The National Fisheries Institute is calling on American women to increase their fish consumption in order to reduce their risk of strokes. The NFI made the request after a recent study by Hiroyasu Iso, M.D., Ph.D., of the Channing Laboratory, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical, indicated that women who ate fish once a week reduced their risk of all types of stroke by 22%, but women who ate fish five or more times per week reduced their risk of stroke by 52%.
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The average American consumes just over 15 lbs of all types of seafood each year, according to statistics from the National Marine Fisheries Service.
The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that consumption of the long-chain n3 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in fish were particularly helpful in reducing thrombotic infarction, a type of stroke in which a blood clot blocks an artery in the brain, resulting in the death of brain tissue. The study followed 79,839 women over a period of 14 years.
“The benefits of eating fish continue to mount as more studies are conducted,” noted NFI President Richard E. Gutting, Jr.
Further information on seafood’s health benefits and recipe ideas can be found at the NFI’s Web site, http://www.nfi.org
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