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Fish oils with EPA and DHA support the healthy functions of the brain, joints, and circulatory system. Omega-3 fatty acids also help support a healthy cardiovascular system by thinning the blood, dilating blood vessels, and supporting healthy blood pressure. It also has components that inhibit inflammatory mediators.
ArcticPure™ uses a series of advanced molecular distillation processes to extract and concentrate the beneficial essential fatty acids from the raw oil, resulting in a product of outstanding purity. ArcticPure uses fish oils from the cleanest sources on Earth. Additionally, state-of-the art
encapsulation and bottling ensures an oil as pure as any oil available worldwide.
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Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty Acids: Balancing the Good Fats
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Essential Fatty Acids
Omega-3 and omega-6 are called “essential” fatty acids because they are not produced naturally by the body; you must obtain them from food sources. Most Americans get more omega-6 than
they can handle, because omega-6 is from corn oil, sunflower oil, and safflower oil—more than abundant in typical American diets. However, we have severe deficiencies of omega-3, which is from fatty fish and to a limited extent, flax seed oil.
The omega-3 fatty acids balance the omega-6 fatty acids in many functions, but they also have importance on their own. Omega-3s are an essential part of the structure of ever cell in the body as an integral component of the cell membrane. This cell integrity enables each cell to accomplish its function.
Most medical experts consider an optimal omega-6/omega-3 ratio to be 2:1 or even 1:1. Americans commonly range from the 10:1 to the 50:1 ratio. This unbalanced ratio has important consequences. Omega-6s and omega-3s compete for the same metabolic enzymes, enzymes that break down fats. Additionally, if there is too much omega-6 in the diet, too many omega-6 byproducts are produced, including compounds called eicosanoids that are involved in the inflammatory response.
The fatty acids are critically essential in the following key areas:
- Supports brain cell function and development
- Provides cardiovascular support
- Supports eye and retina health
- Promotes healthy mental function
- Supports the immune system
The Importance of Omega-3s
Omega-3s are part of the body’s internal message communication system. Without them, hormones that deliver important messages from the brain and glands can not enter the cell to instruct the DNA on what action to take or what compounds to make. Most hormones cannot enter the cell; instead they dock on the outer cell membrane, converting the fatty acid present into certain prostaglandins, intracellular, hormone-like compounds that relay the instruction of the hormone to the DNA in the nucleus of the cell.
The DNA then begins the process of producing the relevant proteins, enzymes, and other compounds to enable the body and mind to further function in good health. Omega-3s enable the body to function in all its amazing intricacy and multi-leveled beauty.
DHA and EPA
Two of the omega-3 acids that have the greatest importance to human health are:
- Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)
Although these two wonder-acids can be formed by the metabolism of alpha-linolenic acid from plants, the process of conversion is slow and only 15 percent of the alpha-linolenic acid is properly metabolized. But EPA and DHA are found in rich quantities in fish oil, where the metabolizing and conversions have already been completed.
These two acids are synthesized from ocean phytoplankton, which are the first links in the food chain of fishes. DHA is a primary part of the neuronal membranes that influence the proper activity of neurological transmitters. DHA is a key to a healthy mood and retinal health. It is recommended for maternal nutrition, as it is essential for the growth and functional development of the fetal and infant brain and visual system.
EPA assists in thinning our blood and dilating blood vessels. It is the fatty acid most associated with a healthy cardiovascular system, and it regulates the 1- and 3-series thromboxanes, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes, chemical mediators that help regulate physiological processes including blood pressure and blood clotting.
DHA and EPA together support heart health by enhancing nitric oxide production. Both EPA and DHA inhibit 2- and 4-series interleukens and prostaglandins, compounds associated with overstimulation of inflammatory response.
Both EPA and DHA inhibit low density lipoprotein (“bad” LDL cholesterol) synthesis in the liver, thereby supporting healthy circulation. DHA and EPA influence our genetic expression toward good health. This complicated process, called gene regulation, actually stimulates our DNA toward good health. In its resting state, DNA is coiled around proteins called histones and resides in the nucleus of the cell.
EPA and DHA can trigger certain proteins to go into the nucleus and unwind specific areas of the DNA that contain the coded templates for different functions. Once unraveled, the DNA double strand is “un-zipped.” The DNA message is transcribed onto messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) which transfers the DNA instructions to the cell on what proteins to produce or what healthy actions to take.
EPA and DHA for Heart, Joints and Immunity
The Omega-3s are among the most important compounds you can take for supporting a healthy heart. Omega-3s maintain the activity of L-type calcium channels during periods of stress. EPA and DHA also have been shown to reduce resting heart rate and increase left ventricular filling capacity.
Omega-3 fatty acids produce healthy eicosanoids, like prostaglandins E-1 and E-3, leukotriene B-5 and thromboxane A-3, compounds that support healthy arteries. Fish oil enhances nitric oxide production, which promotes blood vessel relaxation. Arterial elasticity is increased with both EPA and DHA supplementation. EPA and DHA also stimulate fatty acid oxidation in the liver by increasing transcription of regulatory enzymes. Studies also show substantial lowering of triglyceride levels with fish oil supplementation.
DHA and Healthy Brain Function
It has been stated in so many ways, for so many years, but let’s say it once more: Fish is brain food. More specifically, DHA omega-3 fatty acid accounts for six percent of the dry matter of the cerebral cortex and it supports and protects neurological transmissions.
DHA protects the neurons in the hippocampus, the brain’s seat of learning, memory, and emotion. It has also been found to limit occasional low feelings or mood imbalances, which affect learning, and it has been found to help the emotions adapt during times of stress. One reason for this is that DHA has been shown to regenerate neurons in the hippocampus.
Omega-3s and Fibromyalgia
Those with fibromyalgia can benefit from taking omega-3 fatty acids, which can help reduce pain, fatigue, and depression that is often associated with this condition. Omega-3s are also helpful for inflammation, mobility, and brain function.
Purity and Quality
Pure, concentrated fish oils are one of the most important additions modern people can make in their daily health programs. Hundreds of studies show that supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids supports the mind, the heart, the kidneys, the immune system…the entire body. Rarely does a nutrient so powerfully and positively impact the human body.
Source Naturals has identified twelve deep metabolic systems that are crucial for understanding and meeting the health challenges that face us in today’s world. Of the twelve systems, amazingly, eight are positively supported by omega-3 supplementation:
- Cells/DNA
- Inflammation Response
- Sugar Regulation
- Liver Detoxification
- Circulation
- Cognition and Nerves
- Immunity
- Hormones
- Metabolism
Source Naturals ArcticPure Fish Oils are premier omega-3 oils with outstanding levels of purity and are among the highest potencies available today. They are an effective, powerful tool to support your health and vitality. The softgel contains a potent 850 mg of omega-3s per capsule, and the Liquid contains 1,400 mg of of omega-3s per teaspoon.
Does Source Naturals have to go to the ends of the earth for the best omega-3 fish oils? Yes, as a matter of fact they do. Their commitment to quality doesn’t stop at searching the world’s oceans for the cleanest, most abundant sources of the highest-quality fish. The quality of the omega-3 fish oils and their benefits to your body depend on the purity and freshness of the oil in all phases of its manufacturing and production.
Source Naturals bottling and encapsulation processes follow the highest standards, meeting and exceeding purity standards and pharmaceutical protocol of the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Their commitment to quality ensures that you have the finest, purest, most potent oils available.
Historic Benefits Confirmed by Research
Recent appreciation of fish oils arose from studies of the Inuit peoples of Greenland, whose health had long puzzled health researchers. The Inuit diet is the opposite of what we commonly think of as healthy—no fresh vegetables or fruits, little fiber, a diet heavily composed of proteins and fats. But the people are relatively quite healthy.
Danish investigators were the first to determine that the key to Inuit health was the omega-3 fatty acids from the Inuit’s fish-laden diet. That research from the 70s sparked worldwide fascination with the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. Current research of fish oils and omega-3 properties continues, but now, as researchers understand the compounds more fully, the benefits of omega-3 fish oils are confirmed: fish oils offer astonishing benefits to the circulatory system, to the brain, and to the immune system. Fish oil is among the most important additions modern people can make in their dietary regimen.
Pollution has Made Much Seafood Toxic
Yet just as Americans have begun to eat more seafood, studies have shown that fishes from numerous sources are unsafe because of high amounts of heavy metals, particularly mercury, and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl—poisonous compounds often found in industrial waste).
Modern practices such as dredging, processing fossil fuels, smelting, and fish farming have all contributed to the poisoning of the Earth’s waters. Unless you are quite sure of the purity of the water where they were caught, eating fish to obtain the benefits of natural fish oils is, sadly, a difficult choice.
Source Naturals offers you the benefits of healthy fish oils, from fishes caught in the Arctic Ocean, the North Sea, the North Atlantic, and other clean bodies of water, then processed with unique distillation methods to extract and further purify the oils. The ArcticPure fish oil products are among the purest oils available, with superior product stability. Natural flavorings give our ArcticPure oils a taste that is pleasing to both children and adults. Compare our oils to others.
If your oil smells rancid—the “fishy” smell many people complain of—you are not receiving fresh, pure fish oil, and you are robbing your body of nutrients. Fish oil is prone to spoilage and oxidation by exposure to oxygen; if the omega-3 oils in your supplement smell “fishy” they are oxidized and they may have become partially rancid—limiting their usefulness to your body. Extraordinary measures must be taken to keep oxidation of the oils at the barest minimum.
Supplement Facts - Capsules
Capsules per Container: 60 Softgels, 850 mg
Serving Size: One (1) Softgel
Servings per Container: 60
Suggested Use: 1 Softgel twice daily with meals
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Supplement Facts for 850 mg Softgels
Serving Size: 1 softgel(s) |
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Amount |
%DV |
| Calories |
10 |
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| Calories from Fat |
10 |
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| Total Fat |
1 g |
<1%* |
| Saturated Fat |
<0 g |
<1%* |
| Trans Fat |
<0 g |
† |
| Cholesterol |
5 mg |
2% |
| ArcticPure™ Fish Oil Concentrate |
1.25 g |
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| Yielding: |
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| EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) |
460 mg |
† |
| DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) |
270 mg |
† |
| Other omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids |
120 mg |
† |
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* Percent Daily Values (%DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
† Daily Value not established.
Other Ingredients: gelatin, glycerin, purified water, natural tocopherols. Contains fish and soy.
Warning: If you are pregnant, may become pregnant, or breastfeeding, have any blood coagulation disorder or are taking any prescription medication such as warfarin (Coumadin), consult your health care professional before using this product. Discontinue use before any surgical procedure. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing. Keep out of the reach of children.
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Supplement Facts - Liquid
The lemon flavor gives ArcticPure Omega-3 Fish Oil Liquid a taste pleasing to adults and children.
Container Size: 200 ml
Serving Size: One (1) teaspoon (5ml)
Servings per Container: 40
Suggested Use: 1 teaspoon daily at mealtime or bedtime
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Supplement Facts for 5 ml Lemon Liquid
Serving Size: 1 teaspoon (5ml) |
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Amount |
%DV |
| Calories |
40 |
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| Calories from Fat |
40 |
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| Total Fat |
5 g |
8% |
| Saturated Fat |
1 g |
6% |
| Trans Fat |
<0 g |
† |
| Cholesterol |
15 mg |
6% |
| ArcticPure™ Fish Oil Concentrate |
5 ml |
† |
| Yielding: |
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| EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) |
740 mg |
† |
| DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) |
460 mg |
† |
| Other omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids |
200 mg |
† |
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* Percent Daily Values (%DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
† Daily Value not established.
Other Ingredients: lemon oil, rosemary leaf extract, ascorbyl palmitate, and natural tocopherols. Contains fish and soy.
Warning: If you are pregnant, may become pregnant, or breastfeeding, have any blood coagulation disorder or are taking any prescription medication such as warfarin (Coumadin), consult your health care professional before using this product. Discontinue use before any surgical procedure. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing. Keep out of the reach of children.
Manufactured by Source Naturals
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ArcticPure Omega-3 Fish Oil
Ultra Potency Omega-3 Fish Oil with EPA & DHA
by Source Naturals
60 Softgels, 850 mg
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ArcticPure Omega-3 Fish Oil
Ultra Potency Omega-3 Fish Oil with EPA & DHA
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200 ml Liquid
$11.95 - Discount Price (Retail Price $19.98 - Save 40%)
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