re: Do you think taking vitamins & minerals supplements does anything?

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What changed in your bloodwork? and were you able to pinpoint that fish oil was the only thing you changed in your diet in that timeframe ?

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Triglycerides and HDL. Both high triglycerides and lower-than-optimal HDL run in my family. It hit me abruptly at 31. I can pinpoint that based on having a thyroid condition since the age of 24 that resulted in me having bloodwork at least once every six months to this day, and for the rest of my life. Triglycerides jumped into the mid-300s. HDL was around 28 (should be 40 or more).

I immediately found and began taking a quality, high-dose fish oil, OceanBlue Professional 2,100mg (kept behind the pharmacy counter in any Publix, which frequently offers a BOGO for some percentage off on it). At any rate, they had to check me again in three months because of the sudden variance. The HDL was likely always low and I just never thought much about it. At that next check, the triglycerides were cut to less than half and the HDL was nearing 35.

I maintain those triglyceride numbers today (will turn 44 this month) and my HDL has been above 40 for a while now. I caught it early. The ONLY thing that changed in that time was me adding the fish oil. I did make the switch to Vascepa which is pure EPA several years ago and it seems to perform comparably.

My grandfather suffered with heart issues for many, many years. His brother died early in life (pre-40) and was himself a cardiologist. Anything I can do to stave off the issues they had, I will absolutely do.