Posted on 01/06/2024 1:31:21 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Pulmonary researchers looked at the association between blood plasma levels of omega-3 fatty acids—the heart-healthy fats found in foods such as salmon and flaxseeds—and the progression of pulmonary fibrosis and how long patients could go without needing a transplant. The researchers found that higher levels of omega-3 were associated with better lung function and longer transplant-free survival.
The researchers say their findings warrant clinical trials to determine if interventions that raise omega-3 levels could be a useful tool to improve outcomes for patients with pulmonary fibrosis and other chronic lung diseases.
"We found that higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the blood, which reflects several weeks of dietary intake, were linked to better lung function and longer survival," said John Kim, MD. "Our findings suggest omega-3 fatty acids might be a targetable risk factor in pulmonary fibrosis."
The researchers looked at anonymized data on patients with interstitial lung disease collected in the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Registry and information volunteered by patients at UVA Health and the University of Chicago.
The scientists reviewed information on more than 300 people with interstitial lung disease. Most were men (pulmonary fibrosis is more common in men than women), and most suffered from "idiopathic" pulmonary fibrosis, one of the conditions that fall under the banner of interstitial lung disease.
The researchers found that higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the blood plasma were associated with better ability to exchange carbon dioxide and longer survival without needing a lung transplant. This did not vary much, regardless of smoking history or whether the patients had cardiovascular disease.
"Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids were predictive of better clinical outcomes in pulmonary fibrosis," Kim said. "These findings were consistent whether you had a history of cardiovascular disease, which suggests this may be specific to pulmonary fibrosis."
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Ignoring my soliloquy about how to get O3, it’s just as important to REDUCE O6.
It’s about the ratio. Americans overwhelmingly are poisoning themselves with excess O6 consumption, which translates to toxicity.
It should be more about removing toxins THEN seek more O3 to restore the balance.
Otherwise, it’s entirely redundant & unproductive, in effect unhealthful.
And what is the source of the o6?
Wonder what qualifies as “higher levels”?
Thanks
Somebody posted a comment about eggs; note the difference between atypical ‘commercial’ eggs and pasture-fed eggs.
I hope the knowledge assists your health ;-)
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Excess O6 are mainly from vegetable oils in processed, fast and junk foods. Cut out those and the ratio takes care of itself.
Yes, it’s a good start.
But for most people it requires a major health event to take your comment seriously for even a seemingly simple lifestyle change.
And even then, most of them fail; I address that scenario in my yet-unpublished book.
Some things will NEVER change, but what angers me most is that the winds of change at the government level is hellbent on making you & I pay for others’ poor choices.
That pisses me off beyond words, ESPECIALLY paying for those fat ‘chairs’ on the left.
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