Cancelling Out The Health Benefits Of Fish Oil.
I have talked previously about the health benefits of fish oil supplements before, to a range of health conditions, but in particular to the heart. However a study has now posed a warning.
The study has suggested that a high fat diet, and in particular a diet high in saturated fat foods, can cancel many of the heart benefits of omega fish oil.
There are plenty of well known heart benefits of fish oil supplements. These heart benefits include a reduction in cardiovascular disease and this includes both fatal and non fatal heart attacks as well as a reduction in the risk of strokes.
But although taking daily omega 3 fish oil supplements may well offer these health benefits you may not be getting all these benefits if you eat a high fat diet. In particular a diet high in saturated fat.
The new study has looked at the benefits of taking fish oil supplements where that is combined with a diet high in saturated fat.
It was conducted by a number of scientists and was led by a scientist from the University of Maryland-Baltimore. It decided that although there are well known benefits from fish oil, these benefits may be lost when combined with a diet high in fat. It was considered that the fat in the heart blocked out the benefits of the fish oil.
It was thought that the high fat levels in the heart blocked the capacity of the heart cells to absorb the helpful polyunsaturated Omega 3 fats from the fish oil.
The study was done on rats that already had heart failure so it’s hard to know if we can extrapolate the results to people who have no preexisting heart problems and who take Omega 3 supplements.
However there are also well known reasons why a diet of high saturated fat foods is not good for your health, so whether or not you already have heart disease there are still very good reasons why you ought to be taking top quality Omega 3 capsules, AND be eating a diet low in saturated fats.
There’s no doubt that taking fish oil supplements is very good for your health and if you combine this with a low fat diet you are getting the best of both worlds.
If you combine a diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables and include plenty of exercise in your lifestyle then you’re on your way to better health. Combine this with your Omega 3 capsules.
If you’re not taking the worlds best Omega 3 supplements you need to visit my website to find out where to get them.
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Written by Peter Bertonich on December 9th, 2009 with
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