Fitness N' Health

A new study of cardiovascular benefit with Omega-3 enriched Margarine in patients who have already suffered heart attack upturned disappointing results, but its formulation inadequate.

The study takes place during a period of 3 1/2 years by researchers at the Netherlands, found that the cardiovascular problems, including death resulting significantly was the same, if the participant consumes extra of low doses of Omega-3 fatty acids in the diet food or not.

4 800 Participants were mostly men aged 60 to 80. A drug during the period of study to regulate blood pressure and serum cholesterol and we wary of coagulation.

Daan Kromhout, of the Division of human nutrition at the University of Wageningen presented findings Sunday at the European society of Cardiology Congress in Stockholm.

Although at face value in the study may seem to suggest that Omega-3 supplementation confers no benefit heart health this conclusion cannot be justified for several reasons.

The amount of the supplement that may have been too little. Patients consume an average of 18.8 grams Margarine per day, which gave them an average of 226 mg acid acid Eicosapentaenoic (EPA) in combination with docosahexaensyra 150 milligrams (DHA), both derived from fish. or 1.9 grams of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), found in plants. These amounts are considered as "low-dose." Recommended heart patients often take Omega-3 1000 mg per day.