A Research Laboratory had investigated on how safe alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is in human body. In their first experiment, subjects with mild hypertension and high normal BP ingested bread with fourteen grams of common blended oil or ALA enriched oil for twelve weeks.

Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids are well known and understood to be very essential fats because they are usually obtained by taking foods as opposed to the saturated or "processed" fats. Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats that are found in fish and in food the form of supplements.

Omega 3 or fish oil is polyunsaturated fat found in fish oil, fish, and in food supplements form. It typically has of a mixture of polyunsaturated fatty acids which include docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (ECA).