Fish oil supplements can raise risk of stroke or heart disease

[CanadianChick]

Just sharing this story for people who take fish oils on a daily basis.



"... a new study finds regular use of fish oil supplements may increase, not reduce, the risk of first-time stroke and atrial fibrillation among people in good cardiovascular health.

Atrial fibrillation, also called AFib or AF, is a type of arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, that people often describe as a flutter or pounding in their chests.

“I can see the headline for this study as ‘Fish oil supplements: Is it time to dump them or not?’” said cardiologist Dr. Andrew Freeman, director of cardiovascular prevention and wellness at National Jewish Health in Denver.

“I say that because over-the-counter fish oil is very seldom recommended, is in none of the guidelines from professional medical societies, and yet that’s what most people take,” said Freeman, who was not involved in the study.
Fish oil only helped people with existing heart disease

The study analyzed data on over 415,000 people ages 40 to 69 participating in the UK Biobank, a longitudinal study of the health of people in the United Kingdom. Nearly one-third of those people, who were followed for an average of 12 years, said they regularly used fish oil supplements.

For people without heart issues, regular use of fish oil supplements was associated with a 13 per cent higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation and a five per cent heightened risk of having a stroke, according to the study, published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Medicine.

Over-the-counter fish oil suffers from a lack of purity and consistency, as well as the potential contaminants and heavy metals such as mercury that come with fish, Freeman said.

“In addition, studies over the last 10 years have not been very positive for over-the-counter fish oil,” he added. “Fish oil was either having no benefit or in some cases it may harm, such as with stroke and AFib. So that’s not new.”

In fact, the new study found that people with existing heart disease at the beginning of the research had a 15 per cent lower risk of progressing from atrial fibrillation to a heart attack and a 9 per cent lower risk of progressing from heart failure to death when they regularly used fish oil.

Instead, prescription versions of fish oil, such as Vascepa and Lovaza, are used to counter such risk factors such as high triglycerides, a type of blood fat, in people with cardiovascular disease risk, Freeman said.

“But even in the prescription strength, highly purified versions of fish oil, the risk for AFib and sometimes stroke has also been present and doctors are cautious about that,” Freeman said.

“Overall, I would say that the days where people just go to the store and buy buckets of fish oil pills to keep them well should be over, but fish oil may still have a role in people who are already sick.”"





https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/fish-oil- ... -1.6895997

[kuprum]

taking the life of a living thing to "cure" itself?

[BrasSmonkey]

you know a heart attack is caused by years of eating bad foods right? the fish oil just speeds up the process...

[GlennfromLA]

I take my cholesterol pill and one for hyper tension, nothing else. I used to take vitamin D3 during the pandemic but stopped that a while back.

[jag]

When we were kids my mother used to give us a daily fish oil dosage before school just after breakfast.

[foxxxychick]

My grandma takes it for ever she says it helps her sight.

[BrasSmonkey]

When we were kids my mother used to give us a daily fish oil dosage before school just after breakfast.

just don't burp...
my granny gave me mine. i hated that shit!!

[AlexO]

It sounds fishy.

[HeelMike]

Vitamin D is the one I take , they say it is good for the immune system.

[calista]

Fish is a common part of our diet so we do not consume fish oil supplements in general

[ispdn]

Not used any but I know friends who do I'll share the link to this article.

[britporn_mike]

What is your favourite fish dinner,it has to be haddock for me.

[jag]

What is your favourite fish dinner,it has to be haddock for me.

Salmon done with fresh garlic olive oil ground pepper with a hint of tumeric roasted in the oven hon

[urbanlegend]

What is your favourite fish dinner,it has to be haddock for me.

Salmon done with fresh garlic olive oil ground pepper with a hint of tumeric roasted in the oven hon

Only way IO can handle the smell of salmon is cold smoked slices not a hot cooked piece of it.

[TheButcher]

you know a heart attack is caused by years of eating bad foods right? the fish oil just speeds up the process...

Yes sir what we suffer with later in our life is because of bad choices including food we had.