Understanding The Significance of Aquatic Omega-3 Food Sources in the Nutrition Practice
Published on
April 1, 2016
Abstract
It is a tenant of modern nutrition that the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) keep pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses in balance, and mediate other local control processes to respond properly to cellular stress. The physiologically relevant omega-3 fatty acids are alpha linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3n3), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n3).