Re: Excellent book

HuskerTroy wrote:

:: If you have high blood pressure, diabetes or arthritis, I advise you
:: to read the following book:
::
:: STOP INFLAMMATION NOW--A STEP BY STEP PLAN TO PREVENT, TREAT AND
:: REVERSE INFLAMMATION--THE LEADING CAUSE OF HEART DISEASE AND RELATED
:: CONDITIONS by Richard M. Fleming, M.D. (cardiologist and research
:: scientist).

The author belittles the importance of fish and fish oils. Not very
convincing from a cardiologist who should know the antiarrythmic,
antithrombotic and antiinflammatory properties of fish oils.

Lancet. 1999 Aug 7;354(9177):447-55.
Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E
after myocardial infarction: results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial. Gruppo
Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto miocardico.

"Treatment with n-3 PUFA, but not vitamin E, significantly lowered the risk
of the primary endpoint (relative-risk decrease 10% [95% CI 1-18] by two-way
analysis, 15% [2-26] by four-way analysis). Benefit was attributable to a
decrease in the risk of death (14% [3-24] two-way, 20% [6-33] four-way) and
cardiovascular death (17% [3-29] two-way, 30% [13-44] four-way). The effect
of the combined treatment was similar to that for n-3 PUFA for the primary
endpoint (14% [1-26]) and for fatal events (20% [5-33]). INTERPRETATION:
Dietary supplementation with n-3 PUFA led to a clinically important and
statistically significant benefit. Vitamin E had no benefit. Its effects on
fatal cardiovascular events require further exploration."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10465168&dopt=Citation

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Juhana


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