For the sustainability of a healthy life, staying fit both physically and spiritually and ensuring physical and mental development is possible with adequate and balanced nutrition. The basic function of food is to provide the nutrients necessary for the organism. The relationship between nutrition and chronic diseases has been examined, with particular emphasis on fats. Especially saturated and unsaturated fats attract attention in this regard. They have many health benefits, from energy production to reducing blood lipid levels, as they contain omega 3-6 and 9 fatty acids.
In recent years, it has been emphasized that the types and amounts of fats and fatty acids are also important for people to be healthier. Considering the food consumption habits of today's people, the increase in frying oils leads to an increase in the consumption of linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid. However, consumption of α-linolenic acid, which is an omega-3 fatty acid, and n-3 fatty acids such as EPA and DHA, which are its derivatives, is effective in preventing prostate, breast, lung and bowel cancers, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, asthma and Alzheimer's disease. It is stated that in addition to having a significant effect on the prevention and treatment of diseases such as depression and schizophrenia, it also has positive effects on strengthening the immune system, early intelligence development, high birth weight, nervous system development, brain functions and retina.
The importance of omega-3 fatty acids due to these effects was revealed for the first time by research conducted on Greenland Eskimos. Although their traditional diet contains high amounts of fat, Eskimos have been shown to have virtually no cardiovascular disease. It has been suggested that the reason for this is that Eskimos consume fish containing plenty of n-3 fatty acids.
As a result; When the effectiveness of omega-3 fatty acids on human health is examined, it is possible to see that fatty acids have significant positive effects in the prevention and treatment of dozens of diseases, from cardiovascular diseases to high blood pressure, from Alzheimer's to depression, from rheumatic diseases to asthma, from immune system diseases to osteoporosis.
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