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Do doctors ignore the Omega-3 data more than they ignore Vitamin D data?
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A few recent items showing that Omega-3 improves health
- Depression treated by Omega-3 (again) – meta-analysis Aug 2019
- Omega-3 reduces many psychiatric disorders – 2 reviews 2016
- Preterm Births decreased by Omega-3 (analysis of 184 countries) – April 2019
- Omega-3 helps the heart, AHA class II recommendation, more than 1 gm may be needed – March 2018
- Hospitalization costs reduced ~3,000 dollars when intravenous nutrition was augmented with Omega-3 – Aug 2019
- FDA allows claim: Omega-3 reduces the Risk of Hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease June 2019
- "...did meet the “credible evidence” standard for a qualified health claim"
- "The FDA thoroughly reviewed the 717 publications cited by the petitioner"
Cardiovascular and Omega-3
- Omega-3 reduces many aspects of heart problems - Jan 2024
- Cardiovascular problems reduced by Omega-3 - many studies
- Cardiovascular problems are prevented by Vitamin D plus Omega-3 – Feb 2023
- Omega-3 decreases heart disease and COVID: Harris and Patrick, video and transcript - Dec 2021
- Atrial Fibrillation decreased by Vitamin D or Magnesium - many studies
- Omega-3 reduced cardiovascular deaths by 16 percent (427,678 people) – March 2020
- Synthetic EPA drug recommended to FDA for Cardio (Omega-3 is 8 X better) – Nov 2019
- Omega-3 reduces heart problems by ~5 percent – meta-analysis by Heart Association Oct 2019
- Cardiovascular Prevention with Omega-3 (finally using high doses) – Sept 2019
- Few people have enough EPA (an Omega-3) to reduce heart failures – July 2019
- Another Nail in the Coffin for Fish Oil Supplements (nope) – JAMA April 2018
- Omega-3 provides many cardiovascular benefits – April 2018
- Omega-3 helps the heart, AHA class II recommendation, more than 1 gm may be needed – March 2018
- 3 days of Omega-3 before cardiac surgery reduced risk of post-op bleeding by half – RCT March 2018
- Perhaps the Omega-3 optimal level is 10 percent, not 8 – Feb 2018
- Omega-3 Cardiovascular meta-analysis has at least 5 major problems – Jan 2018
- Benefits of Omega-3 beyond heart health - LEF Feb 2018
- Higher Omega-3 index (4 to 8 percent) associated with 30 percent less risk of coronary disease (10 studies) July 2017
- Cardiovascular problems reduced by low dose aspirin and perhaps Omega-3 (also Vit K) – Sept 2017
- Omega-3 reduced time in hospital and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – meta-analysis May 2016
- For every Omega-3 dollar there is a 84 dollar savings in Cardiovascular costs - Foster and Sullivan April 2016
- High dose Omega-3 probably reduces heart problems – American Heart Association – March 2017
- Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis Dec 2016
- Omega-3 – need more than 1 gram for a short time to reduce Cardiovascular Disease – Nov 2016
- Omega-3 is vital for health, mail-in test is low cost and accurate
- Cardiovascular calcification prevented by Omega-3, Magnesium, Vitamin K, and Vitamin D – April 2015
- Atrial fibrillation sometimes treated by Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014
- Omega-7 - in addition to Omega-3
- Omega-3 reduces Coronary Heart Disease - infographic June 2014
- Cardiovascular diseases – conflicting data on benefits of Omega-3 and vitamin D – Feb 2014
- Cardiovascular system benefits from both Omega-3 and vitamin D – Dec 2012
- Heart problems such as Afib related to little Magnesium, Omega-3, Vitamin D getting to tissues
- Omega-3 does not help heart patients – meta-analysis Sept 2012
Intervention Trials (usually RCT) using Omega-3
- Prisoners given Omega-3 for 3 months before release were 16% less likely to return in 3 years – RCT Sept 2024
- APOE-04 Alzheimer’s progression slowed up by Omega-3 – RCT Aug 2024
- Overweight needed more EPA (4 grams) to fight depression – RCT Aug 2022
- 2.5 X reduced risk of cancer in 70 year-olds by a small amount of Vitamin D, Omega-3 and exercise – RCT April 2022
- NAFLD not reduced by 1680 IU of vitamin D plus Omega-3 (no surprise) – RCT Jan 2022
- Omega-3 did not prevent depression (they failed to reduce Omega-6, which blocks Omega-3) – RCT Dec 2021
- Autoimmune risk decreased 30 percent by small amount of vitamin D and or Omega-3 – ViTAL Nov 7 2021
- Prostate Cancer PSA reduced by 60 ng of Vitamin D, Vitamin B complex, Omega-3, Curcumin and diet – June 2021
- COVID-19 ICU survival rate increased 7X by daily Omega-3 – RCT March 2021
- Colorectal Cancer treatment aided by omega-3 plus weekly Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2019
- Autistic symptoms reduced by Vitamin D and or Omega-3 – RCT March 2019
- Vitamin D and Omega-3 Ineffective for Preventing Cancer and Heart Disease (too little was used) – Nov 2018
- Autism problems reduced by Vitamin D, Omega-3 – RCT Oct 2018
- NAFLD is treated by Vitamin D, Omega-3, Curcumin, Silymarinm, etc. Aug 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis treated by 50,000 IU Vitamin D bi-weekly plus Omega-3 – RCT July 2018
- Severe Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by Omega-3 – RCT April 2018
- Can burn pain be relieved by 4 g of Omega-3 and 2,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT due 2021
- Prostate Cancer treatment (Vitamin D, Omega-3, Tumeric) RCT ending Dec 2018
- NAFLD in children nicely treated by combination of Vitamin D and Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2016
- Gestational diabetes treated by Vitamin D plus Omega-3 – RCT Feb 2017
- Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014
- Cluster headaches virtually eliminated in 7,000 people with high-dose vitamin D and cofactors - Feb 2022
- Vitamin D and omega-3 are the only supplements which show benefit in meta-analysis – Jan 2012
Meta-analyses of Omega-3
- Small doses for a short time rarely help (Omega-3, post surgery this time) – meta-analysis Nov 2023
- Eating Fish – 17 health benefits (Omega-3 and perhaps Vitamin D) – umbrella review Feb 2023
- Blood pressure reduced if take more than 4.5 grams of Omega-3 daily– umbrella meta-analysis Aug 2022
- Omega-3 increases Vitamin D levels – Meta-analysis May 2022
- Omega-3 improves elderly muscles – 2 meta-analyses
- Mental disorders fought by Omega-3 etc. - meta-meta-analysis Oct 2019
- Breast Cancer reduced 20 percent by fish (Omega-3) – meta-analysis Feb 2019
- Anxiety severity reduced if more than 2 grams of Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2018
- ICU length of stay reduced when supplement with Omega-3 – meta-analysis July 2018
- Breast Cancer rate reduced by 40 percent with Omega-3 – meta-analysis June 2013
- Omega-3 reduced time in hospital and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – meta-analysis May 2016
- Unipolar depression treated by Omega-3, Zinc, and probably Vitamin D – meta-analysis Oct 2017
- 2.7 fewer days in hospital after surgery if had taken Omega-3 (19 RCT) – meta-analysis – June 2017
- Sepsis: 4 fewer days in ICU if add Omega-3 – meta-analysis of 12 RCT – June 2017
- Health problems prevented by eating nuts (perhaps due to Magnesium and or Omega-3) – meta-analysis Dec 2016
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease treated by Omega-3 – three meta-analysis 2016-2017
- Omega-3 helps childhood cognition – meta-analysis April 2016
- Preterm birth extended by 2 weeks with Omega-3 – Meta-analysis Nov 2015
- Atrial fibrillation sometimes treated by Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Cognitive decline in elderly slowed by Omega-3 – meta-analysis May 2015
- Hypertension reduced by Omega-3, especially if previously untreated – meta-analysis July 2014
- Omega-3 does not help heart patients – meta-analysis Sept 2012
- Vitamin D and omega-3 are the only supplements which show benefit in meta-analysis – Jan 2012
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