A Lifetime of Good Health

Lifestage 3 (Lung disease)

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have reported that smokers who eat fish regularly are much less likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The study, which included 8,960 people, 55 per cent of whom were former smokers and 45 per cent current smokers, found that present or former smokers who ate four servings of fish per week had about half the risk of developing chronic bronchitis as did smokers who only ate fish once or twice a month. Heavy fish eaters had only one third the risk of getting emphysema as did smokers who ate little fish. Eating four servings of fish per week corresponds to a daily intake of about 1000 mg of Fish Oils (EPA and DHA).