Omega 3 Fish Oil

Omega 3 Fish Oil

Omega 3 Fish Oil Production

Omega 3 Fish oil is produced by a continuous and carefully controlled process, the main
objective it to remove all impurities from the crude omega 3 fish oil ( free fatty acids,
coloured components, protein residues, oxidation products etc ) in order to obtain a clear
almost colourless oil with a low content of oxidation products and other contaminants.
The processes involved are comparable to the ones used in the processing of all edible
oils and fats, that is, deacidification, winterisation, bleaching and deodorization.

Omega 3 fish oils - Essential Fatty Acids

The term essential is deduced from Latin. Essential fatty acids are nutritional factors,
discovered in 1929 at the University of Minnesota by George and Mildred Burr. Like
vitamins, they are not synthesizable by the human body and therefore must be absorbed
from food.A fantastic source of essential fatty acids is from omega 3 fish oils.

Omega Fatty Acids

Omega 3 fish oils are so called because the omega fatty acids are named according to the
position of the first double bond in their carbon chains. Thus, the first double bond in the
omega 6,s begins at the sixth carbon from the end of the chain. The first double bond in
the omega 3,s begins at the third carbon position from the end of the chain, once in the
body both omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids are bio chemically converted and control the
body initially in two ways. First, they become incorporated into the cell membranes and
secondly keep the cell membrane optimally fluid. If there are not enough omega 3 and
omega 6 fatty acids, these cell walls will incorporate saturated fatty acids and other lipids
and become less fluid. In fact, essential fatty acids are the major building blocks of
cellular membranes surrounding every cell in the body, know as lipid bilayers, because
they are made up of two layers of fat, these fatty acid walls help to control the opening
and closing of the cells channels that allow the passage of important messenger
molecules into and out of the cell. In a second pathway, the omegas convert to hormone
like substances called eicosanoids that influence metabolic activities, it is important the
body has an adequate balance. The recommended ratio is 3-5: 1 of omega 6 to omega 3
fatty acids.

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OMEGA 6 OMEGA 3
Linolenic acid Alpha-linolenic acid
Gamma-Linolenic acid C 18.4
Dihomogamma linolenic acid C 20.4
Arachidonic acid Eicosapentaenoic acid
C 22.4 C 22.5
C 22.5 Docosahexaenoic acid

Head Office: 121, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris. France.

Sales Office: Piazza di Spagna 6, 00187 Roma. Italia.
E-mail: alta@altacare.com Web: www.altacare.com
Tel: + 39 06 6050 7487