Both Vitamin D and Omega-3 extend life
Unsure which extends life more
Probably they aid each other Suspect 1+1 = 2.5
Unaware of any studies which compare them
Vertical axis = Health
Horizonal axis = Lifespan
Healthspan increases both
Non-supplements also extend life and probably the quality of life
- Off Topic – Light exercise extend life by 4.5 years – perhaps more than vitamin D – Nov 2012
- Do not smoke: both vitamin D and Omega-3 reduces the health problems due to smoking)
- Reduce pollution
- Avoid excess weight: Vitamin D both prevents and helps reduce weight
- Eat better (less meat, or organic, etc)
- Minimize on-going emotional stress
- Stress the body occasionally (heat, sauna, exercise, etc)
- Vitamin D and Omega-3 category starts with
- Omega-3 items in VitaminDWiki
- See also: Longevity experts take Vitamin D, Omega-3, and Magnesium - Patrick video Sept 2023
- 34% lower risk for death from any cause if high Omega-3 – 2018
- Omega-3 and Mortality on the web
- Meta-analyses of Vitamin D and Mortality
- Vitamin D improves quality of life (Omega-3 might too)
- Lack of Vitamin K increased mortality
Vitamin D and Omega-3 category starts with
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Omega-3 items in VitaminDWiki
- Women are 30 percent less likely to die if have good level of Omega-3 – Jan 2017
- Perhaps the Omega-3 optimal level is 10 percent, not 8 – Feb 2018 - also by Harris
- Higher Omega-3 index (4 to 8 percent) associated with 30 percent less risk of coronary disease (10 studies) July 2017
- Omega-3 low in family physicians – half thought they had enough, but only 1 in 20 were OK – April 2017
- Italian consensus of recommended Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc – Oct 2016
- Typical pregnancy is now 39 weeks – Omega-3 and Vitamin D might restore it to full 40 weeks
See also: Longevity experts take Vitamin D, Omega-3, and Magnesium - Patrick video Sept 2023
34% lower risk for death from any cause if high Omega-3 – 2018
Erythrocyte long-chain omega-3 fatty acid levels are inversely associated with mortality and with incident cardiovascular disease: The Framingham Heart Study
Journal of Clinical LipidoLogy (2018)
William S. Harris, PhD bill at omegaquant.com , Nathan L. Tintle, PhD, Mark R. Etherton, MD, PhD, Ramachandran S. Vasan, MD
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BACKGROUND: The extent to which omega-3 fatty acid status is related to risk for death from any cause and for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains controversial.
OBJECTIVE: To examine these associations in the Framingham Heart Study.
DESIGN: Prospective and observational.
SETTING: Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort.
MEASUREMENTS: The exposure marker was red blood cell levels of eicosapentaenoic and docosa- hexaenoic acids (the Omega-3 Index) measured at baseline. Outcomes included mortality (total, CVD, cancer, and other) and total CVD events in participants free of CVD at baseline. Follow-up was for a median of 7.3 years. Cox proportional hazards models were adjusted for 18 variables (demographic, clinical status, therapeutic, and CVD risk factors).
RESULTS: Among the 2500 participants (mean age 66 years, 54% women), there were 350 deaths (58 from CVD, 146 from cancer, 128 from other known causes, and 18 from unknown causes). There were 245 CVD events. In multivariable-adjusted analyses, a higher Omega-3 Index was associated with significantly lower risks (P-values for trends across quintiles) for total mortality (P = .02), for non- CVD and non-cancer mortality (P = .009), and for total CVD events (P = .008). Those in the highest (>6.8%) compared to those in the lowest Omega-3 Index quintiles (<4.2%) had a 34% lower risk for death from any cause and 39% lower risk for incident CVD. These associations were generally stronger for docosahexaenoic acid than for eicosapentaenoic acid. When total cholesterol was compared with the Omega-3 Index in the same models, the latter was significantly related with these outcomes, but the former was not.
LIMITATIONS: Relatively short follow-up time and one-time exposure assessment.
CONCLUSIONS: A higher Omega-3 Index was associated with reduced risk of both CVD and allcause mortality.
Omega-3 and Mortality on the web
- Omega-3 Level Is the Best Predictor of Mortality
The Mercola article caused the creation of this page
Meta-analyses of Vitamin D and Mortality
- COVID and Vitamin D: 2X more likely to die if low, 2X more likely to survive if supplement – umbrella meta-analysis April 2024
- Maternal pregnancy problems if Vitamin D is less than 40 ng – meta-analysis Oct 2022
- COVID-19 mortality extrapolates to zero at 50 ng of vitamin D – 18th Meta-analysis Sept 2021
- Deaths from many types of Cancer associated with low vitamin D- review of meta-analyses Sept 2020
- Cardiovascular death 1.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – 22nd meta-analysis Nov 2019
- People supplemented with Vitamin D had 13 percent fewer Cancer deaths – Meta-analysis of RCT June 2019
- Cancer with low Vitamin D increases Mortality by 13 percent – meta-analysis Feb 2019
- Low Vitamin D is associated with dying sooner (70 studies) – meta-analysis Jan 2019
- Prostate Cancer death 40 percent less likely if 40 ng level of vitamin D – Meta-analysis Oct 2018
- Review of meta-analyses of non-skeletal benefits of vitamin D (Mortality, RTI, etc) – July 2017
- Chronic Kidney Disease mortality is 60 percent less likely if good vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2017
- Lung Cancer death 60 percent less likely if high level of vitamin D – 2 meta-analysis 2017
- Breast Cancer Mortality reduced 60 percent if more than 60 ng of Vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2017
- Cardiovascular deaths 12 percent less likely if have 10 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- ICU patients 30 % less likely to die if have enough vitamin D – meta-analysis Nov 2016
- Less likely to die if have enough vitamin D - Meta-analysis June 2014
- Cancer survival 4 percent more likely with just a little more vitamin D (4 ng) - meta-analysis July 2014
- Death due to breast cancer reduced 40 percent if high vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2014
- Vitamin D reduces risk of cause specific death, unless it is D2 – meta-analysis BMJ April 2014
- More survive Breast Cancer if more vitamin D – 2X fewer deaths with just 30 ng -meta-analysis March 2014
- Colorectal and Breast Cancer – Vitamin D is associated with fewer deaths – meta-analysis Feb 2014
- Death of women from cancer 24% less likely if 20 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis Sept 2013
- Chance of dying increases by 25 percent in seniors if low vitamin D – Meta-analysis July 2013
- Breast Cancer survival 2X more likely if vitamin D sufficient – meta-analysis May 2013
- Vitamin D with Calcium reduces mortality by 7 percent – meta-analysis May 2012
- Death rate reduced 8 percent for 8 nanogram more vitamin D – meta-analysis Feb 2012
- 40 ng Vitamin D perhaps optimal for reduced mortality – Meta-analysis Jan 2012
- Vitamin D3 but not D2 reduces mortality – meta-analysis July 2011
- Vitamin D and mortality a meta-analysis of RCT - 2008
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Vitamin D improves quality of life (Omega-3 might too)
- Quality of Life
- Many studies have found that higher Omega-3 increases the quality of life for many specific health probelms
Lack of Vitamin K increased mortality
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