Omega-3 Oils supplements

The omega-3 fatty acids DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) are found in fish, including salmon and mackerel. Another omega-3 fatty acid called ALA (alpha-linolenic acid) is found in leafy green vegetables, nuts, flaxseed, and vegetable oils such as canola and soy oil. The body can't make omega-3 fatty acids. But you can get them from foods or supplements.
   Omega 3 fatty acids are fascinating nutrients. Almost every aspect of our health, physical and mental, is related to the types of fatty acids that make up our cells and tissues. And it appears that most of us are not ingesting the right kind of fatty acids, the ones found in fish and fish oils. During the last decades a large body of data has been accumulated indicating omega-3 fatty acids to exert beneficial effects on the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular disease. Especially, omega-3 fatty acids are regarded to be effective in reducing the risk of sudden cardiac death after acute myocardial infarction. High blood levels of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, found in fish oil, may help preserve thinking ability in the elderly. Accumulating evidence suggests that diets that include omega-3 fatty acids, specifically, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), protect against the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. See Fish Oils for the latest research.

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Omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular health
Omega-3 fatty acids provide protection against stroke, particularly ischemic stroke. The cardioprotective effects of omega3 fatty acids relate to improvements in blood pressure, cardiac function, arterial compliance and vascular function, as well as improved lipid metabolism, antiplatelet and anti-inflammatory effects.

Influence of omega3 fatty acids on heart rate
Effects of omega-3 Fatty acids on heart rate in cardiac transplant recipients.
Am J Cardiol. 2006 Nov 15;98(10):1393-5. Epub 2006 Oct 2. Harris WS, Gonzales M, Laney N, Sastre A, Borkon AM.
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri; Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas, Missouri.
Omega-3 fatty acid (n-3 FA) consumption has been linked to reductions in the risk of death from coronary heart disease and, recently, to lower heart rates. The investigators previously observed a reduction of 5 beats/min in heart rate in patients with coronary heart disease given omega-3 fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) for 4 months. Reductions in HR may be explained by enhanced vagal tone, influences on cardiac voltage-gated ion channels, or both. The hypothesis that n-3 FAs would affect HR independent of vagal input was investigated by studying the effects of n-3 FA supplementation on heart rate in patients with denervated hearts after orthotopic heart transplantation. Electrocardiographic data obtained in 2 prospective trials in which 18 heart transplant recipients received n-3 FA supplementation (1 to 3.4 g/day) for 4 to 6 months were collected. In conclusion, omega-3 fatty acid supplementation reduced heart rate and prolonged QRS duration in heart transplant recipients who were presumably devoid of vagal innervation. These findings suggest that omga-3 FAs may modify electrophysiologic properties of the myocardium itself.

Omega3 and asthma
Influence of Omega 3 fatty acid dietary intake on asthma.
Rev Clin Esp. 2007 Jan;207(1):24-5. De Luis DA, Leon R, Izaola O. Instituto de Endocrinologia y Nutricion. Facultad de Medicina. Unidad de Apoyo a la Investigacion. Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega. Valladolid. Espana.
Some studies have detected a beneficial effect of Omega 3 (w3) fatty acid dietary intake in the risk of asthma and other studies have demonstrated a beneficial effect on clinical symptoms. In our area, a low intake of omega3 fatty acids is rare. However, we need to recommend a right intake of w3 and w6 fatty polyunsaturated fatty acids to reach a good ratio w-6/w-3. Perhaps, the influence of polyunsaturated fatty acid intake could be due to the ratio w-6/w-3 and no to the total amount of w3 intake. A general recommendation is a dietary intake of fish three times each week, one of them fat fish.

Omega-3 fatty acids and Crohn's disease
Omega 3 fatty acids are safe and may be helpful in Crohn's disease.

Omega-3 and statin drugs
People taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins who also consume omega-3 fatty acids  --  typically found in fish and fish oil -- have a better chance of avoiding heart problems than patients who take statins alone. "Our study shows that long-term use of EPA (an omega-3 fatty acid) at therapeutic doses is effective for prevention of major coronary events in hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol) patients given statins in Japan who consume a large amount of fish," said lead researcher Dr. Mitsuhiro Yokoyama. He is a professor of medicine at the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine. In the study, called the Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study, Yokoyama and his colleagues assigned 18,645 people to receive either 1,800 milligrams of one of the omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), every day plus a statin, or a statin alone. During an average follow-up of 4.6 years, the researchers found a 19 percent reduction in major coronary events among patients taking EPA. Patients taking EPA also had 19 percent fewer non-fatal events -- including non-fatal heart attack, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization -- than people taking statins alone. However, the incidence of sudden cardiac death and death from heart disease did not differ between the groups. "This study is further evidence of the benefit of omega-3 fatty acids for protecting against heart attacks and other cardiac events," said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and author of an accompanying editorial in the journal.

Omega3 and glaucoma
Over three million Americans have glaucoma, according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation. Although there is no cure for glaucoma - which causes blindness - a simple addition to your diet can help reduce the incidence of this disease. Just add some omega-3 fatty acids to your meals. Omega-3 fats can help reduce the risk of cancer and diabetes, improve your cholesterol and triglycerides, foster weight loss, reduce asthma and allergies, increase fertility and improve sexual function, fight cognitive decline, reduce wrinkles, improve skin tone, increase your overall energy, and much more. Now, research proves that they can protect your eyes, too. Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia studied the association between dietary omega-3 fatty acid intake and glaucoma. They fed rats either omega-3-sufficient or omega-3-deficient diets from conception. The omega-3 diet contained safflower, flaxseed, and tuna oils, and the omega-3 deficient diet contained safflower oil only. Animals raised on high omega-3 diets had a decrease in intra ocular pressure when they got older, meaning that the inclusion of tuna oil in their diet reduced their risk of developing glaucoma. Get your omega-3 fix by eating eggs, grass-fed beef and wild game, fatty fish, flaxseeds, and walnuts. You can also take a fish oil supplement.

Omega-3 enriched foods
Q. Regarding omega-3 enriched foods that are being marketed. From what I've read, everything from orange juice to cereals to eggs have been fortified. Do these added amounts of omega-3 make much of a difference or is it mainly a marketing gimmick? And of the omega-3 enriched food products available, which ones do you think really deliver, if any?
   A. We have not read the labels to see how much omega-3 is added to the food products. The bottom line may be cost. If the amount of enriched omega-3 adds significantly to the cost of the product which would be higher than the cost of taking one cheap fish oil capsule, then I see no reason to pay extra for omega-3 enriched foods.