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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

What Happens if You Consumed Omega-3 Fish Oils for 30 Days

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids and what would happen if you started consuming them more often.  Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for the body, but our bodies can’t produce them.  You can get omega-3 fatty acids by consuming a high-quality cod liver oil or fish oil supplement. I prefer cod liver oil because it has additional vitamin A and vitamin D.  However, it’s best to get your omega-3 fatty acids from food. Foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids include:  • Fatty fish  • Sardines  • Grass-fed beef • Organ meats  • Eggs  EPA and DHA are important omega-3s. EPA mainly helps reduce inflammation. DHA primarily helps support the brain. Omega-3 fatty acids may even help people with asthma and allergies.  Consuming more omega-3 fatty acids may potentially help with certain symptoms, including: • Dry eyes  • Dermatitis  • Macular degeneration  • Arthritis  • Arrhythmias  • High blood pressure  • Leg cramps  • Insomnia   • Menstrual cramps  More potential benefits of consuming omega-3 fatty acids:  • Improvements in fatty liver disease  • Increased calcium absorption   • Decreased risk of certain types of cancer  One small issue some people experience after taking fish oil is burping. You can take fish oil in capsule form, which shouldn’t cause burping. If you’re vegan or are allergic to fish, a good alternative is consuming algae.  It’s important to note that omega-6 fatty acids compete with omega-3 fatty acids. One of the biggest causes of a deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids is excess consumption of omega-6 fatty acids.  If you have trouble absorbing fats easily, you may want to try taking purified bile salts to increase the absorption of omega-3 fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins.  DATA:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206354/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076650/


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0:00.0

What would happen if you started consuming omega-3 fish oils for 30 days? That's a topic I want to

0:08.5

educate people on because omega-3 fatty acids are essential. That means that our bodies can't make

0:14.6

them, but we need them. And 70% of the entire population is deficient in omega-3.

0:21.6

And I'm gonna tell you why they are deficient.

0:24.6

And I'm also gonna tell you what will happen if you started putting

0:26.6

these omega-3s back into the body.

0:28.6

And you can do it through several ways.

0:31.6

Fish oils.

0:32.6

Fish oil is one way.

0:34.6

I prefer cod liver oil because it also has two additional things like vitamin D and vitamin

0:41.3

A, both which are not in fish oils.

0:44.3

You don't want to buy a fish oil based on cost because you're going to basically get rancid

0:49.3

fish oils and they're going to cause more harm than good.

0:52.3

This is because fish oils are highly susceptible to

0:56.4

being oxidized. But of course the best thing to do is to consume actual fatty fish, sardines,

1:02.8

grass-fed beef, organ meats, and even eggs. Now I will mention about, you know, like walnuts,

1:10.2

flaxseed, hemp, chia seed.

1:13.0

Might say they have omega-3, but really they're precursors that turn into omega-3 fatty acids.

1:18.3

They have something called ALA, and then that can convert into EPA and DHA.

1:23.2

EPA primarily helps you reduce inflammation, okay? And a lot of people have inflammation,

1:29.6

and you can have inflammation in the joints, so it helps with arthritis. You can have inflammation

1:34.5

in the heart, so it can help with your heart. And then you have something called DHA,

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