FDA Approves Fish Oil For Heart Disease

[Guest guest]

The reason that the FDA is allowing health claims for Omega 3 oils is

that the big international food makers and agra business are gearing

up to sell a bunch of so called " healthy foods " even though they will

be for the most part anything but healthy.

 

They are genetically modifying certain grains to make more Omega 3

oils in them and you will see Omega 3s in a lot of other foods now,

mostly from genetically modified sources.

 

But when the alternative health community would state some benefit

from them in the past they were subject to proseqution for making

unfounded health claims. So the moral of that story is the same as it

is for Big Pharma. If you are a big big business and can control media

and government, then you will get to make all the health claims that

you want even if they are a lie, but you will be barred from making

health claims if you are a small business even if they are true. Frank

 

 

 

http://www.mercola.com/2004/sep/29/fish_oil_heart.htm

 

FDA Approves Fish Oil For Heart Disease

 

 

The FDA has once again confirmed the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids,

this time as a preventative to coronary heart disease. A similar claim

regarding foods containing EPA and DHA was proposed by the FDA back in

2000.

 

Common foods that contain eiscosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and

docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) omega-3 fatty acids include oily fish such

as salmon, lake trout, tuna and herring.

 

Since coronary heart disease is responsible for 500,000 deaths a year

in the United States, scientists hope this omega-3 finding will

motivate consumers to make a concerted effort to look for these

heart-healthy compounds when making their future food choices.

 

The FDA announced that although the research isn't conclusive, they

plan to support the claim that consuming omega-3 fatty acids plays a

prominent part in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease.

 

In addition to preventing coronary heart disease, other studies have

shown the benefits of these fats in the prevention of heart arrhythmia.

 

Study on Fish Oil Consumption and Arrhythmia

 

* 65 people with arrhythmia were randomly divided into two groups

* One group was given three grams of fish oil a day, while the

other group was given a placebo

* The study lasted six months

* Blood tests were administered during the study and six months

after the participants stopped taking the fish oil supplements

 

The Results of the Study Were Significant:

 

* Participants in the fish oil group had 46.9 percent, 71.8

percent and 100 percent fewer episodes of the four kinds of arrhythmia

evaluated in the study

* Six months after the participants stopped taking the fish oil,

any signs of improvements reversed back to where they were at the

onset of the study

* The participants taking placebos showed no notable changes in

arrhythmia throughout the study

 

Science Blog September 8, 2004

 

NutraIngredients.com September 10, 2004