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It is credited with everything from easing joint pain to good heart and brain health.
A rich source of omega 3 fatty acids, fish oil is often recommended as a dietary preventive to ward off the development of cardiovascular disease.
But new research suggests taking the popular supplement could in fact increase the chances of heart disease and stroke in healthy adults, while reducing the risk in those with a history of disease.
The study — which involved more than 415,000 Britons — looked at the associations between fish oil supplements and new cases of atrial fibrillation, heart attack, stroke, and heart failure causing death.
They assessed the potential of these supplements on the risk of progressing from good heart health to the secondary stage of atrial fibrillation, third stage major cardiovascular events such as a heart attack and death.
Nearly a third — 130,365 — of the participants, aged 40-69, said they regularly used fish oil supplements, including a high number of older and White people, and women.
Fish oil is credited with everything from easing joint pain to good heart and brain health
The popular supplements could in fact increase the chances of heart disease and stroke in healthy adults
Alcohol intake and the ratio of oily to non-oily fish eaten were also higher, while the proportions of current smokers and those living in deprived areas were lower.
During a follow-up 12 years later, 18,367 had developed
