Omega-3s May Not Lower Cardiac Risk  24 comments View Comments
By: Healthcare Professionals All   Post a comment  don baxley  I
have never heard of a daily medical recommendation of only 1.5
grams of omega 3 to a diet. The trials only proved what would be
expected of such a small does. That amount is worthless. Most
doctors recommend a much higher dose. Do a study on those
patients who take 10 or 20 grams a day. Don.  Eddie Hondal  10
to 20 grams along with every other med taken by these patients
would affect compliance..  adam ismail  In addition to needing
higher doses to detect an effect, the studies probably have to
be longer than two years to see a reduction in risk, account for
the cocktail of heart disease drugs patients get today, and also
account for the background intakes of omega-3s from the
patients' diets. Only a couple of the 20 studies in this meta-
analysis met all these criteria, so it would be tough to find a
benefit when the vast majority of studies in the meta-analysis
have confounding fac