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Eating fish once a week ticket to healthy heart in men
November 13, 1996
Web posted at: 9:50 p.m. ESTNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Eating fish at least once a week could cut the chances in half of dying suddenly from heart failure, according to a new study.
Researchers followed more than 22,000 male physicians for 12 years and found those who ate at least one serving of fatty fish a week reduced their chances of cardiac arrest by 50 percent.
The Brigham and Women's doctors presented their findings Wednesday at the annual American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans.
Researchers say Omega-3 fatty acids found in so-called fatty fish seems to get into the tissues and arteries and protects the heart. Fatty fish includes salmon, mackerel, tuna and sardines.
The Omega-3 fatty acids appear to protect the heart in several ways. They seem to keep the heart from beating too fast; they prevent the formation of blood clots; and they prevent the buildup of plaque in the heart arteries.
Similar research was published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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