Did You Know???

Did you know that Omega-3s show up in high concentrations in heart tissue? And, that they seem to help with regulating heart rhythm (wish I'd know this earlier)and preventing fatal arrhythmias? How about that they can dampen the inflammation response?

How about this: did you know that our current western diets are extremely high in Omega-6s but low in Omega-3s? Guess what Omega-6s do to our bodies...they tend to excite the inflammation response and one characteristic of these Omegas are to cause blood clots (hmmm, blood clots if you're not bleeding may not be a great thing, right?).

Here's another interesting tidbit -- the Japanese smoke more than Americans (in general) and tend to have higher blood pressure (by average) than Americans and our rates of death due to heart disease are 4 times greater than theirs. Wonder what their secret is?? Maybe it's the consumption of 3-times the amounts of Omega-3s in the Japanese diet (mostly in fish).

I don't know for sure but this looks like something to think about--oh and one of the things that has a good amount of Omega-3s (and NEVER, EVER contained any trans fats) that we Americans so easily booted out of our diets - good ol' fashioned butter! It's good for you AND tastes like friggin' heaven! But be warned, get the organic natural butter -- the butter coming from corn-fed cattle doesn't have as high amounts of Omega-3s...another bit of food for thought! (Ha! I crack myself up sometimes!)