Tag Archives: omega-3
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
The benefit of omega-3’s in cardiovascular disease prevention may be as important as the drugs that control cholesterol.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids from oily fish prevents cardiovascular events, which are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Its use is recommended especially for patients with heart disease, but also to the general population. The blue fish meat is [...]
Olive Oil, Good for Eye Health
The olive oil has excellent culinary reputation and ranks as one of the key elements for cardiovascular health in the Mediterranean diet.
However, its benefits are greater now that new studies have found that olive oil is also good for eye health, as appears to prevent in particular, macular degeneration, a disease that affects the retina [...]
Omega 3 and Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical trials designed to indicate the cardiovascular benefits of oily fish are not limited to the U.S. The Diet and Reinfarction Trial (DART) and the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della sopravvivenza nell ‘Myocardial Infarction (GISSI)-Prevenzione, in Europe, and the Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS), in Asia, show that regular consumption of fatty acids [...]
