A Little Wine Boosts Omega-3 in the Body: Novel Mechanism for a Healthier Heart Found

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Moderate alcohol intake is associated with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in plasma and red blood cells. This is the major finding of the European study IMMIDIET that will be published in the January issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The study suggests that wine does better than other alcoholic drinks. This effect could be ascribed to compounds other than alcohol itself, representing a key to understand the mechanism lying behind the heart protection observed in moderate wine drinkers

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Preventing Heart Failure

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Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure

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Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure

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Daily supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids -- the kind found in fish oil -- reduced deaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure, an Italian study found.

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Smart Girls Eat Fish

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Girls who eat more omega-3 fatty acids outsmart those who eat higher amounts of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. As a result of this and other studies, government dietary recommendations--especially those aimed at pregnant women--should emphasize fish over soy and corn oils, which are respectively high in these fatty acids.

Women who accumulated more fat on their hips than on their waists--and who, therefore, had low waist-hip ratios like many movie stars--had higher cognitive test scores, as did their children

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Can blindness be prevented through diet?

Luneetty submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.eurekalert.org)

Increasing intake of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, found in popular fish-oil supplements, may protect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye, according to a study published online by the journal Nature Medicine on June 24. The study was done in mice, but a clinical trial at Children抯 Hospital Boston will soon begin testing the effects of omega-3 supplementation in premature babies, who are at risk for vision loss.

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Omega-3 fatty acids protect eyes against retinopathy, study finds

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Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids protect against the development and progression of retinopathy, a deterioration of the retina, in mice. This is the major finding of a study that appears in the July 2007 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.

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Study: Omega-3 fatty acids reduce blood pressure

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Study: Diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can help lower a person's blood pressure. Fatty fish, walnuts, flaxseed, canola oil good sources of Omega-3s. Omega-3 intake also linked to overall lower cancer, heart disease risk

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Vitamin D, omega-3s might cut eye disease risk

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"Taking vitamin D and eating fish — especially those high in omega-3 fatty acids — may reduce the risk of the most common cause of blindness among the elderly, researchers said on Monday."

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