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Oily Fish may Reduce Inflammation
>Monday, March 14, 2005
SOURCE: Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2005;201:1-10
To reduce inflammation, enjoy a diet high in oily fish, such as salmon or mackerel. A new study explains how eating oily fish in combination with low doses of aspirin can improve inflammation.
Fatty fish is known to contain large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Eating fatty fish is beneficial to patients with cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, and asthma by reducing disease and inflammation.
Recently, a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston, the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles has identified an anti-inflammatory lipid in humans derived from an essential fatty acid in fish oil.
The team identified a new class of aspirin-triggered bioactive lipids called resolvins, which may in part explain why omega-3 fatty acids have beneficial effects. Resolvins are made from the omega-3 fatty acids by cellular enzymes and can reduce inflammation in mice.
Resolvins were also identified in humans. Volunteers given omega-3 fatty acids and aspirin were found to have resolvins in their plasma. Human resolvins were shown to inhibit the movement of inflammatory cells.
If you cannot eat enough oily fish, consider taking an Omega 3 supplement. See page http://www.sona.ie/product.asp?id=287
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