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Omega-3 fatty acids for cardioprotection.
The most compelling evidence for the cardiovascular benefit provided by omega-3 fatty acids comes from 3 large controlled trials of 32,000 participants randomized to receive omega-3 fatty acid supplements containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or to act as controls. These trials showed reductions in cardiovascular events of 19% to 45%. These findings suggest that ...
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This review details the specific needs of women for omega-3 fatty acids, including alpha linoleic acid (ALA) and the very long chain fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Omega-3 fatty acid (dietary or in capsules) ensures that a woman's adipose tissue contains a reserve of these fatty acids for the developing fetus and the breast-fed newborn infant. This ensur...
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The potential for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease through increased dietary intake of omega-3 (ω-3) fish oils is not a recent scientific discovery. A historically important study in 1980 reported that high levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet of the Inuit people of Greenland were linked to a lower rate of death from acute myocardial infarction compared to the Danish ...
متن کاملDietary Sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
As for saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, the omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are chemically linked to fat structures known as triglycerides in the various foods and oils that are consumed. The natural triglyceride or fat structure consists of a 3-carbon glycerol backbone onto which 3 long-chain fatty acids of varying types and structures are linked or 'esterified...
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The brain is one of the organs with the highest level of lipids (fats). Brain lipids, formed of fatty acids, participate in the structure of membranes, for instance 50 % fatty acids are polyunsaturated in the gray matter, 1/3 are of the omega-3 family, and are thus of dietary origin. The omega-3 fatty acids (mainly alpha-linolenic acid, ALA) participated in one of the first experimental demonst...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.4065/83.3.324