Health Foods and Multivitamins

The omega 3 are good for the heart, the soybeans are beneficial for women, we must enrich their diet with iodine and avoid the bad sugars … Many health claims circulating on the content of our plate. How to distinguish true-false?

Obviously, what we eat has an impact on our health. But how do we know precisely what is “good”? To get a clearer picture on the health claims of some manufacturers claims, here are some details from the book of the French Agency for Food Safety “Nutrition and food safety risks.

We need to increase consumption of omega 3?
“True”

Products enriched with Omega 3 have invaded the shelves of supermarkets. And they seem to suddenly become essential to our health. But what is it really? For scientists, the Omega 3 have undeniable virtues against cardiovascular disease. They help to lower blood pressure in hypertensive and triglycerides in people who are in excess. But they have no effect on bad cholesterol. Only flat, all these profits were essentially proven in people with a history of cardiovascular disorders. The benefits among healthy individuals are mainly extrapolations. However, AFSSA said that we consume too little omega 3. Then they should represent 0.8% of our total energy intake, investigations show that they reach 0.1 to 0.4%. Focus on fish oils from rapeseed or fortified foods actually seems inevitable.

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