Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation enhances stroke volume and cardiac output during dynamic exercise

• Published in: European journal of applied physiology Vol. 104; no. 3; pp. 455 - 461
• Main Authors: Walser, Buddy, Stebbins, Charles L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.10.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Bicycling; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Body mass index; Cardiac Output - drug effects; Cardiovascular disease; Dietary Supplements; Docosahexaenoic Acids - administration & dosage; Eicosapentaenoic Acid - administration & dosage; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Tolerance - drug effects; Fatty acids; Female; Heart rate; Heart Rate - drug effects; Human Physiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Original Article; Pharmacists; Safflower Oil - administration & dosage; Sports Medicine; Stroke Volume - drug effects; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Resistance - drug effects; Workloads; Systemic vascular resistance; Safflower oil; Blood pressure; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid
• ISSN: 1439-6319; 1439-6327
• DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0791-x

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) have beneficial effects on cardiovascular function. We tested the hypotheses that dietary supplementation with DHA (2 g/day) + EPA (3 g/day) enhances increases in stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) and decreases in systemic vascular...