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In a new fascinating study, several dozen participants were separated into groups and nourished either an additional fish oil, or a fish itself, and the supplement has proven more effective to provide omega-3 fatty acids in the body than real fish.
It was for years the standard, and it is probably still in certain districts, so that doctors recommend trying to get all the vital nutrients of food, and not to count on supplements.
But the study has at least shown that it was false, because white and fatty fish have not been able to reproduce some of the most penetrating effects of omega-3 from a supplement. Consequently, those who cannot afford to eat cod or salmon every day may not care.
The strength of the study is that it was double blind and controlled by placebo, which means that neither the participants nor the scientists knew who had fish oil and who ate fish, and in which combinations, a technique known as “Gold Standard” in scientific research.
The analysis of data after the conclusion of the study revealed that a fairly complex marker of the risk of disease called extracellular vesicles had only been improved by the presence of an additional omega-3 contribution from an supplement, and not by the consumption of white or oily fish alone.
Omega-3 EPA and DHA fatty acids are undoubtedly the most important human nutrients for health and longevity. The P.HD. And science researcher Dr. Rhonda Patrick Has a simple explanation database On omega-3, it is worth reading, and probably the most detailed information resource on the Internet for these precious nutrients.
The scope of their value in the prevention and longevity of diseases is amazing. For example, a study that Dr. Patrick cited shows that non-smokers with low omega-3 levels and daily smokers with high omega-3 levels have a similar risk of death Cardiovascular diseases, suggesting that omega-3 fatty acid deficiency is as important as the risk of death as smoking.
Extracellular vesicles, the culprit in many diseases
In this new newspaper published In the British Journal of Nutrition, 42 participants were separated into three groups and had their diet controlled by 12 weeks. The first group was nourished by supplements of fish oil plus white fish, the second was nourished by placebo plus fatty fish and third placebo and white fish.
The target of the paper was extracellular vesicles, (EV) Emerging literature body on the pathology of the disease. Electric vehicles are produced and excreted by all the cells that have been examined for it. They cannot reproduce, but these lipid particles bear DNA fragments and can enter other cells. For this reason, they are involved in a number of cancers, as well as Neurodegenerative diseases,, atherosclerosisNeurological problems, chronic inflammation and aging.
However, electric vehicles act as Procoagulants and Senolytiques and have also been considered to extend the immunological memory of T cells, showing how they are not all bad. Their role can be similar to that of TNF-Alpha and Interleukin-6 inflammatory cytokines, which are involved in almost all known diseases of man, but also play a role in the healing of the body by acute inflammation.
The VEs are a convincing marker of the disease to measure the impact of omega-3 levels, because they are created in relatively low numbers in most organs and tissues and have a systematic challenge.
It was only the group that received the supplements of fish oil that saw a reduction in the circulation of electric vehicles in the blood circulation, while those who ate the types of fish recommended to improve omega-3 levels could not reproduce this effect.
While the number of participants was low, the design of the randomized study and the duration of the 3 -month study period contribute to a global force of the results.
In order to increase omega-3 levels in the body above the threshold to which the most robust effects are observed, researchers in an analysis find That a range of 1,750 to 2,500 milligrams was optimal and well tolerated by the body. Walnut