Fish Oil Beats Statin Drugs

Swiss researchers who reviewed 97 double-blind studies of the effectiveness of statins, two other pharmaceutcials, niacin, diet, and fish oil in preventing cardiac deaths found fish oil and statins to be the most effective. Fish oil reduced heart attacks 32% compared with 22% for statins. Fish oil cut overall deaths by 23% compared to 13% for statins.

Steve - Why such a disparity? As we've said before, fish oil reduces inflammation, which is the cause for more than 50% of all cardiac deaths. Statins reduce cholesterol, which make up a much smaller percentage of cardiac deaths. Fish oil also reduces triglycerides, normalizes vascular function, and thwarts clots.