JOE EVERY THURSDAY WE'RE TAKING
A LOOK ALLOTED LOOK AT A HEALTH ISSUE,
BREAKING DOWN THE INFORMATION
AND TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED
KNOW TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY.
DOCTOR KALANI BRADY JOINS US FOR
THIS WEEK AGENCY TOPIC.
FISH OIL.
HEART DISEASE IS THE MOST
COMMON KILLER OF POPULATION BOTH
IN THE UNITED STATES AND
HAWAI'I.
IT'S WHERE USUALLY THERE'S A
BLOCKAGE IN THE CORONARY ARTERY
THAT PRODUCES THE OXYGEN FOR
WHICH THE HEART MUSCLE WORK.
THAT'S WHAT HEART DISEASE IS.
A PROGRESSIVE BLOCKAGE OF THAT
CORONARY ARTERY.
Kristine: WHAT IS FISH OIL
AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
FISH OIL COMES FROM FATTY
FISH LIKE MACKEREL, HERRING, A
WHOLE BUNCH OF FISH THAT ARE ON
HERE.
ANCHOVIES, SARDINES AND THOSE
OILILY FISH BASICALLY HAVE OIL
THAT'S CALLED OMEGA 3 FATTY
ACID, AND IT BASICALLY PROTECTS
AGAINST HEART DISEASE.
Kristine: AND WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS WHEN IT COME TO KLES
CHOLESTEROL KLES AND BLOOD
PRESSURE?
IT RAISES THE PROTECTIVE
CHOLESTEROL BY TAKING FISH OIL
AND DROPS THE TRIGLYCERIDE,
WHICH IS A BAD PART OF THE
CHOLESTEROL.
IF YOU TAKE IT REGULARLY.
Kristine: AND YOU TAKE IT
REGULARLY.
YOU TAKE IT EVERY DAY.
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE BE TAKING?
THESE CAPSULES ARE
1200-MILLIGRAMS.
THE BOTTLE SAYS ONE TO TWO A
DAY.
I TAKE ONE.
Kristine: ONE?
OKAY.
AND PEOPLE CAN GET FISH OIL
ANYWHERE?
YES.
DRUG STORES, SUPER MARKETS.
I GET MINE FROM COSTCO.
I GET THE LARGE SIZE, AND
THERE'S A TWO PACK IT AND LOSTS
FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE ARE OTHER OILS.
FOR EXAMPLE FLAXSEED OIL.
THE PROBLEM IS OVER TIME IT
BECOME RAN SID.
IS IT MAY NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS EVEN THESE BIG BOTTLES
BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE, THEY'RE
JUST AS EFFECTIVE.
THE FISH THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ARE OPEN OCEAN FISH.
AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE RISK
OF MERCURY.
BUT THESE PILLS HAVE BEEN -- THE
FISH OIL IN THESE PILLS HAVE
BEEN CLEAN SO THERE'S NO MERCURY
IN THEM.
THERE REALLY IS NO SIDE EFFECT
THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
WITH THIS.
AND THIS IS YOUR FISH OIL.
Kristine: AND WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT IT'S FISH OIL AND
HEART DISEASE AND WE THINK HEART
DISEASE.
I'M TOO YOUNG, BUT IF YOU TAKE
IT NOW, IT KIND OF HELPS YOU IN
THE LONG RUN.
PLAQUE TAKES YEARS TO DECADES
TO BUILD UP.
IF YOU START EVEN IN YOUR TEENS
OIL, EVEN IN YOUR TEENS, YOU CAN
HELP PROTECT THE CORONARY
ARTERIES FROM THAT PLAQUE
BUILDUP.
Kristine: IT'S OKAY.
YEAH.
AND THEY TAKE CHEESEBURGERS AND
BACON BURGERS AND ALL KINDS OF
THINGS THAT WORK IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
Kristine: IN MODERATION,
