{"id":203,"date":"2011-12-12T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/?p=203"},"modified":"2026-04-10T07:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:58:29","slug":"omega-fatty-acids-a-hype-or-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/omega\/hype-help","title":{"rendered":"Omega Fatty Acids &#8211; a Hype or Help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a tour of any supermarket today, and you will be struck by the number of margarine tubs, cooking oils and even yogurts and eggs that have \u201cOmega 3 or 6\u201d either in their brand name or added in big letters to the packaging.<!--more--> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/omega.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-236\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px;\" title=\"omega\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/omega.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>What is the sudden big deal with Omegas? Are marketers just cashing in on new research evidence claims about these Omegas to sell their products already naturally rich in these fatty acids? Or are there real benefits from these fatty acids, and if so, what in particular for persons practicing sports? What exactly are Omega fatty acids? These are polyunsaturated fatty acids which are classified as essential nutrients because they cannot be synthesized in the body and must be obtained from food. What is the difference between Omega 3 and 6? Omega 3 : \u2022\u00a0 Slows synthesis of bad cholesterol, \u2022\u00a0 Lowers levels of triglycerides in the blood (high levels of triglycerides in the bloodstream have been linked to risks of heart disease and stroke), \u2022\u00a0 Omega 3\u2019s facilitate mobility of the red blood cells and prevent stickiness in the capillaries, \u2022\u00a0 Prevents overdose of calcium to the heart muscles which can cause a heart attack, and lowers rate of death after a heart attack, \u2022\u00a0 Diminishes the deposits of fats in adipose tissue (fatty tissues). Omega 6: \u2022\u00a0 Helps maintain cardiovascular equilibrium, \u2022\u00a0 Beneficial to the immune system \u2022\u00a0 Helps to heal allergic reactions . Omega 3 &amp; 6 both help towards a securing good functioning of the nervous and hormonal systems and in the regulation inflammation. More about omega fatty acids:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Best source and dose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/omega\/best-source-dose\">What is the best source and what is the correct dose?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What are the benefits for sportsmen?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/omega\/benefits\">What are the benefits for sportsmen? <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Side Effects and Legal aspects of Omega\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/omega\/effects-legal-aspects\">Are they legal substances for athletes? <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>source <strong><span style=\"color: #333366;\">Time-to-Run<\/span><\/strong> and Women&#8217;s Editor Cassandra Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a tour of any supermarket today, and you will be struck by the number of margarine tubs, cooking oils and even yogurts and eggs that have \u201cOmega 3 or 6\u201d either in their brand name or added in big letters to the packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7,57],"tags":[61,6,77],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-featured","category-omega","tag-fatty-acids","tag-nutrition","tag-omega"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":706,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}