[health and fitness] fish oil can save lives

Past research has linked the omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish to a lower risk of fatal heart rhythm disturbances. A new study has tried to estimate the potential public health impact of raising adults' omega-3 levels with fish oil supplements and estimates that implantable defibrillators would lower the cardiac death rate by 3.3 percent, still not as much as the 6.6-percent lower death rate achieved by increasing the use of fish oil supplements. [American Journal of Preventive Medicine, October 2006] while we’re at it, fresh broccoli, cabbage, nuts, buckwheat and garlic have health benefits out of all proportion to their nutritional value.