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# Fish Oil Does Not Improve Heart Health
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/fish_oil_0514130546/
- Published: 2013-05-14T18:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:55:16.000Z
- Description: A New England Journal of Medicine study of 12,513 Italians in the Risk and Prevention Study found that after five years, omega-3 supplements did not lower death or hospitalization from heart disease compared with placebo, consistent with two 2012 reviews.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Supplements, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Supplementing with omega-3 fatty acids does not improve heart heart, according to a new study published in the *New England Journal of Medicine*. Researchers analyzed data from 12,513 men and women from the Risk and Prevention Study in Italy. After an average follow-up of five years, patients taking the omega-3 supplements did not reduce their risk of death or hospitalization from heart disease, compared with those who took placebo.

These findings support [two recent reviews published in 2012](http://support.pcrm.org/site/R?i=mzEFq87ranATLZuCzzc63A&ref=foodconsumer.org).

Roncaglioni MC, Tombesi M, Avanzini F, et al. n-3 fatty acids in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. *N Engl J Med*. 2013;368:1800-1808.

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