Is fish oil now redundant?
September 12, 2012
THE benefits of fish oil for the
prevention of heart attacks are
being called into question by a new
study published in the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
The meta-analysis study was
designed to assess the role of
omega-3 supplementation on
major cardiovascular outcomes,
and took into account 20
individual studies evaluating the
effect of omega-3 on all-cause
mortality, cardiac death, sudden
death, myocardial infarction, and
stroke (undertaken between 1989-
2012), which involved a total of
68,680 patients.
According to their findings,
omega-3 PUFA supplementation
was not associated with a lower
risk of all-cause mortality, cardiac
death, sudden death, myocardial
infarction, or stroke based on
relative and absolute measures of
association.
Speaking about the trial, research
head, Dr Evangelos Rizos of the
University Hospital of Ioannia said
“Our findings do not justify the use
of omega-3 as a structured
intervention in everyday clinical
practice or guidelines supporting
dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated
fatty acid administration.”
The study has however garnered
criticism from several quarters,
with experts citing other studies
which support the oil’s heart
protective qualities.
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