Eat Fish for a Healthy Heart Eating fish regularly is associated
with lower risk of fatal heart disease in men and women,
according to studies recently published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association and the New England Journal of
Medicine.1 2 Researchers in one study compared the diets of
women who suffered heart attacks with the diets of those who did
not and found that there was a statistically significant benefit
from frequent consumption of fish. Women consuming fish five or
more times per week were found to have 45% fewer fatal heart
attacks compared with women who ate fish less than once per
month. Another study compared the blood concentrations of the
fats found in fish oil (known collectively as omega-3 fatty
acids) between healthy participants and those that suffered
sudden cardiac death. Researchers found that participants with
the lowest concentrations had over five times the risk of
suddenly dying of heart disease, compared with the men with the
highest concentrations. The first stud