Researchs indicate that vegetarians and people who eat oily fish regularly tend to have lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of heart disease. This has been attributed to EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) in the fish.
A famous study of the Eskimo community is a good case study of the benefits of omega oils in reducing the occurrence of heart disease. Members of the Eskimo community were found to have a very low incidence of coronary heart disease despite their diet of extremely high fat. Researchers found that the fat the Eskimos were eating was the "good" fat found in fish rich in the omega-3 fatty acids.
Deep cold-water fish such as cod, herring, salmon, trout, sardines, mackerel, and tuna all contain oils rich in the omega-3 oils of EPA and DHA.
07 July 2008
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