{"id":207899,"date":"2010-01-21T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calorielab.com\/news\/?p=6778"},"modified":"2010-01-21T09:50:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T14:50:44","slug":"omega-3s-could-help-extend-life-of-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/207899","title":{"rendered":"Omega-3s could help extend life of cells"},"content":{"rendered":"

A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association<\/a> has found that consuming a lot of omega-3 fatty acids seems to extend the life of cells<\/a> and could, by extension extend the life of people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What the study found<\/h3>\n

The study, from the University of California at San Francisco, looked at people with heart disease and found that the more omega-3s a person consumed, the slower their cell telomeres shrank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Telomeres are structures at the end of the chromosomes that have to do with the health and stability of the chromosome. The more the cells divide, the shorter the telomeres, so their length is linked to cell aging.<\/p>\n

Participants in the study who consumed the largest amount of omega-3s — most commonly found in fatty fish, walnuts and flax seeds — showed a slowing in the rate at which their telomeres shortened over the course of the five-year study. <\/p>\n

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“To the extent that that is a marker of biological aging, the rate of biological aging went down,” Dr. Ramin Farzaneh-Far, an assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, told HealthDay.<\/p>\n

Getting your omegas<\/h3>\n

Researchers say they don’t know how the fatty acid might affect telomeres, and the American Heart Association has no plans to change its recommendations on omega-3 consumption based on the study. <\/p>\n

Right now, people with coronary heart disease are advised to consume about a gram of omega-3s daily, either through eating fatty fish like salmon or by taking a supplement. <\/p>\n

Some health experts question the use of walnuts and flax as a good source of omegas because of the conversions that need to take place in the body. The best studies have shown a benefit from eating fish rather than from taking supplements, but new studies need to be done to determine if using supplements is just as good.<\/p>\n

(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)<\/p>\n

From the RSS feed of CalorieLab News<\/a> (REF3076322B7)<\/p>\n

Omega-3s could help extend life of cells<\/a><\/p>\n

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