Circulation: Fish oil may help treat heart failure

The researchers said the main trial (VITAL, Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial) yielded encouraging results, giving older people fish oil supplements to reduce their risk of heart attack shorter years, especially for people who never ate fish oil; in this study, researchers analyzed the effects of fish oil supplements on hospitalization for heart failure, a chronic disease in which the heart cannot effectively pump blood to the body, usually caused by heart attackresearchers found that both vitamin D and fish oil reduced the risk of first hospitalization for heart failure within five years, and that people who ate fish oil were less likely to need to be hospitalized againThe results suggest that fish oil supplements may be effective in preventing hospitalization for heart failure, and that fish oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which can help reduce the body's triglycerides, reduce inflammation and blood clotting, and help stabilize the body's heart ratethe American Heart Association recommends that people eat fish twice a week, preferably fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, mackerel, sardines and longfin tunaIn the study, researchers studied about 26,000 participants 50 years and older with no heart problems at the start, randomly dividing them into a 1g prescription-grade fish oil group, 2000 IU vitamin D or placebo group per day;When researchers analyzed patients with heart failure, they found that intake of fish oil or vitamin D did not appear to have a significant effect on first-time hospitalization, but that patients who ate fish oil were 14 percent less likely to be hospitalized againIs intake of fish oil really effective in preventing the risk of first admission? The researchers aren't sure, and finally, researcher Djousse says, heart failure is a complex condition with different forms and causes, so if heart failure patients are curious about fish oil, it's best to talk to a doctor to determine if fish oil intake is right for themoriginal origin:Luc Djouss?, Nancy RCook, Eunjung Kim, et alSupplements with Vitamin D and/or Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Etcof of Heart Fail: VITAL-Heart Failure, Circulation, 11 Nov 2019 doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044445