Fish Oil and Heart Health

Posted: March 15th, 2009 | Author: Dr. Bill | No Comments »

I went out for brunch Sunday, and was standing  in line for an omelette with about a dozen other men. The restaurant had three cooks making eggs of all kinds, so it wasn’t a long wait at all. While standing there, I noticed one thing about  all the men – that they all had a lot of weight  directly below the heart.

This what we have jokingly called the “beer belly” for decades. It should be renamed the “heart attack  belly,” or “the sudden death belly.” Of all the places to have too much fat, this is the worst.

90% of the men I observed undoubtably had elevated levels of tryglycerides in their blood, and 75%  of them probably had high blood pressure. They all filled their plate several times, and some of them  were also consuming alcohol.

None of them looked like they got much exercise either.

They are all at high risk for a heart attack, and in need of some program changes. Heart disease is a silent killer, and when these  symptoms advance too far, many do not survive.

Many men have been programmed to stay away from the doctor, and go on about doing the very same things that may have killed their father or grandfather. They even have a sense of black humor about it.

They don’t realize that small changes can pay big benefits.

Losing some weight is not the ordeal many make it out to be. Adding fish oil to your diet takes less than one minute a day. (And the fish oil will help you lose weight.)

Pharmaceurical grade fish oil will also help reduce imflammation by up to 20%. If you’re over 35, and you’re overweight, chances are that you have a number of imflammations.

The extra weight taxes your body’s system, just by carrying it around. It forces your system to work harder, just to do simple things. And the extra  fat starts going places it shouldn’t, and staying for a long visit. And the more fat, the more  visitors, and pretty soon it’s just like being in a traffic jam, only worse. Eventually traffic will start moving, but the blockages won’t.

Pharmaceutical grade fish oil helps prevent blockages, and it’s a good first step on the road to a healthy heart.

But remember it won’t do the trick all by itself. You still need to exercise, and eat real food.

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