Fish diet may protect against clogged arteries
A diet rich in oily fish, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, may be why middle-aged men in Japan have fewer problems with clogged arteries than White men and men of Japanese descent in the United States, a study has found. The research, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that Japanese men living in Japan had twice the blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids and lower levels of atherosclerosis compared to middle-aged White men or Japanese-American men living in the United States.