Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Fish oils reduce disease burden in a cost effective manner

Approximately 310000 Australians suffer from chronic heart disease and is the second largest disease burden to Australian economy.  The total direct healthcare cost attributed to cardiovascular disease is AUD$5.9 billion each year in Australia.  A latest health economic analysis by Deloitte Access Economics showed that fish oil supplementation is a cost-effective intervention to prevent future cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in Australia.

Fish oil supplements offer a number of advantages through lowering potential risk profiles. The World Health Organization (WHO), American Heart Association, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and the National Heart Foundation of Australia recommend fish oil as a complementary treatment in addition to standard treatments following a MI.

Epidemiological studies have shown that the consumption of fatty fish is associated with lower incidence rates of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and MI.  The Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia (CHC) recently commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to undertake cost benefit analysis (CBA) of fish oils and estimate the net benefit of fish oils as adjunctive treatment for prevention of heart disease among those who have experienced MI, versus no fish oils, taking into account the cost per person of the treatment and the DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Years) avoided. DALY is a measure of overall disease burden adopted by WHO.

The analysis by Deloitte Access Economics is based on fish oil supplementation with dosage of 510-540mg EPA/day and 345-360mg DHA/day.  The result showed an ICER (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio) of $2,041 per DALY averted, indicating that fish oils are cost effective in the secondary prevention of CHD relative to the WHO benchmark.  The maximum value of the DALY benefits from the fish oil intervention was estimated at up to $3.4 billion.

This latest report offers further evidence that fish oil supplementation not only is effective in the reduction of incidence rates for cardiovascular disease, but also offers a genuine opportunity to reduce disease burden in a cost effective manner.

Source: 
CHC Report on Fish oils for the secondary prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, 17 Feb 2012

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Monday, March 19, 2012

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Monday, March 5, 2012

The 10 new generation vitamins and supplements | antiagingboomer.com

Recently “Mindfood” magazine published a list of the 10 new generation vitamins and supplements you should have on your radar.

The supplements on the list are:

1.    Turmeric for autoimmune conditions

2.       CoQ10 for energy

3.       Fish oil for a healthy brain

4.      Acai for immunity

5.      Seaweed for a healthy heart

6.      Probiotics for digestive and mental health

7.      Selenium for cancer prevention

8.      Zinc for male reproductive health and the common cold

9.      Alpha lipoic acid for anti-ageing

10.  Boron for bone strength and prostate health

I do not consider these supplements to be “new generation” at all, because apart from Acai and seaweed, I have been taking these supplements for many years.

(Instead of Acai, I take grape seed extract and top up occassionally with olive leaf extract. Since last year, I have started using salt that contains seaweed to keep my thryoid healthy.)

Many of us cannot afford to take all these ten supplements.

I suggest taking a good quality Multi-vitamin and Multi-mineral nutritional supplement which contain multiple vitamins and minerals that work together in synergy and which include CoQ10, selenium and zinc as above.

We can easily add to that healthy foundation as required.

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