Anti-aging Properties of Fish Oil Supplements

If you can only afford to take one antiaging supplement daily, you might want to consider taking fish oil supplements. Antiaging fish oil supplements are widely available in a gel tab form that looks a lot like Vitamin E tablets, except the liquid substance inside is actual fish oil instead of vitamins. Fish oil has been shown to have a number of scientifically verified effects on the human body that both slow the aging process and help to prevent common chronic diseases that are more frequent in later years.

Perhaps the most stunning effect of anti-aging fish oil supplements is the way it reduces inflammation within the human body. A recent study published in the January 2010 issue of Critical Care concluded that fish oil supplements were more effective than soybean oil supplements in reducing inflammation in 23 patients hospitalized after surgery and placed in intensive care due to increased risk of infection. Intravenous fish oil given to these patients resulted in shorter intensive care stays and lower rates of infection that were statistically significant.

Fish oil supplements have the same anti-aging and anti-inflammatory properties when taken on a daily basis as part of a normal diet, thereby helping to prevent a wide variety of inflammatory illnesses such as arthritis, autoimmune diseases, heart disease, stroke, and even dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Another scientific team, this time at the University of California at San Francisco, recently published findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association that show that fish oil supplements appear to actually prevent DNA from degrading: something that was previously thought to be unpreventable with age. By keeping DNA chains intact and the information they store well-organized, fish oil supplements directly impact the aging process by slowing it down.

The magic anti-aging elixirs found in fish oil supplements are Omega-3 fatty acids, substances that modern diets tend to lack because of the enormous amount of fat, sugar, salt, and corn that has only very recently been added to them. In other cultures, where fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, cod, and halibut are eaten daily or at least three or four times each week, people naturally live longer and are less likely to come down with chronic inflammatory illness like heart disease.

Another factor contributing to the decline in available Omega-3 fatty acids in the modern diet is the advent of corn fed meat. Before industrial meat production took hold after 1950, most chicken, beef, and pork was fed on mostly grass and green vegetable matter (such as table scraps). Wild grasses and the grains they produce have much higher concentrations of Omega-3 fatty acids than corn, which lacks this essential nutrient.

Corn produces meat much faster and cheaper when fed to livestock than grass feeding, but some farmers are now returning to older grass-fed methods because of the higher nutritional value in the meat and the more humane treatment of the animals. Grass fed meat is high in Omega-3 fatty acids but tends to be expensive. (Currently grass fed, organic meat runs between $8 and $15 per pound in the U.S.)

For many people who dislike fish and cannot afford grass fed meat, fish oil supplements are the most affordable, easiest way to get this vital nutrient and slow the aging process down. However, cleaning up a diet so that it includes lots of fresh produce, more fish, and less sugar and starch is an affordable and effective action anyone can adopt in addition to taking anti-aging fish oil supplements.

To get the maximum benefit from dietary changes, ‘shop the edges of the store’. In other words, buy foods that are mostly in their natural state or close to it, such as lean meat, fresh fish, fresh produce, and whole grains. Do that, take your fish oil supplements everyday, and chances are you’ll feel better and look better for years to come.

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