Higher levels of omega-3 acids in the blood increases life expectancy by almost five years

Researchers have found that omega-3 levels in blood erythrocytes are very good mortality risk predictors. The study used data from a long-term study group, the Framingham Offspring Cohort, which has been monitoring residents of this Massachusetts town, in the United States, since 1971 and concludes that, 'Having higher levels of these acids in the blood, as a result of regularly including oily fish in the diet, increases life expectancy by almost five years.'

Researchers have found that omega-3 levels in blood erythrocytes (the so-called red blood cells) are very good mortality risk predictors. The study concludes that "Having higher levels of these acids in the blood, as a result of regularly including oily fish in the diet, increases life expectancy by almost five years," as Dr. Aleix Sala-Vila, a postdoctoral researcher and author of the study, points out. In contrast, "Being a regular smoker takes 4.7 years off your life expectancy, the same as you gain if you have high levels of omega-3 acids in your blood," he adds.

The study analysed data on blood fatty acid levels in 2,240 people over the age of 65, who were monitored for an average of eleven years. The aim was to validate which fatty acids function as good predictors of mortality, beyond the already known factors. The results indicate that four types of fatty acids, including omega-3, fulfil this role. It is interesting that two of them are saturated fatty acids, traditionally associated with cardiovascular risk, but which, in this case, indicate longer life expectancy. "This reaffirms what we have been seeing lately," says Dr Sala-Vila, "not all saturated fatty acids are necessarily bad." Indeed, their levels in the blood cannot be modified by diet, as happens with omega-3 fatty acids.

Sir, I had a coronary calcium scan done and It found a small amount in one artery on my heart. Consequently, I am taking the following each day:

Hard plaque removal:

Vitamin D3 - 6000 IUs from supplements
Vitamin K2 - MK4 (25 mg—not mcgs)
Vitamin K2 - MK7 (0.5 mg — not mcgs)
Magnesium Malate

The Vitamin K source is from “Koncentrated K,” suggested by a FReeper. I was taking a much more normal amount of each until recently.

The above primarily just helps to reduce the deposited calcium. Sadly, the calcium is usually there for a reason—it’s covering a soft plaque that ruptured. Removing just the calcium is only partially fixing the accrued damage. It does allow more vascular flexibility, once removed, but your soft plaque is likely still there. You need to attack the soft plaque.

Soft plaque removal:

Nattokinase - Six Nattovena capsules every other day
Lumbrokinase - One capsule every other day not using Nattokinase
Kyloic Aged Garlic - two capsules a day
Vitamin C - One Ester-C 500 mg and one time release Vitamin C 500 mg
B Complex - Douglas Laboratories brand with metafolin and intrinsic factor
Curcumin - 500 mg (half pill) Doctor’s Best brand with Bioperine
Fucoidan - 500 mg Swanson Fucoidan Extract
Citrus Bergamot - 500 mg Jarrow brand
Pycnogenol - 150 mg Healthy Origins brand
Tocotrienols - 100 mg Swanson brand every other day (taking Vitamin E gamma form intervening days)

Went lower carb. Bought several kinds of seaweed and have seaweed snacks for occasional eating. Tasty and has the stuff you need to directly reduce soft plaques.

Some of those items above I was already taking, but they count for their respective plaque types, too.

How interesting! Please do keep me abreast of your results.

A couple things that I didn’t understand. I’ve seen the research on the the role of k2 in hard plaque removal. The emphasis has been on mk7—not mk4. When you see d3/k2 paired together—the form of k2 is mk7. Where do you get the research for mk4?

I’m a regular user of magnesium. It helps for proper heart functioning. I especially note how tired I feel after a workout if I don’t take a magnesium tablet. However, I’ve never heard that its good for hard plaque removal. Nor do I know why Magnesium malate is the preferred form. Can you provide a little color on that?

I take some of the supplements in your list of soft plaque removal—but I do not take these supplements specifically for soft plaque removal. I take the nattokinase as it provides another source vitamin k. But that’s for hard plaque removal. It looks like Lumbrokinase does similar things along similar paths. Is that the case?

I take the vitamin c and b supplements but not for soft plaque removal—but rather for good heart health support. The the B3 or niacin has a proven record of increasing good cholesteral HDL which removes the soft plaque—but not the rest of the b complex.
I take the bergamont and curcumin as well because they are also reputed to increases HDL while decreasing LDL. I don’t take the Kyloic Aged Garlic or the Fucoidan—but I’ll include them in my stack because I see they’re also reputed to reduce soft plaque. Pycnogenol seems to have some beneficial heart health attributes but nothing directly related to soft plaque removal. as well the Tocotrienols have generally anti inflammatory attributes but nothing specifically related to plaque removal. Can you comment on your reasoning for including them in your soft plaque stack?

I’m on low carb too.

I think you should read up a bit more on the role of nitric oxide in the body. I’m getting the general impression that nitric oxide is the master regulator of the endocrine system

Here’s what pubmed says.

Recent discoveries of crosstalk between the endocrine system and NO are also reported. Study of these humoral interactions indicates that NO is a molecule with ubiquitous function and that its inhibition alters virtually to all other known regulatory systems. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17218720/

Again, an interesting post you made. Its consistent with your philosophy of taking natural supplements. for myself, I will stop both the crestor and the ramapril when the plaque is cleaned out of my carotids. I started this regime a couple months ago. I’m told that it takes 9-16 months for the clean out to be complete.

Multiple reversal options:

Reversal of Clogged Arteries Is Real! Here Are EVEN MORE Ways I Do It:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3929415/posts

Vitamin K2-MK4:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3803960/posts

A study published in 2007 tested vitamin K1 and the MK-4 form of vitamin K2 on rats.18

In the groups receiving high-dose vitamin K1 or K2 (MK-4), not only was there no further arterial calcium accumulation, there was a 37% reduction of previously accumulated arterial calcification after six weeks. After 12 weeks, there was a 53% reduction in accumulated arterial calcium deposits.

The groups receiving the high-dose vitamin K1 and K2 also showed a reversal in carotid artery stiffness. This study provided intriguing evidence that vascular calcification may be reversible by high vitamin K intake.18

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