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Fish Oil All Washed Up?
Posted by Alisa Mullins at 5:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)
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A recent study conducted by scientists at Wageningen University in the Netherlands suggests that heart attack survivors who are already receiving care may not benefit from taking omega-3 fatty acid supplements. Participants in the study were divided into four groups: the first group was given margarine that was supplemented with fish oil; the second group was given margarine that had added plant-based omega-3 fatty acids; the third group was given margarine that had both plant—and fish-derived omega-3 supplements; and the fourth group received unsupplemented margarine. At the end of the study, there was no discernable difference in heart attack recurrence between the groups.
The study's authors theorize that this outcome may have occurred because the doses of omega-3 fatty acids were small or because the patients had already experienced their first heart attack and were being treated with medication.
Either way, the study does seem to indicate that omega-3 fatty acids may not be the cure-all that they were once touted to be. But if a heart disease cure-all does exist, study after study indicates that it would be a low-fat vegetarian diet, the only diet that has been proved to actually reverse heart disease.
Posted to Health | Posted to Tags: Alisa Mullins, healthy diets, heart-disease, Omega-3, Vegetarian diet
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Patty Bowers says...
October 8th, 2010, 12:48 pm
RIGHT ON!
And just look in any vitamin store's catalog- there are non-fish alternatives to getting Omega 3,6 and 9's! Or talk to informed sales people at your health food store, they should know. ASK for non – fish Omegas. No suffering has to occur if you want this supplement.
Patty Bowers
Kate Nakamura says...
October 30th, 2010, 1:32 am
Thanks for this recommendation.
Terri says...
February 3rd, 2012, 11:44 am
I had been putting 2 T of ground flax on my cereal for years to get omega-3 fatty acids. I recently started taking plant based DHA and experience a tremendous improvement in my sleep and disposition. Menopause caused me to suffer from insomnia for years, and although my sleep eventually improved, it was never great. The DHA has me sleeping like a baby now.