Diet Containing Oil-Rich Fish Confers More Benefit Than Some Pharmacological Regimens
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In a letter in this week's BMJ, Roger Harrison from Wigan and Bolton Health
Authority and Michael Burr from the University of Wales College of Medicine
comment on a study reporting that the benefits of a diet containing oil-rich
fish for survivors of heart attack may exceed those from some pharma-cological
regimens. In their study of 2033 male survivors of heart attack, deaths were
reduced by one third among those who ate oil-rich fish on a regular basis. The
authors of the letter point out that this simple and cheap dietary intervention
was not found to have any important side effects.
Contact:
Roger Harrison, NHS Research Fellow, Wigan and Bolton Health Authority, Wigan
t:+44 1942 772760
f: +44 1942 772769
email:roger_harrison@yahoo.com