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ReviewNutrients2021

Analyses and Declarations of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Canned Seafood May Help to Quantify Their Dietary Intake.

Peter Singer, Volker Richter, Konrad Singer, Iris Löhlein

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Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter SingerEuropean Omega-3 Council, 60598 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Volker RichterInstitute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Konrad SingerA-Connect Consulting, Sao Paulo 01311-200, SP, Brazil.
Iris LöhleinEuropean Omega-3 Council, 60598 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Leipzig University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The American Heart Association (AHA) recently confirmed common recommendations of one to two fish dishes per week in order to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). Nevertheless, the natural fluctuations of lipids and fatty acids (FA) in processed seafood caught little public attention. Moreover, consumers of unprocessed seafood in general do not know how much omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3 FA) within servings they actually ingest. The few studies published until today considering this aspect have been re-evaluated in today's context. They included four observational studies with canned fatty coldwater fish (mackerel and herring from the same region, season, producer and research group). Their outcomes were similar to those conducted in the following years using supplements. Cans containing seafood (especially fatty coldwater fish) with declared content of omega-3 FA are ready-to-use products. Human studies have shown a higher bioavailability of omega-3 FA by joint uptake of fat. Canned fatty coldwater fish contain omega-3 FA plus plenty of fat in one and the same foodstuff. That suggests a new dietary paradigm with mixed concepts including several sources with declared content of omega-3 FA for reducing the cardiovascular risk and other acknowledged indications.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDietFatty Acids, Omega-3Food LabelingFood PackagingHumansSeafoodFatty Acids, Omega-3canned seafoodcoldwater fishCVDdeclarations of quantitymixed conceptsomega-3 fatty acidsregional and seasonal variations of fatty acids

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PMID34578847
PMCPMC8471815
OpenAlexW3194138159

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