{"id":8193,"date":"2015-12-22T20:33:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T19:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/78.46.122.165\/2015\/12\/22\/eine-portion-omega-3-fettsaeuren\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2016-05-10T08:34:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T06:34:49","slug":"eine-portion-omega-3-fettsaeuren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/2015\/12\/22\/eine-portion-omega-3-fettsaeuren\/","title":{"rendered":"One Portion of Omega-3 Fatty Acid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever heard of krill oil before? This very special and very healthy oil is extracted from a small crustacean named Euphausia superba. The number of krill in the Antarctic Ocean is enormous\u00a0\u2013 estimates run into several billion tons\u00a0-\u00a0making it the largest biomass on Earth. The International Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ensures that only a fraction of that ends up being caught, a mere 0,03%.<\/p>\n

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What makes krill oil special is its extremely high content of the Omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). Among the fats, the unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids are the stars. Animal fats are always rich in saturated fatty acids (the baddies), with the exception of fish oil, which consists mainly of unsaturated fatty acids and is therefore healthy for humans.<\/p>\n

Omega-3 fatty acids have a positive effect on cholesterol levels and help keep our heart functioning properly. Fish in general are indispensable\u00a0for our nutrition. They contain easily digestible protein, many essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements and of course lots of valuable fish oil.<\/p>\n

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Omega-3 fatty acids are mostly found in foods we don't eat as frequently, like certain vegetable\u00a0oils (such as flaxseed oil or hemp oil) and leafy green vegetables and walnuts, all of which\u00a0contain plenty\u00a0of ALA (alpha-linolenic acid), a fatty acid occurring in plants, unlike EPA and DHA. Saltwater\u00a0fish, like krill oil, are great providers of EPA and DHA, with krill especially\u00a0containing Omega-3 fatty acids of a particularly high quality.<\/p>\n

Due to krill being rather non-existent around these parts, I am keeping my Omega-3 fatty acid levels high by consuming the little crustacean in oil-form. Antarctic krill is special because its\u00a0ratio of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids is at an excellent 15:1, representing 15 times as much Omega-3 as Omega-6.<\/p>\n

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The DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) contained in krill oil is said to support\u00a0the optimal brain development in breastfed\u00a0babies and to help maintain good eyesight. The EPA and DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid and\u00a0docosahexaenoic acid) contained in it are also known to contribute to a healthy heart.<\/p>\n

I use salmon in this recipe. Salmon\u00a0contains selenium, a trace element with antioxidant properties, which protects cells from oxidative stress.<\/p>\n

Salmon is also rich in vitamin D, which we need to keep our bones healthy and which also facilitates the absorption of calcium and phosphorus. And it contains many essential B-vitamins, such as B1, B2, niacin, B6 and B12 as well as the fat-soluble vitamins A, E and K\u00a0(see above).<\/em><\/p>\n

Disclaimer: The product introduced in this article was presented to me free of charge. This is a sponsored post.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever heard of krill oil before? This very special and very healthy oil is extracted from a small crustacean named Euphausia superba. The number of krill in the Antarctic Ocean is enormous\u00a0\u2013 estimates run into several billion tons\u00a0–\u00a0making it the largest biomass on Earth. The International Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ensures that only a fraction of that ends up being caught, a mere 0,03%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[842,754],"tags":[887,888,889,890,891],"ingredient":[],"class_list":["post-8193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maincourses","category-recipes","tag-docosahexaensaeure-en","tag-eicosapentaensaeure-en","tag-krilloel-en","tag-lachsforelle-en","tag-omega-3-fettsaeuren-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8193"},{"taxonomy":"ingredient","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt.foodtastic.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient?post=8193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}