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From Dr. Oz to The Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, word is spreading about the Gene Smart Omega 3 Index Home Blood Test Kit. Watch the video featuring Dr. Jim Sears from the TV show The Doctors, and check out this link to a segment on the Gene Smart Omega 3 Home Blood Tests from WBAL in Baltimore. Watch Video.*
You’ve probably checked your cholesterol, but have you checked your Omega 3 Index for heart health? In recent studies, individuals with a high Omega 3 Index were up to 90% less likely to die from a sudden heart attack compared to those with a low Omega 3 Index. That’s right, 90%!
Dr. Bernadine Healy M.D., Cardiologist & Health Editor of US News & World Report. Read article.
With the Gene Smart Omega 3 test, you can check your Omega 3 Index and your Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratio using a convenient omega 3 home blood test kit. Someday we expect this omega 3 test will be offered as part of regular doctor's office visits. But we believe its implications for our nation's health are too important to wait. That's why we pioneered this convenient omega 3 home blood test kit to empower individuals with important information so they can begin making smart choices about the foods and supplements they choose in order to impact their omega 3 and omega 6 levels right away.
Based on its strong impact on our health, omega 3s have emerged from the world of food and nutrition as a super star nutraceutical – in other words, a natural, food product that provides very important health benefits beyond its value as a nutrient. In fact, a major pharmaceutical company is now selling Omega 3 fish oil as a prescription product. Given the tremendous health benefits associated with consuming the right types and levels of Omega 3s in our daily diets, “Add Omegas” is a key principle in the Gene Smart Anti Inflammatory Diet and Exercise Program as well as the Gene Smart Living Abundantly Program.
The Omega 3 Index measures the concentration of two specific Omega 3s, EPA & DHA, as a percent of total fatty acids in red blood cell membranes. In recent years, a significant body of research has been published showing that the Omega 3 Index is a very strong predictor of heart disease risk, and especially the risk of dying from a sudden heart attack which contributes to over half of heart disease related deaths. The studies have shown that an Omega 3 Index of 8% or greater is desirable for its cardio-protective benefits.
Unfortunately for our nation’s health, these studies also suggest that the Omega 3 Index scores for a majority of Americans fall below the desirable level. Many of our customers who believed they were otherwise pretty healthy have told us that they were surprised by their low Omega 3 Index scores after taking our omega 3 blood test, and how knowing their scores prompted them to make important changes to their diet. They are very grateful for the personal and actionable information provided by the Gene Smart Omega 3 Home Blood Test Kit.
In the Physicians’ Health Study, which involved nearly 15,000 healthy male physicians, there was a greater than 90% reduction in risk of dying from a sudden heart attack for the one-quarter of individuals with the highest Omega 3 Index compared to those with the lowest levels. This predictive value was far greater than total cholesterol which showed a 35% reduction in relative risk for those with the lowest cholesterol levels. Learn more about the Omega-3 Index vs. other heart risk factors.
Individuals with a high Omega 3 Index were up to 90% less likely to die from a sudden heart attack
Based on this and other studies, the Omega 3 Index appears to be an independent risk factor and not influenced by other heart disease risk factors like cholesterol or blood pressure. All risk factors, including the Omega 3 Index, should be addressed as part of an overall heart health risk reduction strategy.
Ground breaking aging research also suggests that a high Omega 3 Index may protect against the biological aging process. In a study among coronary heart disease patients recently published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, a high Omega 3 Index was associated with up to a 65% reduction in the rate at which an individual’s cells age as measured by the rate of telomere shortening, a new marker of biological aging. In this study, patients with the fastest aging cells had an Omega 3 Index of 3.1% whereas those with the slowest aging cells had an Omega 3 Index of 8.7%. Learn more.
Due to dramatic changes in our food supply in recent generations, typical American diets are very high in omega 6 and low in omega 3, leading to high Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratios. The Gene Smart Omega 3 home blood test kit is unique among Omega 3 home blood tests because it was the first to also focus on the Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratio, a measure associated with whole body inflammation. In his first book, Inflammation Nation, Dr. Chilton pioneered the awareness in America of the relationship between whole body inflammation and many of our largest and fastest growing health conditions including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, allergies, asthma, cancer and many others. Using our Omega 3 Home Blood Test Kit to know your Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratio can help you make important food choices to reduce your risk of whole body inflammation. Learn more.
Even those taking steps to increase their consumption of omega 3s may not be getting enough. The body’s response to omega 3 in the diet is influenced by many factors including genetics, age, sex, weight, smoking, medications, and medical conditions, as well as the source and quality of omega 3s and how they are consumed. So how do you know if you are getting the right types and levels of omega 3s into your body?
It’s simple - you measure it.
Gene Smart pioneered the first omega 3 test available directly to individuals as a convenient, "finger stick" home blood test kit that measures both your Omega 3 Index and your Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratio. The home blood test kit includes everything you need to collect a sample of blood and mail it to our lab for analysis. Within two weeks, you will receive your omega 3 test lab results, recommendations and a range of resources to help you make important choices about your diet and personal nutrition that may reduce your risk of heart disease, premature aging and whole body inflammation.
The Gene Smart omega 3 test uses the HS-Omega 3 Index® laboratory analysis methodology, which matches the protocol used in the studies that discovered the strong correlation between Omega 3 Index levels and an individual’s relative risk of heart disease. We chose this methodology to ensure your personal Omega 3 Index blood test results can be directly compared to the Omega 3 Index heart disease risk scale that is based on these studies. Note that there are multiple ways to analyze fatty acids, and omega 3 home blood tests that are not calibrated to this methodology may deliver different results from the same blood sample.
Gene Smart specifically developed its Omega 3 supplement as the ideal product to increase your Omega 3 Index. The products is a premium quality purified fish oil designed to deliver high levels of EPA + DHA to help increase your Omega 3 Index with just a couple of soft gels a day.
* Note that the News Team on the video places a drop of blood in each of the five circles, which is not necessary. The test requires only require only one drop of blood be placed in one circle to perform the analysis.
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