Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Rhonda Patrick says people with a high Omega-3 Index had a 90% lower risk of sudden cardiac death.
She says they had five extra years of life.
And she shows data suggesting that having low omega-3 can be comparable to smoking.
Those are extraordinary claims.
But there’s a problem.
They’re based on observational evidence.
And to her credit, Patrick acknowledges that herself.
Then she recommends raising your Omega-3 Index anyway.
So I went looking at the evidence she said she didn’t have time to cover:
the randomized controlled trials.
That’s where this gets interesting.
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Rhonda Patrick says people with a high Omega-3 Index had a 90% lower risk of sudden cardiac death.
She says they had five extra years of life.
And she shows data suggesting that having low omega-3 can be comparable to smoking.
Those are extraordinary claims.
But there’s a problem.
They’re based on observational evidence.
And to her credit, Patrick acknowledges that herself.
Then she recommends raising your Omega-3 Index anyway.
So I went looking at the evidence she said she didn’t have time to cover:
the randomized controlled trials.
That’s where this gets interesting.
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