"Regular use of fish oil supplements and course of cardiovascular diseases: prospective cohort study”

Written by: The Path Ahead (Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO; Joseph Pizzorno, ND, Editor in Chief)

Concerns About The Integrity of The Scientific Research Process—Focus On Recent Negative Publications Regarding Nutrition, Multivitamins, Fish Oil And Cardiovascular Disease

“Regular use of fish oil supplements might be a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and stroke among the general population but could be beneficial for progression of cardiovascular disease from atrial fibrillation to major adverse cardiovascular events, and from atrial fibrillation to death. Further studies are needed to determine the precise mechanisms for the development and prognosis of cardiovascular disease events with regular use of fish oil supplements."

What to Know 

In a review of May 21, 2024, BMJ Medicine study "Regular use of fish oil supplements and course of cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study,” Dr. Alex Vasquez pointed out the following flaws:

• Used unreliable survey data; nutrition/diet recall data is notoriously unreliable, but it is completely absurd to think that the general population can self-select a competent n3 product providing optimal amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid; most doctors and pharmacists don’t know what these are, let alone proper dosing; this was not a randomized controlled, blinded study using proven/confirmed products-interventions

• Treatment was self-directed, self-selected, and self-administered with no confirmation and no supervision; this was not a randomized, controlled, blinded study using proven/confirmed product interventions.

• Never administered fish oil; this was not a randomized controlled blinded study using proven/confirmed products-interventions

• Never qualified product potency, purity, absorption

• No dose-response relationship can be reported.

• Never quantified compliance, effectiveness

• Never measured n3 index (ratio of n3 to n6)

• Reported Risk/Hazard ratios are small and conflicting.

• Questionable funding by [injection] maniac

• Unusual disease model that proved questionable/unreliable

Here is the link to Dr. Vasquez’s updated video: 

<https://healthythinking.substack.com/p/americas-foxnews-misinforms-and-misleads?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=335230&post_id=145029024&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&r=lo8rn&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email&initial_medium=video>

Here is the link to the original article:

<https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000451>

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