A high-dose fish oil supplement slashed clot-promoting blood vesicles in healthy adults—outperforming oily fish and pointing to EPA as the key driver behind these cardiovascular benefits.
Accepted manuscript: High dose fish oil supplements are more effective than oily fish in altering the number and function of extracellular vesicles in healthy human subjects: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel trial. Image Credit: Oksana Mizina / Shutterstock
In a recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, researchers investigated the effects of oily fish and fish oil supplements on the composition, numbers, and procoagulant activity of extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are naturally present in the body fluids of healthy individuals and are derived from nearly all cells under…