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> there appeared to be a beneficial effect when it came to one aspect of heart disease and fish oil: heart attacks.
> Taking fish oil lowered the risk of heart attack by about 28 percent,
It is important to remember though D3 has other proven benefits.
"Fine and Manson stressed that vitamin D and the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil are important nutrients, but the best way to get them is as part of a well-balanced diet. That includes eating fatty fish like sardines, tuna and salmon, and vitamin-D fortified cereals, milk, and orange juice." Ah, okay. So instead of taking supplemental Vitamin D, you should get it from natural sources, such as..... foods that ha…
Also eating fish has other problems
Dark-skinned office-working New Yorker here. Neglected blood tests for years. Took a significant other to realise that, every winter, I’d start eating tinned sardines by the caseload. Once I began supplementing, on doctor’s orders after a blood test, the cravings stopped. Guess what’s super-rich in Vitamin D?
I live in scandinavia so every autumn I start taking one vitamin D pill a day to keep my spirits up during the long darkness.
I believe it helps and I have no illusions of preventing any diseases with it, except winter depression.
TLDR; Overall, they showed that neither fish oil nor vitamin D actually lowered the incidence of heart disease or cancer. However aspect of heard disease that benefits is heart attack. Taking fish oil lowered the risk of heart attack by about 28 percent. It is important to remember though D3 has other proven benefits.
I take vitamin D because it makes a massive difference to my mood during the gloomy months in Seattle.
Why the quotes?! If the author doesn't understand what that means why report on science at all?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It still costs time.
You make time.
Also, saying "you make time" is true in such a way that is of little value, as there are a multitude of things you can make time for, such as connecting with your friends and family, learning new skills, educating your children, and any of those can take up as much time as you have. Life is a balance of things where you try to minimize your regret, since there is just not enough time to do everything you want to do.
So is it possible some people don't really need fish oil for well-being? Evolution might have rendered eating fish useless for these people.
Quite a large population in the the world lives at place where fishes aren't available. So is it possible some people don't really need fish oil for well-being? Evolution might have rendered eating fish useless for these people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid
The 2 essential fatty acids are:
- alpha-linolenic acid (ALA, an omega-3 fatty acid). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Linolenic_acid
- linoleic acid (LA, an omega-6 fatty acid). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleic_acid
Linseed oil (flaxseed oil) is a good provider of essential fatty acids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) or DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) are conditionally essential fatty acids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid#Condition...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eicosapentaenoic_acid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docosahexaenoic_acid
Experts recommend a vegan diet against heart disease and cancer.
E.g.
http://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19562864/?i=2&from=/27...
https://www.eatright.org/food/nutrition/vegetarian-and-speci...