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Nov 18, 2009 6:48 pm US/Pacific

Healthiness Of Fish May Depend On How You Cook It

(CBS 5) Eating fish is great for your health, thanks in part to its heart healthy Omega-3 fatty acids.

"Omega-3 fatty acids lower your triglycerides, are anti-inflammatory and may lower your blood pressure" explained Dr. Christopher Gardner, an nutrition science expert at Stanford.

Now a new report for the American Heart Association suggests the benefits of eating fish may depend on how you cook it. Instead of cutting your risk of heart disease, certain methods of preparing fish may actually increase your risk of dying from heart disease.

Researchers studied fish consumption among nearly 200,000 men and women in California and Hawaii. These were individuals with no history of heart disease.

Those who ate baked or boiled fish were the most protected against heart disease, while those who ate fried, salted or dried fish did not benefit. However, adding low sodium soy sauce or tofu to fish appears to enhance the benefit.

Researcher Lixin Ming of the University of Hawaii at Manoa said it could be that frying changes or damages the heart healthy oils, or that frying is an unhealthier way of preparing fish that then outweighs the benefits of the Omega-3 Fatty Acids. More research is needed to determine why.

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