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what he showed in his data was that, and I think it was Framingham Study, where he looked at the Omega-3 Index, and people that had a Omega-3 Index of 4% or lower, so close to what the standard American is but a little bit lower, they had a five-year decreased life expectancy compared to people that had an 8% Omega-3 Index.
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The five-year increased life expectancy if we're comparing the two groups, was to supplement with at least two grams.
people that are in the 4% omega-3 index range in order to get to the 8% right the 5year increased life expectancy if we're comparing the two groups was to supplement with at least 2 grams it was about 2 grams a day uh and that and I think it was a little bit less if it was triglyceride form but I think 2 g is a good safe number
What he showed in his data was that people that had a omega-3 index of 4% or lower, so close to what the standard American is, but a little bit lower, they had a 5year decreased life expectancy compared to people that had an 8% omega-3 index.
So, and by the way, there's all sorts of data on that front with the omega-3 index, and I think we talked about this last last time, but, you know, fiveyear increased life expectancy if you're on the high end. Um, you're talking about 90% reduction in sudden cardiac death
People with an 8% or higher omega-3 index have a 5 year increased life expectancy compared to people with a 4% or lower omega-3 index.
and they found that those men who had the highest omega-3 levels at baseline when they started um were like 90 less likely to be a case experience sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death
And people with an 8% omega-3 index had a 5-year increased life expectancy compared to people with the 4% omega-3 index.
a high omega-3 index has been associated with a 90 reduction in sudden cardiac death in the united states
high omega-3 index has also been associated with a five-year increase in life expectancy so people with an omega-3 index of eight percent or more have a five-year increase in life expectancy compared to people with a omega-3 index of four percent or lower
Also supplementing is, I think, a really important option. So looking at the 4% omega-3 index, comparing it to the 8% I mentioned, the five-year increased life expectancy, I think that there's been some studies showing that 1.5 to 2 grams a day supplemental omega-3 can bring people from a 4% omega-3 index to an 8% omega-3 index.
people with a high omega-3 index which is defined as 8% at least 8% had a 90% reduced risk of sudden cardiac death compared to people with a low omega-3 index of 4%
most people, there's been studies showing like taking around 1.5 to two grams a day will get you there from a 4% omega-3 index, which is low, to an 8% omega-3 index, which is high.
what they found was that people with a high omega-3 index of 8% or more had a 90% lower risk of sudden cardiac death. Like 90% lower risk.
In fact, it only takes about two 1.5 to 2 g of a fish oil supplement per day to get someone from a low omega-3 index to a high omega-3 index.
And that you can essentially increase someone's life expectancy by 5 years by bringing them from a you know low omega-3 index which is 4% to a high index which is 8%.
You know, supplementing with the fish oil about two grams a day will get most people from a low index of 4% to a high omega-3 index. By the way, we're talking about omega-3 fatty acids in red blood cells. That's the omega-3 index.
when they measured you know thousands of people's omega-3 index what they found was that those people with a high omega-3 index that's indicated as 8% or more so 8% of the fatty acids in the cell in the red blood cell membranes were composed of these omega-3 fatty acids s um they had a 90% lower risk of sudden cardiac death compared to people with a low omega-3 index being 4% or below.
Those were really omega-3 intake and it was it was people that were eating fish andor supplementing. So, it's really kind of a com combination. Um, and so there's definitely like if if you can get your omega-3 index up to that level from from diet, it seems to be protective as well.
Those individuals with a high omega-3 index of 8% or higher had a 5year increased life expectancy compared to people with a low omega-3 index of 4% or lower.