what exactly are omegas 3 and 6?

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What exactly are omegas 3 and 6? Everyone's talking about the health benefits of omegas 3 and 6 - from helping to keep your heart in peak condition, to looking after your skin. But what are they, what do they do and where can you find them? Omega 3 and omega 6 are two types of polyunsaturated fats known as 'good' or 'essential' fats. Both omegas 3 and 6 must be obtained through diet, as the body cannot produce them on its own. Omega 3 comes in two different forms - one is an essential fat found in vegetable oils like rapeseed oil and linseed oil. The other is found in oily fish like salmon, mackerel and sardines. The two types of omega 3 work in different ways to look after your heart, so it's a good idea to eat oily fish once or twice a week as part of a healthy balanced diet. Flora spreads can provide omega 3 fats from vegetable sources as part of your daily diet. Omega 6 is another essential fat and can be found in seed oils like sunflower oil and products made with these oils, such as Flora spreads. Omegas 3 and 6 help keep your heart healthy by maintaining a normal cholesterol level. They also help keep your arteries clear and everything in the cardiovascular system flowing like it should. Flora is made using seed oils that are sources omegas 3 and 6 fats. Not only that, but Flora is South Africa's most trusted and respected Heart Health Brand. What exactly are omegas 3 and 6? Find out why you need essential fats and how you can include them in your diet for optimum heart health and brain function. You can’t produce these fats yourself, so it’s up to you to make sure you give your body exactly what it needs.

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http://www.florastrongheart.co.za/flora/healthy-eating-made-easy/what-exactly-are-omegas-3-and-6.aspx | Omega 3 and 6 are necessary or ‘good fats’ that your body can’t do without. You need them for optimum heart health and to keep your skin in the best possible condition. Omega 3 can be obtained from eating oily fish and certain vegetables, while Omega 6 is largely found in seed oils. Flora Spreads contain both and should therefore be a part of your heart healthy diet.

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Page 1: What exactly are Omegas 3 and 6?

What exactly are omegas3 and 6?Everyone's talking about the health benefits of omegas 3 and 6 - from helping to keep your heart in peakcondition, to looking after your skin. But what are they, what do they do and where can you find them?Omega 3 and omega 6 are two types of polyunsaturated fats known as 'good' or 'essential' fats. Bothomegas 3 and 6 must be obtained through diet, as the body cannot produce them on its own.

Omega 3 comes in two different forms - one is an essential fat found in vegetable oils like rapeseed oil andlinseed oil. The other is found in oily fish like salmon, mackerel and sardines. The two types of omega 3work in different ways to look after your heart, so it's a good idea to eat oily fish once or twice a week as partof a healthy balanced diet. Flora spreads can provide omega 3 fats from vegetable sources as part of yourdaily diet.

Omega 6 is another essential fat and can be found in seed oils like sunflower oil and products made withthese oils, such as Flora spreads.

Omegas 3 and 6 help keep your heart healthy by maintaining a normal cholesterol level. They also helpkeep your arteries clear and everything in the cardiovascular system flowing like it should.

Flora is made using seed oils that are sources omegas 3 and 6 fats. Not only that, but Flora is SouthAfrica's most trusted and respected Heart Health Brand.

What exactly areomegas 3 and 6?

Find out why you needessential fats and how you can

include them in your diet foroptimum heart health and brain

function. You can’t producethese fats yourself, so it’s up toyou to make sure you give your

body exactly what it needs.