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We'll taking a lot of fish oil really reduce my triglecrides?

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Dr. Harinder Gill answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Triglycerides: Though fish oil can help some triglycerides in overwhelming numbers of people can be normalised by improving dietary carbohydrate and caloric content coupled with a daily aerobic exercise for 30 sustained minutes,most unfortunately find it easier to pop pills

Answered 12/13/2014

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