French fish eating, heart study

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Who Knew Eating Fish Had This Effect?

Eat fish and you're less likely to die from a sudden heart attack.

People who dine on fish regularly have lower heart rates and that helps

prevent sudden death from a heart attack, according to new research from the

Institut Pasteur de Lille in France reported by the Ivanhoe Newswire. Sudden

death

or cardiac arrest happens when the heart stops unexpectedly. The secret

heart-healthy ingredient is omega-3 fatty acids, which is found in abundance

in

cold-water fish, such as salmon, mackerel, herring, and tuna.

The study: More than 9,700 men, who ranged in age between 50 and 59 and had

no signs of heart disease, participated in the French study. The researchers

followed them from 1991 to 1993, keeping records of their heart rate, blood

pressure, and cholesterol. The men also completed questionnaires about their

use

of tobacco and alcohol, as well as exercise and diet, including how often

they

ate fish. A subgroup of 407 men also got blood tests to assess fatty acid

levels.

The results: The men who ate fish twice a week or more had the lowest heart

rates, averaging 65.5 beats per minute. This compares to 67.5 beats per

minute

for men who ate fish less than once a week. Why does heart rate matter? Lead

researcher Dallongeville says even small reductions in heart rate can

make

a big difference in the risk for sudden heart death. " These findings are

particularly important because sudden death most often occurs in men without

a

known history of coronary heart disease, " Dallongeville told Ivanhoe

Newswire.

But there is a puzzler in all this: How the fatty acids reduce heart

problems

isn't clear. Dallongeville theorizes that the fatty acids stabilize the

electrical activity of the heart's cells, which in turn lowers the heart

rate. They

may also assist with pumping action and blood pressure. The fish eaters had

lower triglycerides, lower blood pressure, and higher levels of the " good "

cholesterol.

The study findings were published in Circulation: Journal of the American

Heart Association.

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>And of course Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Inuits ate nothing but boiled fish for

every meal,

>day after day, year after year !

Correction: sometimes they ate raw fish for variety ... :--)

Heidi Jean

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> --- Wanita Sears <wanitawa@...> wrote:

>

>> Who Knew Eating Fish Had This Effect?

>>

>> Eat fish and you're less likely to die from a sudden heart attack.

>

> And of course Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Inuits ate nothing but boiled fish

> for every meal,

> day after day, year after year !

Practick,

Doesn't mean the French or any other group other than the Inuit's close

relations possibly, will be able to eat the same way with the same health

result. With France having a one of the highest qualities of health in the

world maybe the fish used mainly in their diet, shellfish is more

appropriate for them.

Wanita

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