Omega 3 Fish Oils Linked to a Lower Rate of Suicide

Fish oil contains to forms of Omega 3 fats which are very beneficial to the human body: EPA and DHA. For billions of years, life developed in the seas, and these critical fatty acids were prevalent and available for all the organisms that evolved over this great time span. Even when animals eventually came onto land, EPA and DHA were still present in their diets as grasses and plants often had sufficient levels. Only in the last hundred years or so, with the advent of more modern farming techniques for raising cattle, fowl, and even fish, the quantity of these Omega 3 fats has severely declined in our diets. Cattle, fowl, and fish are being fed diets high in grain and various derivatives which are very low in Omega 3 fats, and actually have high Omega 6 fat levels which produce many opposite and negative effects in the body! When humans consume these animals and fish our diets then become deficient in Omega 3 fats, and the Omega 3/Omega 6 fat ratio -- which used to be about 1:1 -- now is closer to 1:16!

Please look in my archives to read on all of the benefits of Omega 3 oils, or just do a google search to satisfy your curiosity. One new study, however, now links Omega 3 fat consumption with the incidence of suicide... specifically in military personnell.

Here is the link: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/24/news/la-heb-suicide-military-omega3-20110824