How Women Can Lower Their Chance Of A Coronary Event

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

I’ve been locked up in my study doing a little reading the past few days. Some of it was work related, and some of it was just for fun. Two of my favorite authors had new books out, and I rambled through both of them this week.

I’m a fan of the mystery genre, and there are  a lot of really good mystery writers out there, at the moment. They’re certainly better than most of the people considered heroes of the literary societies, even though they could never even be considered for membership. I always think of that old Groucho Marx line,  “I wouldn’t want to join any club that would have me.”

Did you know that the Japanese have HALF the chance of dying of heart disease as Americans?

The Japanese eat 10 times as much fish as Americans.

So it begs the question; why aren’t the Japanese dying of mercury poisoning? Every day we see some story about the huge toxicity of ocean fish, all of which the Japanese consume.

Could this be another environmental hoax? Like global warming…er…climate change. There is much evidence around now to show a global cooling trend, but none of the greenies want to see or hear it, because it wrecks their theory.

Does anybody remember acid rain?

Billions of dollars were spent over a decade on acid rain. Then it was proved that there was no such thing. Is anybody hearing “here we go again?”

Back to science.

A study just completed has examined the relationship between long chain fatty acid concentrations and the occurrence of non fatal heart events, such as a heart attack. The study lasted six years and examined a large sample of American women.

Two groups were studied. Women who had had a heart attack, were overweight, and smoked were matched against women who had the same age, weight, and smoking status, but did not have an event.

The difference was the level of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) in the blood plasma. The women with the higher level of omega 3 fatty acid had a 77% lower chance of having a heart attack. They also had higher HDL levels, (good cholesterol), and lower triglycerides, (blood levels of animal fats).

The encouraging thing about the study shows that Americans can improve their heart health from a preventative point of view.

Many Americans are not big fish eaters, including me. But it doesn’t mean that you can’t experience the benefits of the heart healthy Japanese. My deep water, small fish, pharmaceutical grade fish oil, is designed to get you those benefits without opening 50 tins of tuna a week.

All you have to do is pop a couple of the enteric coated soft gels a couple of times a day, and you’re good to go, getting all the omega 3 fatty acids that you need.

Not only that, you lower your risk of a coronary event by a huge factor.

The simple act of taking pharmaceutical grade fish oil can assist your heart, your brain, your joints, and even your skin, which I’ll write about next time.

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