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Salmon includes Omega-3 essential fatty acids that your heart needs in order to function properly.

Because the human body is unable to produce Omega-3s, people must be able to provide these items for themselves through their diet. One popular choice that supplies Omega-3s is salmon.

The American Heart Association recommends that people eat fish that are high in Omega-3s at least twice a week. The fish that are high in Omega-3s include salmon, lake trout, herring, sardines, mackerel and albacore tuna.

Salmon and these other types of seafood help protect people from heart disease by:

• Making the blood less likely to form clots.
• Preventing any kind of abnormalities in the way the heart beats.
• Lowering high levels of triglycerides. These are a type of fat that can increase heart attacks when its levels are too high.

For optimal health, salmon and other foods high in Omega-3s should be prepared by baking, broiling, grilling, poaching, steaming and sautéing in little or no fat.

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