The drug Vioxx was pulled off the market due to deleterious side effects. The drug was for those who suffered from pain of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis. Now there is a simple alternative without the side effects and that is fish oils. They contain omega-3 fatty acids. They produce a hormone-like chemical called eicosonoids which has as its overall function the suppression of inflammation in the body.
A study at Harvard University which was a 10 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study concluded that fish oil supplementation resulted in a highly significant decrease in the number of tender joints and a significant shortening in the duration of morning stiffness among rheumatoid arthritis patients.
In 1960, two Danish scientists, Jorn Dyerberg and H.O. Bang, traveled to Greenland. They discovered that although Eskimos ate a lot of fat they didn’t suffer heart problems. They found that the high amount of fish in their diets protected the Eskimo’s hearts.
Fish oil has been found to benefit the heart in the following ways: favorably alters the balance of blood fats, reduces blood clotting, improves blood flow and lessens irregular heart beat patterns.
Fish oil is derived from the flesh of fatty fish such as salmon and from the livers of white fish, such as cod and halibut. (These fish are often referred to as being as white as dental veneers.)
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