Physician Couple Offers Valentine’s Day Gifts “From the Heart for the Heart”

VENICE, Fla. – Ah, Valentine’s Day! It’s that one day a year when family and friends show their love for others with the gift of sweets: scrumptious cakes or pies, giant cookies, or the traditional chocolates peeking out from a bright red, heart-shaped box.

But, this year, there’s a healthy alternative for that someone special that offers all the kudos of great taste along with a bonus; they’re actually good for your heart!

After much success with their heart-healthy and tasty Omega Cookie and Omega Cure liquid fish oil, Doctors Bo Martinsen and Anne-Marie Chalmers of Venice-based Omega3 Innovations unveil the Omega Passion, a decadent-tasting healthy chocolate.

Omega Passion is a frozen, pure dark, unalkalinized chocolate ganache smothered with a dark chocolate coating that combines high doses of fresh marine omega-3 [fish oil] and beta-glucan oat fibers to create a 150-calorie “candy” that even helps with appetite control, according to Dr. Chalmers.

“Within weeks of eating a daily Passion your body begins to heal at the cellular level with marked improvements in your cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar,” she said. “Since we began offering the Omega Passion chocolates they’ve been flying out the door as soon as we make them.”

The two physicians, a husband and wife team who founded what is now known as Omega3 Innovations in 2008, recently returned from a food trade show in Paris where the Omega Passion received enthusiastic reviews from both attendees and presenters.

Martinsen, a featured speaker at the “Food Ingredients Europe” trade show, said their participation was a huge success. “In Paris , people were eager to learn about Omega Passion’s natural anti-oxidant properties, as well as the EPA/DHA and oat fiber that make it such a healthful treat,” he said.

Here in the United States , Omega3 Innovations’ products meet American Heart Association guidelines of two to four grams of marine-based omega-3 fish oil daily to help prevent heart disease, Martinsen said. The amount is the equivalent to the oil in a salmon dinner or swallowing seven to 14 capsules of fish oil every day.

To order Omega Passion or another heart-healthy treat for someone you love, call 866-414-0188 or visit www.omegacookie.com or www.omega-cure.com.

About Omega3 Innovations: Founded by Bo Martinsen, M.D., and Anne-Marie Chalmers, M.D. – two physicians who have worked with omega-3 fish oil for more than 15 years – the company also offers several varieties of Omega Cookies, as well as Omega Cure supplements. Each Omega Cookie contains seven capsules worth of omega-3 fish oil, five grams of fiber, 200% of the daily value of vitamin D and 35% of the daily value of calcium. The company was named a winner in the category of innovation at the 2010 annual Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County ’s Hall of Fame awards. The honor came as the result of being the first company to create a bakery product that contains an effective dose of omega-3 fish oil. For more information, visit www.omega3innovations.com , www.omegacookie.com or www.omega-cure.com.