Is eating fish good for my heart?
I'm from Dorchester people say eating fish is
good for my heart is that true fish is
good for you just one serving a week
reduces your risk of sudden death by 50%
so not a lot of fish can be associated
with dramatic reductions in heart
disease now some of you might think that
fish reduces your weight that's probably
not a lot of the reason it's a benefit a
lot of it has to do with the fact that
those fish change the walls of the cells
of your heart it stabilizes those walls
or membranes of your heart so they don't
have as many arrhythmias or heartbeats
that go awry it also makes your blood
it makes your platelets the little
things that form blood clots not clump
as much so it's more than weight it
really is making your bloodstream safe
and also making your heart less
susceptible to a rhythm is here's an
interesting fact people in Japan consume
about eight times as much omega fatty
acids as we do now they have about the
same cholesterol they have about the
same levels of high blood pressure but
their risk of heart disease is half that
of what it is in the United States so
I've been to Japan twice this year and
they keep emphasizing to me that we
don't need as many of your drugs because
we're different we eat differently and
we think that the fish were eating has
protective role for both our bloodstream
and our heart so one one helping a weak
can really dramatically reduce your risk
of heart disease