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| Date Archive : 12/31/2007 |
| Date Enter; : 12/31/2007 |
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Hour Enter : 12:32:56 PM |
| Resource : Reuters Health |
| Summery : Fish oil capsules and fatty fish do an equally good job of enriching the blood and other body tissues with healthy omega-3 fatty acids, new findings suggest.
But the findings can't be interpreted to mean that capsules and fish are equally good for the heart, Dr. William S. Harris, who was involved in the research, told Reuters Health. "There are things that can change the blood lipids but don't do anything for the heart and vice versa," said Harris, who is with the University of South Dakota in Sioux Falls. |
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Omega-3 fatty acid consumption is recommended by the American Heart Association and several other groups to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and consumption of fatty fish and fish oil capsules have been assumed to have similar effects, Harris and his colleagues note in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
But there has been little research on whether the body processes fatty acids from fish oil capsules and fish in the same way.
To investigate, Harris and his team had 11 women eat two servings of tuna or salmon each week, while an additional 12 women took in the same amount of omega-3s, an estimated 485 milligrams daily, in capsule form.
Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071228/hl_nm/fish_oil_capsules_dc;_ylt=AjiuNFvXFkP2Wk67NT1OuC8Q.3QA
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