{"id":908973,"date":"2026-04-21T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/908973\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:09:19","slug":"your-omega-3-supplement-may-not-be-working-the-right-way-to-take-it-for-real-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/908973\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Omega-3 supplement may not be working: The right way to take it for real Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone needs a pill. In fact, food still does the heavy lifting. But there are clear groups where supplements make sense.<br \/>Dr Shovana Veshnavi explains, \u201cOmega-3 fatty acids, mainly EPA and DHA, are very important for keeping the heart, brain, and inflammation in check.\u201d<br \/>She points out that supplements are often useful for:<\/p>\n<p>People with heart disease or high triglycerides<br \/>Those dealing with chronic inflammatory conditions like arthritis<br \/>Pregnant and breastfeeding women, where fetal brain development is key<br \/>People who rarely eat fish<br \/>Some individuals managing depression as an add-on therapy<br \/>\u200b<br \/>For others, routine use is still debated. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not everyone needs a pill. In fact, food still does the heavy lifting. But there are clear groups&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4318],"tags":[105,4434,41391,255504,255503,255501,21471,16,15,255502],"class_list":{"0":"post-908973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-omega-3","11":"tag-omega-3-benefits","12":"tag-omega-3-supplements-maximum-benefits","13":"tag-omega-3-dosage-advice","14":"tag-omega-3-supplements","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-when-to-take-omega-3-supplements"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116442862139531965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}