February is Heart Health Month, and Aqua Star is here to share some insights on one of the most healthful and delicious food sources around – SEAFOOD! With mass amounts of essential nutrients and vitamins, use seafood this month to improve and maintain your heart health, while also indulging in some delectable seafood dishes!
Promotes Heart and Brain Health
Fish are rich in all kinds of essential nutrients, but especially in omega-3 fatty acids. Our bodies don’t produce omega-3 fatty acids, so the only way for us to obtain them is through the food we eat. These nutrients are found in all kinds of fish, but especially fish that are high in fat (Salmon, Tilapia, Lobster, Shrimp, etc.). Omega-3 fatty acids aid in lowering blood pressure, thus reducing the risk of heart attacks, abnormal heart rhythms, and strokes. Along with this, omega-3 fatty acids can decrease the risk of depression, ADHA, Alzheimer’s, dementia, diabetes, and arthritis.
Excellent Source of Vitamin D
Much of the U.S. population is deficient or low in Vitamin D. Luckily, there is a way to battle this in the form of appetizing and healthy seafoods. Fatty fish such as salmon and pollock contain high levels of fat which means that they are equally as high in Vitamin D. Staying caught up with Vitamin D levels can be especially tricky during winter months, so make sure that where you’re lacking in sun exposure, you’re making up for in delicious seafood dishes.
Fish can Improve Sleep Quality
Speaking of omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin D, these factors combined can contribute to quality of sleep and one’s overall mental state. Having high levels of Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids are proven to benefit individual’s sleep patterns and tendencies. Getting a good night’s sleep starts with a hearty and nutrition-packed meal.
Seafood Eases Joint Pain and Fatigue
The mass amounts of nutrients and fatty acids in seafood are incredibly influential in decreasing the production of inflammatory chemicals within the body. This means that the more fatty acids and nutrients you intake from your seafood, the less your joint pain and swelling will affect you. Along with this, the oils found in seafood have been proven to help control the inflammation and symptoms consistent with arthritis.
Seafood is delicious!
While seafood offers all of these health benefits and more, let us not forget that it is also naturally delicious! At Aqua Star, we take pride in our products, not only for the taste and quality, but our commitment to sustainability and authenticity.
This heart-health month, do your heart and taste buds a favor and feast upon some delicious and nutritious seafood. Click here to be sent straight to our store locator where you can find our products nearest you, and kick-off your month of meals that taste and feel great!
Make eating seafood a lifetime habit.
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