The Essential Omega 3 Guide
What are Omega-3 Fatty Acids?
Omega-3 fats are polyunsaturated fats that are essential to our health and well-being. Our bodies can’t produce them so we need to source the different types of Omega-3’s from the food we eat every day, from before birth and through every stage of life. Omega-3, is vital to help support healthy brain function and could be regarded as a building block for our brain, in much the same way that calcium is the building block for our bones.
There are two main types of long chain Omega-3’s. These are docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Omega-3 exists in every cell membrane in the body and is known to be a crucial component of a healthy diet for children to ensure the development of healthy brain and eye function.
How much do we need?
Most Australians do not get enough Omega-3 from their daily diet. Nutrition recommendations encourage adult women to get at least 90mg of Omega-3 fatty acids from their diet every day.1 Vaalia Low Fat Yoghurt enriched with Omega-3 provides between 56mg-118mg of Omega-3 per serve depending on pack size. This can significantly boost your daily intake of Omega-3 when combined with other Omega-3 rich foods such as fish (especially oily fish), seafood, eggs and some meats which are also sources of Omega-3.
What are the benefits of eating foods containing Omega-3 fats?
Research has shown that adequate intakes of Omega-3 fatty acids can be beneficial to overall health and well-being. For more information about Omega-3 go to www.omega-3centre.com.
What foods contain Omega-3?
Many people think that intake of the polyunsaturated oils or fats found in nuts and seeds, such as linseeds, walnuts and canola oil is enough to provide for Omega-3 needed by the body. However, these Omega-3s are short chain or alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) varieties and need to be converted into long chain Omega-3s to be used effectively by the body. Our bodies aren’t very efficient in converting Omega-3 ALA’s for use so it is a good idea to include long chain Omega-3s in your diet as well.
Omega-3 DHAs are found in seafood, especially oily fish, algae and to a lesser extent some meat and eggs.
Vaalia Low Fat Yoghurts enriched with Omega-3 contain Omega-3 derived from algae. Fish are an excellent source of Omega-3 because they eat algae. So, if you want a delicious quick snack or just don’t eat fish you can go straight to the source, cut out the middle fish, and enjoy new Vaalia Low Fat Yoghurt with Omega-3!
So now you have even more reasons to enjoy the great taste of new Vaalia Low Fat Yoghurt with Omega-3. Vaalia Low Fat Yoghurt with Omega-3 is available in three irresistible, real fruit flavours and size variants including Vanilla Mango, Pomegranate Raspberry and Orange Mango Chai flavours.
This information is of a general nature only and is not designed to replace individual medical advice. Always consult your doctor or dietitian for specific dietary advice.
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