Tuesday 28 May 2013

A Healthy Heart and Omega 3|

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A Healthy Heart and Omega 3|
There have been more than 11,000 reports,including 1,500 human clinical trials, on the study of fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-3s are one of the most well-studied nutrients, and have been found to be beneficial for a widerange of conditions.
Omega-3s and Heart Health
The discovery that omega-3 fatty acids have heart-health benefits began with anecdotal reports of a low prevalence of heart disease among Greenland Inuits, inspiring expeditions to Greenland by the researchers Bang and Dyerberg beginning in the late 1960s.

These dedicated researchers found very low heart attack rates, healthy blood lipid patterns,and reduced platelet reactivity in the Greenland Inuits, who consumed a diet high in fish when compared to healthy people in Denmark, who consumed a Western diet.

Bang and Dyerberg later found high levels of the omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and low levels of the omega-6 fatty acid A A (arachidonic acid) in the Inuit, suggesting the high levels of EPA to be responsible for the heart-protective effects in this population.
Since those first investigations, interest in the heart health benefits of omega-3s,specifically the marine-derived omega-3s EPA and DHA, increased dramatically.

Today thousands of reports can be discovered delving into the effects of EPA and DHA on heart attacks One review of 25 clinical trials evaluating levels of omega-3 and omega-6 in the body found the people with the lowest levels of EPA and DHA are more likely to experience a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack.

Further studies have found that men who eat at least some fish weeklyhave lower death risk from heart disease than men who eat no fish. This is also true in women—women from the Nurses' Health Study who consumed more fish and omega-3 fatty acids were at lower risk for heart disease death.

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