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Fish oils are the best defense against heart disease |
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Written by Adrian Wozniak
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Monday, 10 August 2009 |
Fish
and omega-3 fish oils are the most powerful defenses against heart
disease – and they can help prevent a fatal heart attack in people with
existing heart problems, even if they’ve had one attack already.
Eating oily fish such as salmon, sardine, trout and herring, and
supplementing with omega-3 oils, can dramatically reduce your risk of
developing a range of heart problems, such as atherosclerosis,
arrhythmia, heart attack, and cardiac failure.
And if you have had a heart attack, you reduce your risk of second one by 30 per cent by increasing your fish oil intake.
These findings are based on a major review of previous studies going
back 30 years. Head researcher Carl Lavie, of Oschner Medical Center in
New Orleans, recommends that healthy people consume 500 mg of omega-3
fish oils, which contain EPA and DHA, every day, while those with an
existing heart problem should double their daily intake to 1000 mg.
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