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Fish Oil Benefits

Omega-3: The Good Fat

If you’re expecting yet another ‘Don’t eat butter and lard’ article, you’re in for a surprise. There are two families of essential fats: Omega-3 and Omega-6. Both types of fats are critical for survival. If you don’t get enough, you can die. These two fats cannot be generated in your body – it must beRead More

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Fish Oil Benefits

What are the Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fish Oil?

Fish Oil Benefits come from the Omega-3 fats naturally found in fish oil. Benefits are not limited to your heart health. Scientifically Studied Fish Oil Benefits* Fish Oil & Your Joints: Comfort Your Joints Fish Oil & Heart: Protect Your Heart Fish Oil & Brain: Feed Your Brain Fish Oil & Your Mood: Support YourRead More

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Heart Health

Should you eat like an Inuit?

I wouldn’t! Fermented seal flippers. Enough said. Inuits’ ice-covered homelands don’t offer a fun, varied diet.  Traditionally, they had a subsistence way of life.  Whatever they caught on their hunts was eaten. They typically eat seal, walrus, fish and an occasional whale or reindeer.  They use seal oil for dipping sauce.  They eat something calledRead More

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Eye Health

OmegaVia Blog – your source for information on Fish Oil and Omega-3

Welcome to OmegaVia Blog! The goal of this blog is to share relevant dietary info, new and important scientific findings about Omega-3, and occasional irreverence. We, at OmegaVia, are a bunch of health nuts. It seems someone here is always running a marathon or hiking. We are also constantly reading about health and nutrition. SoRead More

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