DHA Stabilizes Carotid Artery Plaque

Monday, November 09, 2009
Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist

The plaque along the walls of arteries is itself a biologically active.  If macrophages are cranking out inflammation then the plaque takes on various features associated with unstable plaque on the verge of coming loose and causing a stroke.  A new study of human carotid artery plaque has found that those with the most unstable plaque have the least amount of DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. in the plaque.

Another study published in the Lancet2 back in 2003 demonstrated that taking DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. in fish oil readily accumulated in carotid artery plaque and helped to stabilize it.  Of course, we now know that DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. reduces inflammation3 in macrophages within plaque by turning off their inflammatory genes.  DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. also improves circulation4.

Any person wanting healthy arteries should consume DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. on a daily basis.

 

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Referenced Studies:
  1. ^ Lack of DHA in Carotid Artery Plaque  Vascular Pharmacology  Hernan A. Bazan, Yan Lu, Deepu Thoppil, Tamara N. Fitzgerald, Song Hong, Alan Dardik.
  2. ^ Fish Oil Helps Stabilize Carotid Artery Plaque  Lancet  Thies F, Garry JM, Yaqoob P, Rerkasem K, Williams J, Shearman CP, Gallagher PJ, Calder PC, Grimble RF.
  3. ^ DHA As An Anti-Inflammatory Nutrient  Journal of Clinical Nutrition  Inger Vedin, Tommy Cederholm, Yvonne Freund Levi, Hans Basun, Anita Garlind, Gerd Faxén Irving, Maria Eriksdotter Jönhagen, Bengt Vessby, Lars-Olof Wahlund and Jan Palmblad
  4. ^ DHA, Not EPA, Enhances Vasodilation and Circulation  Circulation.  Mori TA, Watts GF, Burke V, Hilme E, Puddey IB, Beilin LJ.

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