It is a well known fact that DHA omega-3 has positive health benefits for everyone\u00a0from pregnant or nursing mothers and infants, to healthy adults and the elderly.\u00a0DHA is essential for the proper development and function of brain and eye development throughout life and for maintaining optimal function of the nerve cells in the brain and retina.\u00a0This blog post provides some details and useful sources that provides information on DHA.<\/p>\n
How is DHA formed? – <\/strong>This article –\u00a0http:\/\/omega3.company\/blog\/conversion-of-ala-to-epa-to-dha-nice-graphic\/<\/a> provides information on the formation of DHA from ALA.\u00a0One interesting fact that the post\u00a0also conveys is that\u00a0only about\u00a05% of ALA is converted to EPA, and <0.5% of ALA is converted to DHA! These are important stats, because these mean that if your ultimate aim is to have a good amount of DHA in your system, depending on sources containing ALA might not be much help \u2013 and this is where algae play a role\u00a0as direct sources of DHA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Health Benefits of DHA<\/strong><\/p>\n DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) is the most abundant omega-3 fatty acid found in cell membranes throughout the body and\u00a0is present in all tissues. It is the most prominent omega-3 fatty acid in neural, retinal and cardiovascular connecting tissue.<\/p>\n – Accounts for 97% of the omega-3 fats in the brain<\/p>\n – Accounts for 93% of the omega-3 fats in the retina<\/p>\n – \u00a0Key component in heart<\/a> tissue<\/p>\n – \u00a0Naturally found in breast milk<\/p>\n Brain Health<\/strong><\/p>\n DHA is a structural fat, making up approximately 30% of the structural fats in the gray matter of the brain and 97% of the omega-3’s in the brain.<\/p>\n Studies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have shown that DHA plays a role in:<\/p>\n Eye Health<\/strong><\/p>\n DHA is a major structural fat in the retina of the eye and it plays an important role in both infant visual development and visual function throughout life.<\/p>\n Studies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have shown that DHA plays a role in:<\/p>\n Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n DHA is a key component of the heart, especially in the conducting tissue, and is important for heart health throughout life.*<\/p>\n Studies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have shown that DHA plays a role in:<\/p>\n In addition, the\u00a0Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/strong>\u00a0has reviewed the available data regarding the relationship between DHA and EPA and cardiovascular disease and has authorized the use of the following claim:<\/p>\n \u201cSupportive but not conclusive research shows that consumption of EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Source: \u00a0<\/a><\/em>http:\/\/www.lifesdha.com\/what-is-dha\/the-benefits-of-dha.asp<\/a>x<\/p>\n What is \u00a0the difference between algae DHA and Fish \u00a0Oil? Which is better?<\/strong><\/p>\n Research is still going on to confirm if the DHA that is directly extracted from algae or from fish oil is the best.\u00a0Fish oil contains omega-3s that are distinct from the flax-type omega-3s. \u00a0Fish obtain EPA and DHA by eating algae that have the flax-type omega-3s typical of plants. More details about this can be found here –\u00a0http:\/\/omega3.company\/blog\/which-is-healthier-algae-dha-or-fish-oil\/<\/a><\/p>\n Research \u00a0teams so far have examined the relation between algal DHA supplementation and cardiovascular disease risk factors, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. They found that supplementation with algal DHA reduced triglycerides and raised HDL-cholesterol.<\/p>\n For now, DHA from algae seems to be a sustainable, alternative source of DHA that can satisfy both the demands of consumers and the needs of vegetarians, as well as fulfilling most, if not all, the health benefits currently established with omega 3s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is a well known fact that DHA omega-3 has positive health benefits for everyone\u00a0from pregnant or nursing mothers and infants, to healthy adults and the elderly.\u00a0DHA is essential for the proper development and function of brain and eye development throughout life and for maintaining optimal function of the nerve cells in the brain and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,547,546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae","category-algae-dha","category-algae-non-fuel-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5433,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions\/5433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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