Nutrition and Weight Loss Ideas

Will fish oils help your heart? Apparently so. I read an article the other day put out by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that said that, especially for older adults, fish oils can help the heart by regulating its electrical activity.

The nice part of this is that it won’t take a lot of fish to have this effect — just a couple of meals a week of the right kind of fish — those that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and prepared by either baking or boiling it (not fried please!) — will do the trick.

It has long been known that eating fish such as tuna, mackerel, lake trout and salmon, which are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, is good for the heart.

The research that led to the article I read analyzed data from more than 5,000 men and women aged 65 and older. The participants were asked whether they ate fish, what kind, and how often. The researchers compared the answers to those dietary questions with electrocardiogram tests of the study participants. What they found was that eating fish was associated with a lower heart rate, a slower interval between when the heart received a signal to pump blood and when blood was pumped, and a lower likelihood that the heart would take a long time to reset its electrical system after a beat. (When there is heart disease the resetting of the electrical system can be delayed.)

Animal studies show that fish oils can get into the membrane of the heart cells and affect the function of their protein channels. Things like potassium, sodium and calcium pass through those channels and control the entire electrical cycle.

This study found that the more fish consumed, the greater the benefits. Most of the benefits were achieved with just one or two meals of fish a week.

But it had to be the right kind of fish, and prepared the right way. No effect on the heart’s electrical activity was seen with fried fish, such as fish burgers or fish sticks. Those commercial products do not increase blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Also, the school is still out as to whether or not the fish oil supplements will have the same effect as eating the actual fish.
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Have a healthy and nutritious day!

Shanti … (A sanscrit word meaning, “Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.”)

Ron
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