Sunday, August 28, 2016




        Omega 3-A Very Important Nutrient

Life Extension Magazine October 2015
REPORT
This was an 8 page report from the founder and president of Life Extension. I shorteded it here, if you want to read the complete report documented with 69 refrences go to life extension and look up the october 2015 issue of life extension magazine or send me an email and i will send it to you. joe.hammond@hammondlifeextension.com
 The most important function of Omega 3
The primary function of Omega 3 is to guard all of our 37 trillion cells as the primary component of the protective membrane around our cells. This membrane protects our cells against free radicals and other disruptive elements that injure or destroy cells. The membrane also lets in nutrients and lets out waste. Most Americans do not get enough Omega 3 to renew this membrane and keep it repaired. When we don’t have enough Omega 3 to sustain the protective membrane it is built from inferior fats that crack and let free radicals and other destructive elements into our cells to bring on Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, and all the rest.                                                                                       By Joe Hammond
Advances In Fish Oil Purity And Potency
By William Faloon
When fish oil supplements were first introduced, the main questions consumers asked were whether the omega-3 oils were free of contaminants and rancidity.
These were valid concerns as certain cold-water fish can be laden with dangerous pollutants and since omega-3s are polyunsaturated fats, they rapidly degrade (oxidize) under normal conditions.
You now can obtain high-quality fish oil supplements that are virtually free of contaminants and oxidized fats from Hammond Life Extension.
This article reveals a new source of fish oil that provides a superior standard of potency and freshness.
Most people have heard of the health benefits available from consumption of cold-water fish and fish oil—among the best-known are, forming the membrane that protects all of our 37 trillion cells, cardiovascular protection1-10 and promotion of brain health.11-32
Emerging evidence shows that consumption of omega-3s provides an even wider spectrum of critical health benefits.6,14,33-59
Research has shown that in order to derive meaningful results from fish oil, a relatively high daily dose is needed.
The optimal supplemental intake of omega-3s should be around 2,400 mg ofEPA/DHA per day.60
The average American consumes just 200 mg per day of active EPA and DHA —that’s less than one-tenth of the optimum dose.60
Most Consumers Unaware
A problem we uncovered several years ago is that even those supplementing with a product labeled “fish oil” often obtain insufficient amounts of EPA and DHA.
This happens because some fish oil promoters pretend that their low-potency products contain enough omega-3s to provide the benefits documented in the peer-reviewed published literature.
We wish it were possible to fit the requisite EPA/DHA into one or two small capsules. The reality is that to obtain optimal potencies of omega-3s, one has to take four modest-size, highly-concentrated fish oil capsules daily with meals.
There is no way around this potency mandate, yet surveys that Life Extension has done with health-conscious individuals reveal they take far less EPA/DHA (on average) than is needed to derive the expected benefits.
Guarding Against Environmental Pollutants
Contamination has been an ongoing concern with health-conscious consumers.
Wild-living, oil-producing fish are exposed to environmental pollutants, some of which may become concentrated in the animals’ livers, the primary oil-providing organ.
These contaminants can include mercurypolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), andorganochlorine pesticides, all of which have the potential to cause ill effects in humans.61,62
 Here is an overview of the eight steps used to produce our ultra-purified fish oil with a higher EPA/DHA concentration:
  • Upon harvesting from pristine Alaskan waters, the fish are kept in chilled seawater tanks to guard against initial degradation.
  • The oil is carefully separated from the solid parts, quickly packed into oxygen-tight bags, and sent on to the EPA and DHA refining process.
  • The initial pretreatment involves distillationof the raw fish oil to draw off any oxidation products, cholesterol, PCBs, and other environmental contaminants, yielding a purer starting product.
  • flash distillationtechnique is used to separate and concentrate the beneficial EPA and DHA from other fats, and further remove contaminants.
  • cold extractionprocess gently concentrates the fish oil to provide a higher percentage of EPA/DHA omega-3 fatty acids.
  • molecular distillationtechnique deodorizes fishy odor and taste, then further removes pollutants and any oxidation products.
  • This double-distilledfish oil is then filtered to remove any residual dioxins, heavy metals, and chlorinated pollutants using an activated carbon filtration media.
  • This ultra-purifiedfish oil is then packaged with inert gases such as argon to displace any residual oxygen, thus solidly protecting the long-term freshness during shipping and storage.
Advances In Fish Oil Quality
  • There is a wide range of quality and potency among the fish oil supplements on today’s market.
  • Concerns about contamination and about the sustainability of the world’s fisheries also raise flags for many consumers, who might thereby limit their use of these valuable supplements.
  • Modern fishery and processing techniques, however, along with sourcing fish from certified sustainable fisheries, have now made available extremely potent fish oils standardized to specific concentrations and ratios of EPA and DHA.
  • These techniques also minimize the risk of exposures to toxic chemicals and maximize freshness of the oils, meaning that higher doses can be taken with confidence, even while ingesting fewer and smaller softgels.
Protecting Against Rancidity (Oxidation)
Assuring freshness of a fish oil supplement is always a challenge. That’s because polyunsaturated omega-3s are highly susceptible to oxidizing degradation.
Oxidation reduces the EPA/DHA potency of the oil, produces off-tastes and smells of rancid fats, and can generate free radicals in whoever ingests it.
A fish oil blend derived from pristine Alaskan coastal waters utilizes a multi step process to remain exceptionally fresh. The result is a fish oil that has a greater than 5-fold reduction in the upper level threshold measurement for oxidation, adding a new definition to the word “quality.”
A measurement of total oxidation value is used to assess the amount of oxidized fats permitted in a fish oil supplement. The maximum standard for quality fish oils for total oxidation value has been up to 26. A newly identified Alaskan-derived fish oil blend reduces the upper level threshold for this measure of rancidity down to 5.
Please know that total oxidation values up to 26 are safe and long established in the fish oil industry. Reducing this upper threshold down to represents a major improvement in ensuring fish oil freshness and tolerability.
Another measurement of freshness looks at current oxidation levels by assaying for peroxides. Industry standards for quality fish oil permits up to a 5.0 milliequivalent per kilogram peroxide reading. This new Alaskan-derived fish oil blend reduces the maximum upper level threshold peroxide measure to a virtually nonexistent 1.0 milliequivalent per kilogram, with actual peroxide values measuring at a fraction of that limit.
The final analysis of fish oil freshness looks at past oxidation levels and measures of aldehyde production during handling and storage. This test measures anisidine levels and permits a maximum value of 20. The maximum anisidine standard of the new Alaskan-derived fish oil blend does not exceed 5.
These ultra-low oxidation standards are obtained by using only freshly caught fish, carefully removing all traces of oxidation through multiple refining processes, and then aggressively purging oxygen using nitrogen and argon gases to prevent rancidity from initiating in storage. This ensures an exceptionally fresh oil blend and a very long shelf-life.
Improved Tolerability
This new level of freshness is especially important to those with gastric sensitivities to fish oil supplements. The extra-purification processes remove oxidation products that can help reduce the burping and other digestive discomforts that preclude some people from ingesting enough omega-3s.
Summary
The explosion of scientific evidence favoring fish oil supplementation for heart, brain, and overall health has, until recently, outpaced the availability of highly concentrated, highly purified oils from sustainable sources.
This has left consumers with concerns about potential contaminants, freshness, and the long-term environmental impact of fish oil harvesting.
Novel manufacturing techniques coupled with sourcing fish only from certified sustainable fisheries in Alaska has now made it possible to choose clean, pure, fresh omega-3 oil for generations to come without fears for the environment.

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If you have any questions on the scientific content of this article, please call me, Joe Hammond at 786-478-4200 or email me atjoe.hammond@HammondLifeExtension.com and I will send you the full 8 pages with the complete documentation and answer any other questions you may have..
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Hammond Life Extension does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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