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Do doctors ignore the Omega-3 data more than they ignore Vitamin D data?

    Founder of VitaminDWiki, Aug 2019

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A few recent items showing that Omega-3 improves health

• Depression treated by Omega-3 (again) – meta-analysis Aug 2019

• Omega-3 reduces many psychiatric disorders – 2 reviews 2016

• Preterm Births decreased by Omega-3 (analysis of 184 countries) – April 2019

• Omega-3 helps the heart, AHA class II recommendation, more than 1 gm may be needed – March 2018

• Hospitalization costs reduced ~3,000 dollars when intravenous nutrition was augmented with Omega-3 – Aug 2019

• FDA allows claim: Omega-3 reduces the Risk of Hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease June 2019

  • "...did meet the “credible evidence” standard for a qualified health claim"

  • "The FDA thoroughly reviewed the 717 publications cited by the petitioner"

Cardiovascular and Omega-3

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Intervention Trials (usually RCT) using Omega-3

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Meta-analyses of Omega-3

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