Consuming more Omega 3 found in fish and fish oil supplements may decrease the chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in people at risk of developing the disease.
According to research published in Rheumatology, 30 people who had autoantibodies for RA and 47 control patients who did not were analyzed.
Just 6.7% of the patients who had the autoantibodies for RA reported taking an omega-3 supplement, compared with 34.4% in the control group. Blood tests also showed that those with the autoantibodies for RA were "significantly more likely" to have low levels of three essential omega-3 fatty acids than the control patients.
According to another study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, Swedish reporters found that of the 32,000-plus women they followed for nearly eight years, those who ate fish at least once a week were 29 percent less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than other women were.
Fatty fish -- such as sardines, salmon, mackerel and herring are good sources of Omega 3.
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