date:Sep 13, 2012
Published yesterday in JAMA, data from 70,000 patients indicated that supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was not associated with a lower risk of cardiac death, sudden death, heart attack, or stroke.
Our findings do not justify the use of omega-3 as a structured intervention in everyday clinical practice or guidelines supporting dietary omega-3 PUFA administration, concluded researchers from the University Hospital of Ioannina in Greece.
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The conclusions were disp