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Can i do a test for omega 3 in my body , i mean in blood test. and how much wants the fish oil to compense my needs if i don't eat any sea food ?

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Dr. Darrell Herrington answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

No need: Omegas have been recently discredited as cardiovascular protectors. A large study completed this year by the nih found no improvement in outcomes. So the demographic data that has indicated beneficial results of seafood consumption still applies; so eat ocean fish, not omegas.

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Answered 11/27/2017

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