The September 12, 2012 edition of the Journal of the American
Medical Association included an analysis by researchers from Greece
addressing the benefits of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation for the
prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Their conclusion, that fish oils do not
offer significant cardiovascular health benefits, flies in the face of
results from numerous individual controlled studies.
The findings are complicated by the nature
of such reviews, where studies being assessed commonly use different
methods across different populations to measure at least slightly
different outcomes. Only rarely can clinically useful direction be taken
with confidence from this type of analysis;
however, the need for
additional study is clear.
I hold to my longstanding recommendation to consume two to three servings of cold-water fish per week.
-- With Marti Lotman
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