By Fruzsina Páli and Alexis Louise Reda
There is something of critical importance that is missing in the conversation about essential fatty acids (EFAs), particularly omega-3s. Though the general benefits of omega-3s are very well documented, the correct and meaningful application of them is not, or at least, is only beginning to surface.
Upon scouring the mere observable deductions of research, we find solid evidence of these benefits. The following article will list these prevailing benefits of omega-3s, but then dive into discussing their underlying, oddly more simplistic-seeming effects on the body which produce this plethora of beneficial changes. It is the aim of this article, that after comprehensively conveying these fundamental physiological effects, the importance of correct EFA intake will become more obvious, immediately graspable, and compelling in the face of the burning modern question of omega-3 supplementation: to do or not to do.
But to tackle this topic fairly, we must start from the surface and work our way into its depths.
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