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Fish Oil for Heart Disease | Omega 3

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Doctors have routinely prescribed Omega-3 fatty acids as a traditional “fish-oil” remedy  for the prevention of major cardiovascular events in patients with or without a history of cardiovascular disease. Fatty acids work by lowering triglyceride levels and exerting anti-arrythmic and anti-inflammatory properties, they also reduce blood pressure levels and stabilize the atherosclerotic plaques. 1 In other studies, Omega-3 was found to decreased aortic pulse pressure and augmentation pressure.2

Omega 3 heart health benefits - fish oil might specifically counteract the detrimental effects of mental stress on the heart


In a recent study, scientists led by Jason R. Carter of Michigan Technological University provided evidence that fish oil might specifically counteract the detrimental effects of mental stress on the heart.

Their findings show that volunteers who took fish oil supplements for several weeks had a blunted response to mental stress in several measurements of cardiovascular health, including heart rate and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), part of the “fight or flight” response, compared to volunteers who took olive oil instead.

The results may explain why taking fish oil could be beneficial to the heart and might eventually help doctors prevent heart disease in select populations.

The study subjects were assigned to take either 9 grams of fish oil per day or 9 grams of olive oil, a placebo that hasn’t been shown to have the same beneficial cardiovascular effects as fish oil.

These results show that fish oil could have a protective effect on cardiovascular function during mental stress, a finding that adds a piece to the puzzle on why taking fish oil helps the heart stay healthy, the authors suggest. 

“Overall,” the study authors say, “the data support and extend the growing evidence that fish oil may have positive health benefits regarding neural cardiovascular control in humans and suggest important physiological interactions between fish oil and psychological stress that may contribute to disease etiology.”3

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1. Rizos EC, Elisaf MS. Current evidence and future perspectives of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Eur J Pharmacol. 2013 Mar 13. pii: S0014-2999(13)00159-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.02.050. [Epub ahead of print]

2. Pase MP, Grima N, Cockerell R, Stough C, Scholey A, Sali A, Pipingas A. The effects of long-chain omega-3 fish oils and multivitamins on cognitive and cardiovascular function: a randomized, controlled clinical trial. J Am Coll Nutr. 2015;34(1):21-31. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2014.880660. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

3. http://www.newswise.com/articles/fish-oil-may-help-the-heart-beat-mental-stress

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