It would be easy to think that a margarine fortified with omega-3 oils could protect people from having another heart attack, and that is true; it is too easy and a study shows that the spreads do not help in the prevention of another heart attack.
Omega-3 findings surprised the researchers
Alfred Bove, MD, of Temple University in Philadelphia, said the findings surprised him "because most of the data on omega-3 fatty acids come from epidemiologic studies and those were positive."
Researchers did a 40-month study of more than 4,800 patients who were men and women between 60 and 80 and had suffered a heart attack roughly four years previously. The study showed that taking low doses of omega-3 fatty acids in margarine did not significantly reduce rates of serious heart attacks and other cardiovascular events, Dutch researchers said.
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