Monday, July 11, 2005by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: omega-3 fatty acids, health news, Natural News |
A study with prospective coronary bypass patients showed a 54 percent reduction in the occurrence of atrial fibrillation as well as shorter hospital stays in those treated with n-3 LC-PUFAs compared with controls. Another study on fish oil in elderly people demonstrated that the oil, and by implication the n-3 LC-PUFAs it contains, can significantly improve heart rate variability.
Previously documented benefits to growth and development in premature infants receiving supplementary LC-PUFAs were also confirmed by recent research. Other data show that liquid cod liver oil, a concentrated source of n-3 LC-PUFAs, may be an especially useful dietary supplement from early pregnancy on, especially for women at increased risk of having a low birthweight infant.
Another link in the epidemiological chain connecting n-3 LC-PUFAs with healthy vision later in life is also discussed in this e-newsletter. A study involving more than 71,000 nurses for over 16 years showed that high total fat intake increased risk of cataract extraction. Increased intake of n-3 LC- PUFAs, however, resulted in 12 percent lower risk.
"A critical function of n-3 LC-PUFAs throughout life is the development and maintenance of visual function," Nettleton notes. "From prenatal visual development through retinal cell signaling to protection against various degenerative eye diseases, n-3 LC-PUFAs are active."
Finally, the e-newsletter describes an inverse association between advanced prostate cancer and n-3 LC-PUFAs, suggesting that these fatty acids may retard disease progress.
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About the author:Mike Adams (aka the "Health Ranger") is a best selling author (#1 best selling science book on Amazon.com) and a globally recognized scientific researcher in clean foods. He serves as the founding editor of NaturalNews.com and the lab science director of an internationally accredited (ISO 17025) analytical laboratory known as CWC Labs. There, he was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for achieving extremely high accuracy in the analysis of toxic elements in unknown water samples using ICP-MS instrumentation. Adams is also highly proficient in running liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and mass spectrometry time-of-flight analytical instrumentation.
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