date:Jul 02, 2013
ore strength to current recommendations to include more omega-3s in the diet in the form of fish, and suggests that plant sources of omega-3 may be just as important for preventing hip fractures in women, Orchard said.
The analysis from the WHI showed that higher levels of omega-3 and two other specific kinds of omega-3s alone were associated with a lower risk of hip breaks in the study sample of 324 pairs of participants who had hip fractures.
Although further analyses of the data from WHI is