Omega-3 increases athletic performance! Take it and KTA!

Link:http://www.zonediet.com/blog/omega-3-fatty-acids-and-athletic-performance/
Title: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Athletic Performance
Author: Dr. Barry Sears

Summary:
        There are several reasons why omega-3 is good for athletic performance. First, the increase of Omega-3 fatty acid can help the production of ATP through converting itself into ATP and accelerating oxygen-carrying cells through the capillary. Then way Omega-3 fatty acid increase the transferring speed is elevating the deformability of the cells and increase the vasodilation of capillary bed. Second, the Omega-3 fatty acid helps resolute inflammation caused by muscle damage during the intense exercise and increase the rate of muscle protein synthesis, which decreases the recovery time. Third, the fatty acid can activate gene transcription factor which ensures the best metabolic flexibility with less amount of energy; this plays a big role in endurance racing. Fourth, as integral components of nerve fibers at the synapse, Omega-3 fatty acids help increase reaction time in complex situation drastically. Fith, Omega-3 fatty acid helps controlling mood by changing brain-wave patterns to ones with more calmness. These benefits are good for athletes at a higher volume of intake.
Connections:
        This is related to my article before as they are both talking about sports. My first article summary focus more on the post-brain injury while this one is about how the Omega-3 fatty acid benefit athletes before the games. It mentions the fact that fatty acid provides a greater amount of ATP than glucose; we talked about this in the lecture about the catabolism reaction cycle and how it produces a large amount of energy repeatedly. As we can see from this passage, the benefits of Omega-3 is not limited to brain but body as a whole just as what some of our presentations and videos stated. We need to investigate more on the mechanisms that trigger these effects on human body.