Omega-3 benefits to health – review April 2018

Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Health Benefits

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology Vol. 9:- (Volume publication date April 2018)
Fereidoon Shahidi 1: fshahidi@mun.ca and Priyatharini Ambigaipalan 2
1 Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3X9 Canada
2 Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C 5S7 Canada

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are considered as essential fatty acids for humans. These include alpha-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3 ω-3), stearidonic acid (SDA; 18:4 ω-3), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5 ω-3), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA; 22:5 ω-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6 ω-3). In the last few decades plenty of epidemiological studies have been conducted on a myriad health benefits of omega-3 PUFAs.
In this review, we have summarized

  • structural features,
  • properties,
  • dietary sources,
  • metabolism,
  • bioavailability

and health effects, such as

  • cardiovascular disease,
  • diabetes,
  • cancer,
  • Alzheimer disease,
  • dementia,
  • depression,
  • visual and neurological development,
  • maternal and child health,

of omega-3 PUFAs.
Even though many health benefits of omega-3 PUFAs have been reported in the literature, there are also some controversies about their efficacy and certain benefits to human health.
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394 Omega-3 items in category Omega-3 helps with: Autism (8 studies), Depression (29 studies), Cardiovascular (34 studies), Cognition (49 studies), Pregnancy (40 studies), Infant (32 studies), Obesity (13 studies), Mortality (7 studies), Breast Cancer (5 studies), Smoking, Sleep, Stroke, Longevity, Trauma (12 studies), Inflammation (18 studies), Multiple Sclerosis (9 studies), VIRUS (12 studies), etc
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