Fish Oil | Stress burns through your cells faster than food replaces it

Your brain, joints, and muscles are built from fat. During long weeks of shifts, your body burns through that fat faster than food can replace it. By week three, cells start breaking down faster than they rebuild.

Your cells use this fat to stay intact and work properly. When it runs low, brain fog that does not get better with sleep appears. Joints feel less springy. Soreness does not go away between shifts. Recovery takes longer than it should. Not injury. Just cells breaking down faster than rebuilding.

Fish oil gives your body the fat it needs to reduce inflammation. Stress creates inflammation in your cells. Research shows that this fat slows that down. People working long weeks benefit more than those working shorter schedules. Fish oil has two kinds of what your body actually uses. This formula has the right amount of both for your body to use them quickly.

How to take it

1000mg daily with food. It takes three to four weeks to start working because your cells need time to rebuild. Fish oil is helping your cells rebuild what stress is breaking down.

Research sources

Simopoulos, A.P. (2002) The importance of the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy on cellular structure and inflammation

Calder, P.C. (2015) Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory processes in Nutrients on stress-induced inflammation

Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., et al. (2011) Omega-3 supplementation lowers inflammation and anxiety in Journal of the American College of Nutrition on recovery under sustained stress