▾ Maxepa - eskimos, fish oils and ischaemic heart disease. Issue 22 (31st October 1988)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Is Part Of: Drug and therapeutics bulletin. Volume 26:Issue 22(1988)
• Page Start: 85
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 1988-10-31
• Subjects: Drugs -- Periodicals; Therapeutics -- Periodicals; Pharmacology -- Periodicals; 615.5
• DOI: 10.1136/dtb.26.22.85
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-5248

Abstract

Abstract : Greenland eskimos eat as much fat as North Americans, but a far greater proportion of it contains unsaturated fatty acids from marine food and they have less ischaemie heart disease (IHD) than North Americans. 1, 2 Some, 3, 4 but not all epidemiological studies, 5, 6 suggest that eating fish regularly reduces mortality from IHD independently of other risk factors. In one study, 3 deaths from IHD were 50% lower amongst those who ate 30g per day (equivalent to eating fish twice a week) than amongst those who ate none. Increasing consumption above this gave no additional benefit.