Fish Oil (or EPA/DHA) is King!

*Omega 3 fatty acids (like fish oils) haven't gotten the medical attention they deserve because they don't lower blood cholesterol. However, they do lower blood triglycerides and platelet aggregation. Platelet aggregation is an indicator of how likely the platelets are to stick to the walls of your arteries, which cause plaque build-up, leading to eventual artery blockade (arteriosclerosis).

* Taking three grams of fish oil per day for only 30 days will decrease blood triglycerides by 35%.

* Taking nine grams of fish oil per day will decrease the severity of mental disorders such as mania and depression.

* The Inuit eat diets low in fruits and vegetables and also high in saturated fats and animal protein. Although this diet doesn't seem "heart healthy," these people have a very low risk of CV disease. Why? Well, the average Inuit eats 130 g of marine foods per day (1000 mg of fish oil) while the average North American eats only 13 g of marine foods per day (100 mg of fish oil).

* When fish oil is taken regularly after a myocardial infarction, there's a 40% reduction in subsequent death rate.

*Fish oil is rapidly burned in the mitochondrion (the cellular "power houses"); therefore it's not likely to be stored as body fat.

Reference: Dr. Bruce Holub from the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Guelph, Ontario Exercise Physiology Conference

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