{"id":642862,"date":"2010-01-25T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T03:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/liberty\/omega-3-intake-can-help-slow-aging-in-heart-disease-patients-study-concludes\/"},"modified":"2010-01-25T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T03:01:08","slug":"omega-3-intake-can-help-slow-aging-in-heart-disease-patients-study-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/642862","title":{"rendered":"Omega-3 Intake Can Help Slow Aging In Heart Disease Patients, Study Concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/Vitamins_1961_19571755_0_0_7008392_300.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"Omega-3 intake can help slow aging in heart disease patients, study concludes\" align=\"right\" class=\"post_image\">A recent study from the University of California has found that patients who have coronary heart disease with high blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids may age more slowly than those with the lowest levels of the compound. <\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that patients with cardiovascular disease who had a high intake of omega-3s had slower shrinking telomeres, which are structures at the end of a chromosome that get shorter with time, making them an indicator of biological age, according to Health Day. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;What [researchers are] really saying is that there is quite an impact of omega-3s on cell support and cell functioning,&quot; said Suzanne Steinbaum, spokeswoman for the American Heart Association. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you supplement with omega-3s or eat omega-3s, your cells stay healthier, your cells age less quickly,&quot; she added. <\/p>\n<p>In a previous study, the research team found that shortened telomeres were a strong predicator of death and other negative outcomes related to coronary heart disease. <\/p>\n<p>Lead author Ramin Farzaneh-Far added that omega-3s are only one of the factors involved in the shortening of telomeres. Many other health issues, including oxidative stress, also play a role. <br \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-1961-ID-19571755-ADNFCR\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?w=780\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study from the University of California has found that patients who have coronary heart disease with high blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids may age more slowly than those with the lowest levels of the compound. Researchers found that patients with cardiovascular disease who had a high intake of omega-3s had slower shrinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2HeK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}