Salmon Oil Supplements help lower blood Cholesterol

Salmon Oil

Salmon oil contains Omega 3 fatty acids - an excellent source to boost up HDL cholesterol (the Good cholesterol) in your blood . Omega 3 fatty acid in Salmon oil, indeed, is a type of polyunsaturated fatty acids which can only be supplied by food sources. A study chaired by Gary J. Nelson, Ph.D., of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture's Western Human Nutrition Research Center in San Francisco, showed that HDL increased by 10% by just eating 20 days of of a high salmon diet!

American Heart Association indeed updated its guidelines in 2002 to recommend the consumption of fish oil supplements such as salmon oil to some groups of patients with heart disease.

benefits of salmon oil cholesterolCaution: check with your doctor if you are taking a blood thinner medications such as aspirn or warfarin before taking salmon oil supplements as salmon oil supplements may further thin your blood.

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