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(Health-NewsWire.Net, August 24, 2015 ) Calgary, AB -- Extending one's life has been the goal of humans for centuries. Today, it is understood that a healthy lifestyle can contribute to longevity. A new study is out that reports Omega 3 fish oil supplements can add years to one's life span and/or the average life span. Longevity is defined as living past the average life span of a person. In this new study conducted by Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health's professor of epidemiology and reported in Annals of Internal Medicine, the findings are culled from 16 years of data on healthy individuals.
The subjects were healthy adults age 65+ and they participated in a long-term heart study put forth by the Cardiovascular Health Study from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. It is also important to note that the participants did not take fish oil supplements. Over 16 years, they had physical exams, took diagnostic tests, submitted blood samples and answered questionnaires about their health, lifestyle and medical history.
Researchers took the blood samples and isolated out the Omega 3 fatty acids that come from omega 3 fish oil, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA). Time magazine published the findings as follows:
" those with higher levels of all three fatty acids showed a 35% lower risk of dying of heart disease compared with those with lower levels of the fats in their blood. DHA was associated with a 40% lower risk of coronary-heart-disease death, in which gradual buildup of plaque within the heart-vessel walls can lead to heart failure, often from irregular heartbeats. EPA was linked to a lower risk of heart attacks, and DPA was associated with a lower risk of death from stroke. When the researchers factored in not just heart disease but other causes of death, those with the highest levels of all three fatty acids were 27% less likely to die during the study period and lived on average more than two years longer than those with the lowest levels."
The study shows the benefits of taking Omega 3 fish oil supplements as they contain all three of the fatty acids researchers found added to the longevity of the study's subjects. The benefits of a longer lifespan because of the positive nutritional aspects of Omega 3s is an amazing finding. One that Nutriden hopes the community at large will take advantage of by starting to take Omega 3 fish oil supplements today.
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