| Fish Oil can benefit athletes in many ways. Whether | | | | portions of fish should be included in our diet each |
| professional or the enthusiastic amateur, today's | | | | week. |
| athlete is pretty much guaranteed to be interested in | | | | All aerobic sports put pressure on the joints and this |
| their diet. All athletes expend energy in their chosen | | | | can result in joint pain, due to inflammation. This is one |
| sport and generally all of them suffer higher than | | | | of the prices athletes pay, often daily, both during their |
| average damage to their muscles and joints. However, | | | | sporting years and after retirement. Omega 3 fish oil |
| the kind of diet and training they follow will differ from | | | | has anti-inflammatory properties so it reduces |
| sport to sport. | | | | inflammation in the joints. Fish oil also reduces |
| The abuse of drugs to obtain optimum performance is | | | | inflammation in the muscles, thus reducing recovery |
| now banned in all sports. But for athletes to keep their | | | | time and increasing potential training time. |
| body in peak condition without any kind of dietary | | | | Fatty acids are used to build every cell in the body and |
| supplement is virtually impossible. If your body is | | | | building muscle means more cells are needed. If you |
| constantly under pressure to perform then you need | | | | don't include the right foods in your diet then the body |
| to put the "right stuff in it to get the right result out of it". | | | | uses Omega 6 which produces inferior cells. You don't |
| Omega 3 fatty acids are contained in large quantities in | | | | want inferior cells if you are an athlete! |
| fish oil and are vital to the body. That is why they are | | | | Research also shows that fish oil also helps improve |
| called 'essential acids', because we need them but our | | | | focus and concentration. Today's athlete has to be |
| bodies do not produce them naturally. Therefore, | | | | able to give 100% concentration whatever his or her |
| because the body cannot produce them we must get | | | | sports arena. If not, their performance may not be their |
| them from our diet. They are found in oily fish and | | | | best. An added bonus is the research showing that |
| most health guidelines suggest that at least two | | | | fish oil helps maintain a healthy weight. |
