Posts Tagged ‘Cardiovascular Disease’

Omega-6 Fatty Acids (I)

omega-6 fatty acidsOmega-6 fatty acids are becoming highly valued as effective medicine to combat many health problems without side effects.

What are Omega-6 fatty acids?

Omega 6 (especially linoleic acid, gamma-linolenic acid or GLA) is a type of polyunsaturated fat, very healthy that we can only get from food.

Natural sources

Within the food contain Omega 6 fatty acids especially prominent Borage seed, Primrose, Black Currant, sesame, sunflower and walnuts and avocados.

Reduce Risk Of Death With Calcium

A childhood diet rich in calcium reduce the risk of death from cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in adulthood, while feeding in childhood or calcium-rich milk to reduce future risk of dying from any cause.

These are the results of a study published in the journal Heart.

“The custom of giving students extra milk to improve the development was quite prevalent in Europe in the twentieth century and milk consumption by children is still being promoted in many countries around the world,” said team Jolieke C. van der Pols, Medical Research Institute of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Read the rest of this entry »