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Fishing for Health
A US survey has found that, despite higher levels of smoking, Japanese men are less likely to accumulate dangerous levels of plaque in their blood vessels compared to their white or westernized-Japanese counterparts – and the reason seems to be a little fish.
According to studies done by University of Pittsburgh: "Japanese living in Japan eat fish every day, about 100 grams every day. They also have very low rates of coronary heart disease, even with a high rate of smoking and other risk factors".
William Harris, director of the Metabolism and Nutrition Research Center, South Dakota said: "The combination of increased fish oil and a low saturated fat diet is probably the best way to lower heart disease risk. Eskimos have a diet high in omega-3s, but also high in saturated fat, and they don't have the same low levels of heart disease".
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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