The many health benefits of omega 3 fats are apparent if you have followed health and nutritional news. Although most fats are considered to be detrimental to your health, omega 3 fats have been shown to improve ones health. Some areas in which they improve ones health is arthritis, heart rate, cholesterol levels, dementia, and recent research has shown it to help with attention deficit syndrome as well.

Several foods contain omega 3, which is a polyunsaturated fat naturally. Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are the three primary variety of these fats out of which DHA has been found to be beneficial in attention deficit disorders.

Recent research at the University of Purdue, has found a link between attention deficient disorder and a child's diet that is lacking in a fatty acid called DHA. The children's diets that lacked DHA showed the classic symptoms of ADD, such as behavior issues and hyperactivity. Because DHA is transmitted through breast milk infants are at risk for ADD as well. They believe that at least 85% of women in America are not digesting enough DHA to pass along to their children.

Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to include more of these healthy fats into your diet. One way is to add foods to your diet that are rich in these nutrients, including fish such as salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, sardines and tuna. Non-fish sources include flax and walnuts. If you have deficiencies in this area of your diet, increasing your intake of any or all of these foods will help.

Supplements are available, if any of the above named foods are not to your taste or if a drastic diet change is not something you wish to do. These supplements contain enough omega 3 fats for the health benefits, and are available in the form of fish oil supplements. The taste and hassle of diet change can be avoided with the use of supplements, and you still get the fish oil benefits.

The research into omega 3 fats is in the nascent stage however already a lot of information about the benefits of omega 3 fat is available with scientists and nutritionists. There are many new and exciting frontiers to be explored about the benefits of omega 3 fats. With the help of the researchers and the research done new benefits are being discovered every day.