Omega-3 DHA / Cardiovascular Health Benefit

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I am somewhat skeptical since the article and the studies are connected to the manufacturer Martek.
Although the value of DHA has been shown, Martek's angle is to promote their vegetable sourced
product. Who knows, maybe their product is indeed superior to the fish based product.

To achieve DHA amounts of 1000 mg - 1500 mg that is used in these studies you would need to take
large amounts of standard fish oil supplements in the area of 8-12 1000 mg softgels per day. This
certainly surpasses my meager 6 gms.

Kevin

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I am somewhat skeptical since the article and the studies are connected to the manufacturer Martek.
Although the value of DHA has been shown, Martek's angle is to promote their vegetable sourced
product. Who knows, maybe their product is indeed superior to the fish based product.

To achieve DHA amounts of 1000 mg - 1500 mg that is used in these studies you would need to take
large amounts of standard fish oil supplements in the area of 8-12 1000 mg softgels per day. This
certainly surpasses my meager 6 gms.

Kevin

It seems to me that DHA benefits to HDL and TG totals have been shown, but I don't remember seeing
research on the distribution of sub-fractions (particle sizes) before--not that the press release is
very detailed or convincing. But the results seem credible and seem consistent with what has been
learned before.

It's not hard to get over a gram a day of DHA if you regularly eat fatty fish. It seems like the DHA
content of most foods has been depleted over the years by techniques employed to raise food
production. Beef, poultry and eggs are examples where feedlot techniques and inexpensive grain diets
have replaced grass and more complex mixes of grains. Eggs can be obtained that have between 50mg
and 100mg per large egg, for example. I believe a "regular" large egg has only about 25mg, but I'm
too lazy to look it up...

You could eat 3 five-egg omelettes a day, if you buy the expensive "DHA" eggs... :-)

It is interesting that the shift from omega-3 to omega-6 fats in the food supply may be a much
bigger cause of atherosclerosis than has been thought.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA