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This Heart Month Treat Your Heart with Love (and Omega 3s!)


Posted By: Michelle Kruse

I want to share a post from Quinte Naturopathic Centre for American Heart Month this February.

Treat Your Heart with Love (and Omega 3s!)

It is a well-known fact that heart disease and other serious heart conditions are among the major killers in North America. One contributor to these ailments is bad fats, whether we wear it or ingest it, and we often hear mostly about this rather than the good fats than can help keep our heart healthy.

Most North Americans’ diets are dangerously lacking in omega-3s (EPA and DHA), the most important good fat, found mainly but not exclusively in cold-water oily fish. Omega-3s are necessary for metabolism, among other things, and if our levels are too low, our bodies cannot operate properly. Eventually, this overloads our organs, including our heart, often resulting in heart attacks or sudden cardiac death.

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One Response to “This Heart Month Treat Your Heart with Love (and Omega 3s!)”


  1. Steph says:

    Hi Michelle,

    Thanks for posting this, and mentioning us at the QNC! We appreciate it. :)


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