It’s Smart To Eat Fish

It is smart to eat fish, especially fatty fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring and tuna, at least two or three times a week. Research shows that eating just an ounce of fish a day may help restore our cells to healthy functioning, saving countless people from disability and premature death.

Here is a list of disorders that fish oil may alleviate or prevent:

• Rheumatoid arthritis – Reduces joint pain, soreness, stiffness, fatigue.
• Heart attacks – Cuts the odds of subsequent heart attacks by one third.
• Clogged arteries – Keeps arteries open and clear. Reduces risk of reclosure of arteries after angioplasty surgery by 40 to 50 percent
• High Blood Pressure – Eliminates or reduces the need for pharmaceutical pressure-lowering medications.
• Ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease) – In one test, eating 4.5 grams of fish oil a day (equal to that in 7 ounces of mackerel) for 8 months depressed disease activity by 56 percent. Another test reduced need for prednisone, a steroid, by one third.
• Psoriasis – Reduces itching, redness, pain in some patients, and cuts the amount of medication needed.
• Multiple Sclerosis – Helps reduce symptoms in some patients.
• Asthma – Curtails attacks in some individuals.
• Migraine Headaches – Lessens severity and frequency in some sufferers.