ESTALIFE® OMEGA-3 DHA FISH OIL

Japanese men have 2X more smokers than American men But American men have 3X higher rate of heart disease than Japanese men

• In Japan, the percentage of men who smoke is 35.4%, more than double the rate of 17.2% in the U.S.
• However the rate of coronary heart disease among Japanese men is less than one third that of the U.S. at 45.8 (per 100,000/year), while American men have a rate of 150.7.
• Maybe the Japanese have some kind of genetic protection against heart disease.
• Unfortunately for that thesis, Japanese men who move to the U.S. have much higher rates of heart disease than Japanese men in Japan.

To lower your risk of heart attack:
Eat fish and/or supplement with fish oil. In Japan, the category with the lowest risk ate fish 8 times a week, or an average of 180 grams (more than a third of a pound) daily. That meant a consumption of omega-3 fats of 2.1 grams daily, or the equivalent of about 2 teaspoons of cod liver oil.

• A study done in 2005 found that the more fish the Japanese ate, the higher was their consumption of omega-3 fats, and the lower was their rate of heart disease
• The Japanese eat a lot more fish than Americans, and this is important, since omega-3 fatty acids, the type in which fish is abundant, are protective against heart disease.

Iso, H. (2006). Intake of Fish and n3 Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Japanese: The Japan Public Health Center-Based (JPHC) Study Cohort I. Circulation, 113(2), 195–202.