Harokopio University, Athens

Anti-inflammatory effect may help explain fish benefit

Published in Drug Law Weekly, July 26th, 2005

Inflammatory factors, including C - reactive protein, were lower among healthy people in Greece who ate more than 300 g of fish each week, which may help explain why people who eat fish tend to have lower rates of heart disease, according to a new study.

"We observed a clear and strong inverse association between fish consumption and inflammatory markers related to coronary heart disease. Our findings were independent from known confounding factors, and seem to hold even in people with high blood pressure or diabetes. However, we found a lack of association in people with high cholesterol," said Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, PhD, at Harokopio University in Athens,...

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