About the effectiveness of fish oil in protecting the cardiovascular system still was expressed as the supportive and the skeptical scientists ‘ comments. And now – a new job, pharmaceutical company Amarin were performed clinical trials of the new drug with the addition of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, the main component of fish oil. Scientists have got evidence that these fatty acids help significantly reduce the risk of death, heart attacks and strokes.
Previously, such studies on the efficacy of drugs with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids did not show a significant reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. This rzucanie also believed that they will most likely see not too significant, 10-15% decrease in the risk of death due to vascular pathologies. However, the actual reduction in non-fatal heart attack or stroke, coronary artery bypass grafting or unstable angina, which they fixed in the new project amounted to 25%.
In this experiment, was attended by 8 of 179 patients who had an increased risk of cardiovascular disease compared to other disorders in the body (in particular, diabetes). Within five years some people took the drug with the addition of fish oil to control cholesterol levels in the blood, and some – a placebo. The results of the experiment showed that the substance contained in fish oil, actually reduces the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes.
Note that omega-3 fatty acids are found not only in fatty fish and seafood, but in flax and mustard oil, other vegetable oils. More detailed data generated during trials will be presented in November at the American heart Association.
Earlier Magicforum wrote about the results of other studies that showed that fish oil may be useful not for everyone.