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Shark Liver Oil (SLO)
A unique resource of Omega-3's, squalene and other anti aging and immune stimulating ingredients
For Centuries man has known the nutritional value of fish oils. Legends about its curative powers were passed down from generation to generation. Children across the face of the earth held their noses while various kinds of sometimes-questionable fish oils were forced down their throats. The stories said fish oil cured a variety of ills including everything from arthritis to infertility. Through some miraculous means, it would ward off even the most dreadful disease. For some people the eating of fish was connected to religious beliefs. Everyone knew fish oil was good for you, but no one had the faintest idea why.
As time passed, people became more sophisticated. They no longer believed in the nonsense of protecting health by swilling down foul-tasting fish oils. What couldn’t be proven shouldn’t be believed. The days of daily rations of cod liver oil, poorly disguised in orange juice, became no more than vivid memories of an archaic ritual.
Greenland Eskimo's and heart disease
Over following decades, unsettling statistics began to mount. Heart disease was officially recognized as one of the world’s top killer diseases in many countries. There were, however, a few nations that managed to escape the scourge of modern man. Observers began to question why the Greenland Eskimo’s and the Japanese had a very low incidence of heart disease. The reason was eventually uncovered: their diet of fish was saving their lives.
What modern man once tossed aside as an old wives’ tale was verified as fact after decades of research. Scientists from many nations theorized, analyzed, tested and finally verified that, yes indeed, fish oil is good for you. Specifically, certain components, or groups of components, contained in marine lipids (fish oils) are the factors involved.
Eicosanoids & Prostaglandins
Three of those special components found in prime fish oils, are Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA), Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA), otherwise know as the Omega 3 fatty acids. Thousands of research studies indicate that Omega 3 oils play a beneficial in multiple health maintenance systems such as: cardiovascular and heart health, blood glucose modulator, flexibility, joint and bone health, immune system health, eye health, cognitive function, anti neoplastic, anti-inflammatory and cell health. The area of most intense research has focused on the effect of Omega 3 fatty acids on cardiovascular health.Studies show that the body converts Omega 3 fatty acids into special hormone-like eicosanoids (prostaglandins) that protect the body from, among many other things such as inflammation, heart disease. The blood has less tendency to clot, and therefore flows more freely. Arterial walls are more elastic and smooth. As a result, the blood doesn’t “snag” on them causing a build-up of plaque. Triglyceride and cholesterol levels in the blood drop, sometimes dramatically. Blood pressure is lowered.
Omega 3 and anti aging
All of these results have been reported and confirmed in the most respected medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, the British Medical Association and the American Journal of Medicine. By regularly ingesting marine lipids containing EPA, DHA and ALA, it is possible to win a decisive battle in the war against heart disease. Is this probably the most important step in Anti Aging?
The beneficial effects of Omega 3 derived eicosanoids may be just the beginning of solving the puzzle of good health. Perhaps the most intriguing areas of research are focusing on Omega 3 derived eicosanoids as well as other biochemical avenues that strongly influence inflammation. The health effects of minor, yet constant inflammations are just beginning to come to light. There is an expanding list of the destructive effects of inflammation on arterial walls, the lining of the bowels and joints, to name a few.
Shark liver oil and stability
The evidence is accumulating: minor inflammation at a cellular level, over a long period can have devastating health effects. The powerfully influential cascade of biochemical’s, formed from Omega 3 oils, mediate inflammation. For this simple reason, the long-term healthful benefits of ensuring a steady intake of fine Omega 3 oils (EPA, DHA, and ALA) may be far broader than is understood today. The story of fish oils doesn’t end with the proven effectiveness of EPA, DHA and ALA. There are many other important components that may occur in fish oil. Oil can be extracted form many different sources, including cod, salmon, tuna and shark. As each source differs, so does the resulting oil. Each of those different lipids is naturally composed of various combinations of elements that join to make the oil unique. The quality and usefulness of that oil depends on those special components. Ideally, they should form a group with nutritional value that can successfully protect itself from the main enemy of any oil - oxygen. Oxygen easily attacks, and then destroys the vital, delicate compounds such as the Omega 3 oils. It can push these important but unstable lipids into useless, toxic rancidity. Only a few special marine lipids contain the unusual combination of components that act together to form not only nutritionally important oil, but also one stable enough to resist the attack of destructive oxygen.
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