | atherosclerotic plaque buildup in the arteries, but they |
| disorders and cholesterol levels. Yet, this is what | | | | have also been shown to harden the brain cell |
| remarkable research continues to point toward. | | | | membranes, thus impeding and even destroying their |
| Of the many positive benefits fish oil supplements and | | | | function. |
| omega 3 have on the brain, there is perhaps none | | | | Cholesterol |
| more important than its effect on brain fluidity. It may | | | | Cholesterol is another well-known culprit we hear so |
| sound disgusting to think of it like this, but the brain cells | | | | much about. We typically associate "high cholesterol" |
| work best when they're in an environment swimming | | | | with heart attacks, strokes and heart failure. While this |
| with nutrients. A fluid environment inside the cranium is | | | | is true, it is not mentioned often enough that cholesterol |
| needed to keep neurons firing optimally, maintain | | | | produces a nasty hardening effect on the interior walls |
| proper transport of vital nutrients the brain cells need | | | | of brain cells. Daily intake of omega 3 reduces the |
| to function, and to ensure blood flow is free from | | | | level of bad cholesterol in the blood and in brain cell |
| obstruction to provide oxygen to every brain cell. | | | | membranes leading to better fluidity. |
| Optimal brain fluidity is essential for the electrical signals | | | | Balance |
| within our cells for chemicals to bind properly. Let's | | | | A proper balance of omega 3 is essential for brain |
| take serotonin for example, the brain chemical that | | | | function. Researchers believe that many disorders |
| regulates sleep, appetite and mood. Serotonin bonds | | | | ranging from depression to schizophrenia are linked in |
| with proteins in brain cell membranes where it is | | | | some way shape or form to an omega 3 deficiency. In |
| metabolized and begins to play its role inside the body. | | | | fact, the American Psychiatric Association |
| If we didn't have fluidity in our brains, it is easy to see | | | | recommends that patients with "mood, impulse-control, |
| that it would be "harder" for the serotonin to get to its | | | | or psychotic disorders should consume 1 gram of EPA |
| point of destination to serve its purpose. It would | | | | + DHA per day" (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 67). |
| encounter viscosity and interference along the way | | | | Now that you're armed with this information about |
| delaying it from doing its job. When brain fluidity | | | | brain fluidity, you can begin to embark on your quest to |
| degrades, so does brain function. We then begin to | | | | find the best quality fish oil supplements available. With |
| see the effects when we get depressed, forgetful | | | | the recent decades showing increasing levels in mental |
| and foggy. When you add omega 3 fish oil | | | | illness, heart disease and depression, evidence strongly |
| supplements into your daily routine, you are essentially | | | | suggests this is related to our declining intake of |
| adding "oil" to the brain's "door hinge" and helping the | | | | omega 3 in our diets. It is important we get back on |
| brain's cell membranes to work properly and efficiently. | | | | track to maintain our health for the years to come, |
| Omega 6 Intake | | | | especially our mental health. |
| High intake of omega 6 in our diets can break down | | | | |