Insights on Omega 3 Levels Around the World
03 Jan 2017 | University of Munich
A deficit in marine omega-3 fatty acids has become a global health concern, which leads to higher risk of chronic disease, affecting most developed nations. “Determining the Omega-3 Index offers you an opportunity to improve your health. A low Omega-3 Index means risk for heart disease, elevated blood pressure, suboptimal brain function, increased likelihood for major depression, and other health issues. From the Omega-3 Index, we learned a lot why humans need marine omega-3 fatty acids, and how much of them. The good news is that increasing the Omega-3 Index is easy – just increase your intake of marine omega-3 fatty acids. However, baseline levels of individuals differ, as does the response to increased intake. This is why one dose doesn`t fit all,” explains Prof. Dr. Clemens von Schacky, a cardiologist, co-inventor of the Omega-3 Index Test and CEO Omegametrix GmbH, the European laboratory for the HS-Omega-3 Index.
