Lets take a look at how the brain really works: The Importance of DHA The nerve cell shown above is covered by a membrane that plays a vital role in how the nerve cell functions. DHA is a key component of this membrane. The drawing also illustrates the many junctions a single nerve cell makes with other nerve cells in the brain - at meeting points known as synapses. Here (seen in the synapse blow-up) chemicals are secreted by the nerve cell that transmit signals to other nerve cells. DHA is especially concentrated in the vast proliferation of synapses that ramify throughout the cortex, or thinking part of our brain. We know that deficiency of the omega-3s, and DHA in particular, causes a reduction in the chemicals that transmit signals in these synapses, causing a demonstrable malfunction in some of the key brain pathways. DHA is also a major component of the myelin sheath, which is wrapped like insulation, around the long processes of nerves (see the other blow up). Integrity of the myelin is of the utmost importance for normal brain function. Key chemical roles of DHA in the brain Increases the fluidity of the nerve cell membrane Enhances the activity of membrane-bound enzymes Modifies the number and affinity of membrane receptors Modifies the function of ion channels Modifies the production and activity of neurotransmitters Modifies signal transduction, which in turn controls the activity of neurotransmitters and neuronal growth factors It is should be altogether obvious that DHA is a vitally important structural and functional ingredient of the human brain. Since we cannot manufacture enough of it from non-marine dietary ingredients, the only way we can get enough of it is through eating fish, or other marine foods, or through taking a dietary supplement of fish oil or omega-3s. CHOLEDUZ OMEGA SUPREME fortified more OMEGA 3, it compose of 50% DHA and 20% EPA..
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:06:16 +0000
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