Does fish oil have the function of lowering blood lipids? This question is representative and can also be extended to the fact that fish oil can prevent cardiovascular disease. Therefore, it can be said that knowledge about fish oil has been updated rapidly in recent years. Today, Dr. Zhang will focus on the answers. Can fish oil lower blood lipids? Blood lipids usually include cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, and triglycerides. By lowering blood lipids, we primarily mean lowering these bad blood fats, namely cholesterol, LDL, and triglycerides.

Fish oil has always been a popular health product in society. When it occurs, it is always associated with key body indicators such as heart, blood pressure, and blood lipids. For example, the most common saying in society is "eating fish oil can lower blood lipids." In fact, the effects of fish oil are not as magical as people think. Can fish oil lower blood lipids? This mainly depends on the purity of the fish oil. In addition, it needs to be emphasized that the regulatory effect of fish oil on blood lipids is limited. For patients with complete hyperlipidemia, fish oil can be used as an auxiliary regulator of blood lipids, and fish oil alone cannot be expected to regulate blood lipids to the normal range.

In addition to lowering blood lipids, fish oil has seven other effects, but not all fish oil has good effects. The key depends on the content of effective EPA and DHA ingredients. Additionally, not all fish oils are edible. Natural changes and oxidation of fish oil can damage the body, and excess can cause health problems. In fact, studies have shown that high-purity fish oil can reduce triglycerides in human blood lipid levels. Fish oil is a health supplement, not a specific medicine. It cannot replace drug treatment, but can only serve as an auxiliary treatment.

The main active ingredients of fish oil are two n-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). The 2017 expert knowledge on hypertriglyceridemia and its cardiovascular risk management emphasizes that “high purity and a certain dose of n-3 fatty acids (2~4 g/day). In addition, between DHA and EPA in fish oil, The different relationships between them have different effects on different components of blood lipids, which is not complete for reducing blood lipids [3].