Posted by Jakeman on February 3, 2005, at 12:40:06
In reply to Re: SJW w/ hi dose fish oil - too much blood thinning? » Jakeman, posted by KaraS on February 3, 2005, at 1:05:02
> > Have you read anything about fish oil and bleeding problems?
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> > Jake
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> Jake,
> Good to know that about SJW. Here's some info on fish oil:
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> "Therapeutic Uses
> According to most (though not all) studies, fish or fish oil appears to help prevent death caused by heart disease.152 This effect seems to result from several separate actions that together help prevent atherosclerosis, including reducing high triglyceride levels, raising HDL ("good") cholesterol levels, "thinning" the blood, lowering levels of homocysteine, and perhaps decreasing blood pressure.14,15,51,90-94,96–105,151,160–165,174,177 For the same reasons, fish oil may help prevent strokes.20,178"
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> Here's the full link:
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> http://healthinfo.healthgate.com/GetContent.aspx?token=e0498803-7f62-4563-8d47-5fe33da65dd4&chunkiid=21684
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> K
>Excellent link, thanks. It led me to check out some of the studies...apparently fish oil may result in some blood thinning but no serious adverse effects have been showing up.
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