369 Fishy stuff

EATing sashimi now gives the best value  , so i am loading up on the salmon belly sashimi whenever i can in a  j a p a n e s e restaurants these days. Why so ?? as with the newly implement GST system in our country since March this year , anything processed in a restaurant when you dine out will be charged additional 6% . Some people reading this would be saying we have GST ages ago, since i was born !!!!  yea i agree we are slow , we are developing country , Malaysia 2020 vision is still farrrrrrrr ain't it?

LET's not get distracted , i want to really really really stress that we need the OMEGA 3 fatty acids from the deep sea fishes a lot . About 5 years back, health professionals starts to go further looking at omega 6 & 9 too . OW OW this is the confusing part. There are supplements i the market named omega 369, been selling very well as most of my customers ask for that. So why omega 3? or 6 and 9 ? or All of it ???

Well let's go through each and everyone of them separately and then tell you what you should do. Then again, always the same point, no obligations to follow through. Make your own decision.

OMEGA 3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids that our body cannot make ourselves , therefore supplementation from diet and pills are important. This number 3 gives us good cholesterol and the antioxidant benefits. The Cholesterols in our body are divided into 3 types, the good and bad and the TG (the very bad ) . The good and bad cholesterol has to be maintain in a 3:1 ratio in order to gives us the healthy heart and arteries ( that are not clogged up ). Meaning 3 Bad over 1 good cholesterol, it might sound easy , but these good cholesterol (omega3 ) are not easily found in our diet and simply not enough. Anyone who are a bit more health conscious , that has done blood test regularly will know that the good cholesterol ratio is mostly NOT met in general . Those that usually meet this ratio are athletes , runs three times a week , eat lots and lots of fishes and salad…. and only deep sea fishes *aahem*

In our daily 9-5 white collar working lifestyle in Malaysia , where to find deep sea fishes in MAMAK (local hawker stalls -read previous posts ) ???? The MAMAK( a type of indian in our country) in the shop will be looking at you WEIRD when u ask do they have salmon or cod fish . Then you resolve with one NASI LEMAK (local specialties ) , boss !!  The Mamak gives you a thumbs up *whatsapp emoji* .  Nasi lemak is load up with bad cholesterol, there you go the vicious cycle starts again , not enough OMEGA 3 ( the good one )!!

Enough of Good one bad one , some of you look confused already . The OMEGA 6 is a bad one *silent * ……*pause* …….*people laugh * ….. SEE this is easy number 6 is BAD.

Then we move on to OMEGA 9 , this one is the odd one out. OUR body produces it !! The only one NOT an essential fatty acids . OK some look confuse again LOL

Well to sum it up 369 ( good .bad.good ) . Got it?

Omega 9 will be the same as omega 3 giving anti-inflammatory , anti oxidative and protecting your arteries . It is found abundance in olive oil so eat more of them in a unprocessed form as in for salad dressing and not after you cook it with your chicken. Then together with the bodies production, it is more than enough .

Summing up , number 3 is not enough , so supplement . Number 6 is too much , no supplement. Number 9 is self produce , optional to supplement (depends on financial status -supplements are expensive ) .

My advice is , stick to the basics.