ateneodelajuventud.com » Fish Oil http://www.ateneodelajuventud.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Wonders of Fish Oil http://www.ateneodelajuventud.com/the-wonders-of-fish-oil/ http://www.ateneodelajuventud.com/the-wonders-of-fish-oil/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:33:45 +0000 admin http://ateneodelajuventud.com/?p=558 fish-oil-benefitsDid you know that fish oil may help fight air pollution-linked changes in heart function? Pollution exposure can affect heart rate variability, a measure of the autonomic nervous system’s regulation of the heart. Heart rate variability is an independent risk factor for heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias), heart attack and sudden death.

A study in the December issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has found that a daily 2-gram fish oil supplement taken for 6 months prevented a decline in heart rate variability in 26 elderly people aged 81 to 83.

Research says that fish oil supplementation prevented the reduction in heart rate variability associated with the same-day exposure to indoor particulate matter.

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