"Omega3" news and stories

Stonyfield Farms is looking to make yogurt even healthier. In Canada, their Organic YoBaby Plus Fruit & Cereal Yogurt, made for infants and toddlers, is now fortified with MEG-3 brand omega-3, giving it the same heart-healthy fatty acids that are found in foods like fish. Omega-3 is also found in breast milk in the same concentration that Stonyfield is using in its yogurt; it was likely the inspiration for the idea to add MEG-3 to the product in the first place, as soft yogurts are considered to be a good "transition" to solid foods.

Yogurt isn't the only food to recently gain the benefits of omega-3s. Some research is being done with pork and omega-3s. The question is whether the infusion of the fatty acid into other foods will be able to reproduce all the health benefits of the naturally occurring acids in fish.

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Don't wolf down all that omega-3 filled bacon just yet. There is debate among scientists as to whether omega-3 fatty acids are actually good for your heart. For years, nutritionists, doctors and other members of the health and scientific communities have been urging patients to increase the number of supposedly "heart healthy" omega-3 fatty acids in their diet to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. A review of studies in the British Medical Journal showed no strong evidence that increasing the amount of omega-3s in the diet reduced deaths from cardiovascular disease. The finding has not, as yet, been completely confirmed, so doctors are not recommending that patients necessarily reduce their intake of fatty fishes, like mackerel and salmon, but patients should be aware that they may not be helping their heart in the way previously thought. Fish is still considered to be healthy, but it should be included in the diet in moderation, along with exercise and proper nutrition, for maximum health benefits.

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