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AUGUST 24, 2017

Omega-3 Intake Reduces Cardiac Death Risk

By PPN News Staff

Consumption of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) omega-3 fatty acids reduced the risk for cardiac death by a statistically significant average of 8% (J Clin Lipidol 2017 Aug 2. [Epub ahead of print]).

Cardiac death accounts for about two-thirds (about 405,000) of all cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States, and 42% (7.4 million) globally, each year. The meta-analysis reviewed 14 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of 71,899 people. This is the