Recent study on Fish Oil

[JReinhal]

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1203859?query=featured_home&
Scroll down to brief conclusion

 

[jbryand101b]

Why don't you just post what it said

 

[JReinhal]

Guess I could have. Just thought people would get more out of the brief summarizations in the link provided.

 

[JReinhal]

"CONCLUSIONS:
Daily supplementation with 1 g of n–3 fatty acids did not reduce the rate of cardiovascular events in patients at high risk for cardiovascular events".

 

[TheGilmore]

In this double-blind study with a 2-by-2 factorial design, we randomly assigned 12,536 patients who were at high risk for cardiovascular events and had impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or diabetes to receive a 1-g capsule containing at least 900 mg (90% or more) of ethyl esters of n–3 fatty acids or placebo daily and to receive either insulin glargine or standard care.

Just to note, it can't necessarily be applied to healthy populations.

I would be interested in a similar trial with an increased dosage.

 

[JReinhal]

Just to note, it can't necessarily be applied to healthy populations.

I would be interested in a similar trial with an increased dosage.

Agreed. It does mention high risk patients.

 

[hugeswole]

Still going to take my fish oil every day.

 

[uvawahoowa]

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1203859?query=featured_home&
Scroll down to brief conclusion

Did anyone think that fish oil was a fix all?

 

[PinchTheBear]

This is valuable research for the medical community re. CVD, but it pretty much ends there.

 

[JReinhal]

Still going to take my fish oil every day.

I would not discontinue fish oil supplementation based on this research. I just believe it's good to stay apprise on current data.

 

[mr.cooper69]

This is valuable research for the medical community re. CVD, but it pretty much ends there.

This precisely. Though I'd still recommend that high risk people take fish oil

 

[Iron Warrior]

I'd like to see them use the same test subjects at a higher dose. That being said these could be morbidly obese folks the way they're described and if that's the case then they need a lot more medical intervention on top of fish oil. There are many other benefits to fish oil so don't throw it away just yet.

 

[KGB1980]

I'd like to see them use the same test subjects at a higher dose. That being said these could be morbidly obese folks the way they're described and if that's the case then they need a lot more medical intervention on top of fish oil. There are many other benefits to fish oil so don't throw it away just yet.

definitely agreed