OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS REDUCE SERUM TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS & DOES HAVE ANY DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS. IT HAS ANTITHROMBOTIC EFFECTS & MAY INCREASE BLEEDING. IT HAS ANTIPLATELET EFFECT & ANTIINFLAMMATORY EFFECTS ALSO. THE BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR EFFECTS ON EICOSANOID BALANCE, LIPID METABOLISM, AND CELL MEMBRANES. ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS OF BOTH THE OMEGA-3 AND OMEGA-6 SERIES HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS COMPONENTS OF CELL MEMBRANES AND AS PRECURSORS OF EICOSANOIDS (PROSTAGLANDINS,
LEUKOTRIENES, AND THROMBOXANES).