DHA & EPA are two especially important omega 3 fats known to have numerous benefits on our heart. And we all want a strong healthy heart - the alternative is not great!
They help to raise our good cholesterol levels (we want more of the good, and less of the bad cholesterol), and keep our blood vessels in good shape which helps our blood pressure also.
DHA and EPA are not common in the foods we generally eat, but the good news is, they are abundant in fish - especially oily fish like tuna and salmon. For this reason the Heart Foundation recommends we should all enjoy fish 2-3 times every week for a healthy heart.
Eating fish is the easiest way to get long chain omega-3s. To keep us healthy we need a minimum of 90mg for women and 160mg for men, every day. More recently the Ministry of Health set a Suggested Daily Target which is a level that will help reduce the risk of chronic disease. This is 430mg for women and 610mg for men.
The general recommendation is to eat fish or seafood a few times a week, however oily fish contains a much higher amount of long-chain omega-3s than other fish so it’s important to have a variety.
Sealord fish products are an easy tasty way to get omega 3s into your meals. And while most of our products contain useful amounts of omega 3 fats our Sealord Tuna and Salmon Pockets’ are particularly good sources.
Omega 3 DHA & EPA help a healthy heart in diets containing 500mg of EPA & DHA per day. EPA's fancy long name is Eicosapentanoic Acid and DHA is Docosahexanoic Acid.
