OMEGA XL® Potency Superior To Fish Oil & Other Omega-3’s!
Clinical research and double-blind studies indicate that OMEGA XL® can provide a potent means of controlling and inhibiting the damage caused by the excesses of the body's inflammatory responses.
These findings prompted a series of animal studies to compare OMEGA XL® with other health food products claiming anti-arthritic properties. OMEGA XL® was compared with Flax Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Salmon Oil and Max EPA (fish oil) in the adjuvant induced poly arthritis test system.
High Performing “Weapons Grade” Omega-3
The results of this research reveal that Omega XL is a high performing “Weapons Grade” Omega-3, exceeding potency and efficacy among commonly available fish oils.
On a dosage per body weight basis OMEGA XL® is:
- 100 times more potent than Max EPA
- 125 times more potent than green lipped mussel
- 175 times more potent than Evening Primrose Oil
- 175 times more potent than Salmon Oil
- 200 times more potent than Flax Oil in controlling the joint swelling associated with arthritis.
The unique grouping of fatty acids in OMEGA XL® has evolved as the most potent group of Omega-3 lipids in blocking the 5-lipoxygenase metabolic pathway responsible for inflammation in the body.
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Maintaing Your Eye Health With Omega XL®
Omega-3 fatty acids are always in the news these days. Scientific research is yielding some very promising and exciting results regarding these essential nutrients. These vital nutrients may help keep the heart healthy, and lower the incidence and severity of a number of serious disorders, such as hypertension, asthma and diabetes. But as you read all of this great news, did you realize that the very eyes with which you are reading are dependent on omega-3’s for their health?
Omega-3 fatty acids play a crucial role in your visual health. In fact, they were critical to the growth and development of your eyes during infancy and childhood. We have seen that this relationship endures, because prolonged deficiencies of omega-3’s in adults may lead to a decline in eye health. The retinas can be damaged and the delicate ocular blood vessels can become functionally impaired. Additionally, omega-3 fatty acids seem to play a role in the draining of aqueous fluid from the eyeball, which helps regulate the inter-ocular pressure and keep the eyes healthy. [1]
The Fats Of Life
There are several kinds of fatty acids, which are the building blocks the body uses to construct fatty tissues, such as cell membranes, blood vessel walls and brain tissue. The two types we will discuss here—omega-3’s and omega-6’s—are called essential fatty acids because the body cannot make them, they must be consumed through our diet.
The relationship between these two types of fatty acids is critical to our well-being. Most nutrition experts suggest that for optimal functioning, the ratio between O-6’s and O-3’s should be 3:1 or 4:1, but in the typical American diet, that ratio is often way off—11:1 and even as high as 30:1. When this type of imbalance is maintained, the body is at risk of malfunctioning.
Retinal tissues contain one of the highest concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids in the entire body. Proper consumption of omega-3’s is mandatory for the maintenance and growth of healthy retinal tissue—but omega-3’s also produce chemical compounds known as biological mediators, which help prevent the growth of those abnormal blood vessels that characterize some forms of eye disease. These biochemical mediators can suppress the action of inflammatory proteins and protect your vision from acute and chronic disease.
Pure, Potent Omega-3’s May Protect Against
Age-related Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in adults over the age of 60. AMD causes the central vision to decline, making it difficult to read and drive, or even recognize faces. It results from damage to the macula, a highly specialized area of the retina made of ganglion nerve cells.
Scientists now believe that adequate omega-3 fatty acid consumption may reduce the risk of this disease. A large study completed in 2007 revealed that individuals who consume fish—one of our primary sources of omega-3’s—at least twice a week are less likely to develop AMD than those who eat fish less often. In fact, the research participants who consumed the largest amounts of omega-3’s had a 39% lower risk of developing AMD than those who had the lowest dietary intake of omega-3’s. [1]
Omega XL® is a superior method of obtaining these fatty acids so critical for eye health. Our primary source of omega-3’s is from fatty fish, and the polluted waters of our globe have caused many species of fish to carry within their tissues many dangerous and harmful chemicals—but Omega XL® is derived through a patented process from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, and is a remarkably pure source of unadulterated, wholesome omega- 3 fatty acids.
A study reported in The Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (January 2005) concluded that omega-3 fish oil supplements provide the same benefits as actual fish consumption, with a lower intake of toxins. [1]
Dry Eye Syndrome And Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 supplementation may also help alleviate dry eye syndrome. DES is a chronic deficiency of eye lubrication, and a condition in which the abnormal chemical composition of ocular fluid causes it to evaporate too rapidly. It can be a continual source of irritation and cause poor visual acuity, and it can also lead to anterior inflammation of the eyeball.
The balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids becomes very relevant when we consider DES. In a 2005 study completed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, researchers reported the following findings:
- In general, higher intakes of omega-3 fatty acids where associated with a 20% decline in risk of DES compared to lower O-3 intakes.
- Subjects who consumed five servings or more of tuna each week had a 68% lower risk of DES compared to subjects who consumed only one serving of tuna each week.
- Those with high omega-6 to omega-3 ratios—in the 15:1 range—were two and a half times more likely to experience DES. [1]
Retinal Neuropathy And The Omega Balance
Retinopathy refers to the deterioration of the retina and attendant vision loss caused by this decline. Diabetics are at risk of retinopathy due to the swelling and rupture of blood vessels in the eye. Infants born prematurely may also suffer from the “retinopathy of prematurity” (ROP) in which eye blood vessels develop abnormally and may bleed, or scar the retina.
Numerous studies have suggested that high dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids may prevent the onset of diabetes and might lessen the severity of its symptoms and the incidence of its complications. Preventing or decreasing the severity of diabetes is one incredibly important way that omega-3’s can help protect visual health.
A large collaborative study performed in association with the Institutes of National Health and the National Eye Institute employed a mouse research model of oxygen-induced retinopathy, and their findings had implications for sufferers of ROP, diabetic retinopathy and AMD. These researchers concluded that a predominance of omega-6’s over omega-3’s in the bloodstream may contribute to the growth of abnormal areas in the retina. They discovered that increasing omega-3 consumption while decreasing omega-6 consumption reduced the size of areas of damaged retinal blood vessels. [2]
Omega-3’s And Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a disease that causes peripheral vision loss, and it is most frequently associated with an increase in ocular pressure. Those with diabetes and people who are overweight have an increased incidence of this disorder.
We have already discussed how omega-3 supplementation may prevent diabetes, and therefore lessen the risk of glaucoma. High omega-3 intake may also contribute to normal weight control by keeping the body’s cell membranes pliable and allowing for appropriate caloric combustion. Keeping one’s weight within a normal range may help prevent both diabetes and glaucoma.
Omega-3 consumption is also related to the proper draining of aqueous fluids of the eye, and can help ensure that intra-ocular pressure remains normal. Studies suggest that high dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids may help lower one’s risk of developing glaucoma. [3]
Omega XL® For Excellent Vision
By now you can clearly see that taking Omega-XL® (a Weapons Grade pharmacetical quality formula) for your visual health is a tremendous step in ensuring good vision. Omega-3 fatty acids are absolutely essential to good visual health—and Omega XL® is one of the finest, most potent and most pure source of these essential fatty acids available in the world today.
Do your eyes a favor—see to it that you get Omega XL®!
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[1] Gina White, “Essential Fatty Acids for Eye Health”
www.allaboutvision.com/nutrition/fatty_acid_2.htm
[2] “Omega-3 Fatty Acids Protect Eyes Against Retinopathy,” US National Institutes of Health, 6-24-2007
www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2007/nei-24.htm
[3] Ray Sahelian, MD, “Natural Supplements for Glaucoma Treatment”
www.raysahelian.com/glaucoma.html
