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After analysing existing research into omega-3, its surprise conclusion was that there was little evidence that fish oil could reduce the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke. Indeed, it even suggested that fish oil supplements could increase the risk.

However, this review shouldn't change the prevailing attitude to omega-3 - it doesn't alter the Government's advice to eat oily fish. Even the author of the report, Lee Hooper of the University of East Anglia's School of Medicine and Health Policy, isn't calling for these recommendations to change, but suggests that there should be more research to find out whether it is right to recommend large amounts of fish oil to people with heart disease.