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Fish Oil May Slow Cellular Aging
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Fish Oil May Slow Cellular Aging
The omega-3 fats in fish oil, touted for their power to improve cholesterol levels, may have a bonus benefit for heart patients: slowing biological aging at the cellular level. A study of 608 California patients with stable coronary artery disease reports that those with the highest blood levels of omega-3s also showed the least shortening of telomeres, a sign of biological rather than chronological aging. Patients with the lowest omega-3 levels, on the other hand, had the fastest rate of telomere shortening when researchers compared measurements from the start of the study to five years later. Telomeres, thought to reveal how biological stresses have aged a person, are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. The study wasn't designed to prove cause and effect, but researchers speculated that omega-3s may protect against oxidative stress or may increase the activity of an enzyme key to telomere duplication. - JAMA
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