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When a natural cure starts to gain a lot of attention for its efficacy in treating a particular ailment, those who profit from the conventional medical treatments do their best to downplay its abilities and protect their income stream. A meta-analysis in JAMA Cardiology casting doubt on omega-3 supplementation’s cardiovascular benefits is so flawed that some believe it’s little more than a way to keep the earning potential of cardiac medications and other interventions intact.<\/p>\n
The meta-analysis concluded that supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids does not have an impact on coronary heart disease or major vascular events. It looked at 10 clinical trials with nearly 78,000 participants.<\/p>\n
However, there are a number of serious problems with the analysis. First of all, a minimum dose of EPA or DHA was never specified, which the University of Guelph’s Dr. Bruce Holub cites as being problematic. He said that mixing low doses can complicate meta-analysis and pointed out that some of the doses were as low as 400 milligrams per day, falling short of the 500-milligrams-per-day recommendation.<\/p>\n
The paper does say that there was a 7 percent lower risk of a major vascular event and a 10 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease with omega-3 supplementation. Dr. Holub takes issue with the researchers dismissing this finding, saying: “…I don’t think one can dismiss and disregard a 7 percent reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease.”<\/p>\n
Moreover, he pointed out: “We know that many of the conventional prescription medications for coronary disease often don’t provide any more benefit than 7 percent even though they’re very important and do offer a significant impact.”<\/p>\n
\n Experts defending omega-3’s benefits<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n The National Products Association (NPA) issued a statement defending the role that omega-3s can play in lowering cardiovascular risk. The NPA’s Dr. Daniel Fabricant wrote that even the FDA seems to hold a different view than the researchers as they have already given approval to a prescription medication containing fish oil to benefit those with cardiovascular problems. In addition, he points out that the FDA has approved a qualified health claim for cardiovascular diseases on Omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n The study had a few other limitations. For example, the study designs of the randomized trials assessed varied widely. In addition, there was a lack of data on the cancer history and smoking status of the individual participants, which would have impacted the person’s chances of developing heart disease or dying as a result of it.<\/p>\n Dr. Carl Lavie, the University of Queensland School of Medicine’s Preventive Cardiology Medical Director, said that he feels omega-3 supplements remain a reasonable choice because of their safety, low cost, and lack of serious side effects. He was not involved in the study, but he said that the evidence for omega-3 does not need to reach the same threshold as expensive and risky drugs. He said the supplements are especially useful for patients who prefer to avoid medications.<\/p>\n EpidStat Institute’s Dr. Dominik Alexander agrees. He said that those who take these supplements should not stop, and he also pointed out they offer a host of other health benefits that make them worthwhile. For example, they can help in areas like eye health, cognition and memory. He suggests that people avoid smoking, maintain a healthy body weight, exercise regularly, and use high-quality omega 3 supplements for optimum health.<\/p>\n Four large trials on the topic are set to be completed in 2019, nearly doubling the number of subjects whose data could be used to make a more comprehensive meta-analysis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n yogaesoteric When a natural cure starts to gain a lot of attention for its efficacy in treating a particular ailment, those who profit from the conventional medical treatments do their best to downplay its abilities and protect their income stream. A meta-analysis in JAMA Cardiology casting doubt on omega-3 supplementation’s cardiovascular benefits is so flawed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1044],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-4260-en-health-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJanuary 14, 2019<\/strong>
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