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FISH OIL SUPPLEMENT Fish Oil contains EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). Both EPA and DHA are known as essential omega-3 fatty acids because the body cannot make them on its own. Humans rely on strictly on their diet and or nutritional supplements to meet their daily requirement of Omega-3 fatty acids. Fish oil provides one source of these important Omega-3 nutrients. Fish Oil supplements are derived from a variety of sources, including mackerel, herring, tuna, salmon, cod liver, halibut, whale blubber and seal blubber. Fish oils may benefit the skin, the brain, cardiovascular...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Affects Rheumatoid arthritis affects the many joints in our bodies and is not prominent in any one place over the other. This type of arthritis also affects the heart, lungs and the blood as well. Rheumatoid arthritis is the inflammation of synovium, or joint lining. The pain suffered from this extremely painful disease can be from stiffness, redness, swelling, and warmth. The joints that are affected over time may lose their shape and will result in the loss of normal everyday movement. Rheumatoid arthritis generally starts around the age of twenty and can last a...
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