Are You Getting Enough Omega-3s To Prevent Heart Disease

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A simple test can inform if you are consuming adequate omega-3s to prevent heart disease. In fact, preliminary evidence shows this test to be more predictive than markers like C-reactive protein, homocysteine or a cholesterol panel. Today we speak with researcher Dr. Bill Harris on the Omega-3 Index test. https://drruscio.com/?p=27184

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and functional medicine.
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0:22.9	That's DRR-R-U-S-C-I-O.com.
0:26.9	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.1	any disease.
0:33.2	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
0:37.1	Now, let's head to the show.
0:41.0	Hey, everyone.
0:41.8	Welcome to Dr. Rucho.
0:43.0	This is Dr. Rucho.
0:43.9	Today I'm here with Dr. Bill Harris.
0:46.4	And we are going to be talking about a paper he recently wrote and probably more, but that'll be our springboard.
0:52.8	And the paper was entitled, The Omega 3 Index,
0:55.0	A New Risk Factor for Death from Coronary Heart Disease. And obviously, that means we'll be
1:00.2	talking about fish oil, omega-3s, and their relationship to heart disease. So, Bill, welcome to the show.
1:06.5	Thank you. Great to be on. Great to have you here. I thought this was one of the better papers I've read on fish oil as it pertains to heart disease in quite some time, mainly because you boil everything down to what is an emerging test that may help a clinician be able to tell a patient, hey, you're not eating enough fish or you're not
1:28.2	supplementing with enough fish oil. And let's up your intake until we get to X level. And it seems
1:35.0	that that X level is somewhat well supported. Some of the support is a bit inferential,
1:40.8	but it seems to be not bad. So I wanted to expand upon that.
1:47.0	But before we go there, can you tell people just a little bit about your background?
1:51.1	Sure.
1:52.6	I have a PhD and nutrition from University of Minnesota.
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