Nutritious Bites
Want the Benefits of Fish Oil? Eat More Fish
A new study finds that fish oil pills make little difference in heart disease incidence over a placebo.
For the last several years research studies have looked at the health benefits of consuming more fish. As the studies progressed, researchers were able to identify components of fish that seemed to be associated with the heart disease prevention benefit and possibly the mental health benefit. A new study now questions whether fish-oil pills are a benefit to disease prevention. According to a large scale, randomized, clinical trial that compared fish-oil pills with a placebo for more than six years, the study found little difference in heart disease incidence between the groups. The study, of more than 12,000 individuals with diabetes or prediabetes, and an average age of 64, found that incidence of heart attack, stroke and heart failure …
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Ed Horsewalker
9:28 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
My grandmother has eaten fish everyday since the stock market crash. She catches most of the fish herself. She loves fishing Gravois Creek and the Crestwood Lagoon. more ›