Why FISH OIL Can Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrhythmias

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about how omega-3 fats help support the heart and how to decrease the risk of sudden cardiac death and arrhythmias.

Health benefits of fish oil (omega-3 fatty acids):

• They are antiarrhythmic

• They are anti-inflammatory

• They trigger genes that can help turn off the fibrosis effect of the heart

• They are antithrombotic

• They support the endothelial layer in the arteries

• They can help make your cell membranes more fluid and less rigid

Omega-6 fatty acids are common in oils like vegetable oils and seed oils. These oils invade cell membranes and make them more rigid.

It’s crucial to have the correct ratio of omega-3 fatty acids to omega-6 fatty acids, which should be 1:1. The average person in the US has a 15:1 ratio of omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids.

Omega-6 fatty acids not only increase the risk of heart problems but many other health issues.

Omega-6 fatty acids also compete with omega-3 fatty acids. So keep in mind that the more omega-6 fatty acids you have in your diet, the less of an effect you will have from omega-3 fatty acids.

Foods high in omega-6 fatty acids:

1. Vegetable oils

2. Grain-fed animals

3. Grains

4. Nuts

5. Salad dressings

6. Mayonnaise

7. Hummus

8. Farm-raised fish

9. Restaurant food

Start increasing fish oils, especially cod liver oil, in your diet, include salmon and fatty fish in your diet, and avoid omega-6 fats to help support a healthy heart.

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0:00.0	What is the difference between a heart attack and sudden cardiac death or sudden cardiac arrest?
0:08.9	Well, when you have sudden cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death, you die right away.
0:13.2	But when you have a heart attack, you may not die right away.
0:16.9	It's usually involving an obstruction in the coronary artery that goes to the heart muscle itself.
0:22.4	But with these other conditions, the electrical system in the heart just shuts down.
0:27.7	And for the majority of time, it's called idiopathic, which means they don't know what causes it.
0:33.6	So I want to talk about the relationship between omega 350 acids and the electrical system, the heart,
0:41.1	as well as how you can use fish oils to decrease the risk of sudden cardiac arrest or death.
0:48.9	So what is so special about these omega three fish oils that you keep hearing about over and over and over?
0:55.0	And how do they help you as far as the heart function?
0:59.4	Well, first of all, they have several properties that involve the heart.
1:03.2	They're anti-arhythmic, which means they help the heart stay in rhythm.
1:07.6	They're anti-inflammatory, which any time you'd reduce inflammation to the heart, you're going to help the heart function.
1:14.2	And if the inflammation goes too long, you can get fibrosis to the heart.
1:18.5	And it just so happens that these fish oils trigger genes that turn off the fibrosis effect of the heart.
1:27.3	Fish oils are also anti-thrombotic, which means that they inhibit this thrombus or this clot formation.
1:34.9	So they help keep the blood on the thinner side so it doesn't clot unnecessarily.
1:40.3	Even though if there's a problem in the artery, you want it to clot, the fish oils can help prevent this inappropriate clotting.
1:46.9	Fish oils also support this endothelial layer on the inside of your arteries, which is going to help your blood pressure.
1:55.3	And it's also going to prevent the formation of calcium and cholesterol from forming on the inside of the arteries.
2:04.9	But despite all that, I think the biggest benefit that fish oils can do for your heart is make your cell membranes very fluid and less rigid.
2:15.8	If we take a look at the opposite of omega three, we're dealing with omega six fatty acids, okay, and that would be all the seed oils, the vegetable oils, the soy oil, the cotton seed, a sunflower sunflower oil, peanut oil, all these oils invade the cell membrane and make them more rigid.
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