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Eating More Fish Could Add 5 Years to Your Life

Eating oily fish like salmon, anchovies or sardines twice a week could increase omega-3 levels by 1%, which is all a person needs to add nearly five years to their life expectancy, scientists say.  The study by researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Spain and The Fatty Acid Research Institute in the U.S. discovered that only a 1% increase in omega-3 levels in red blood cells reduces a person’s risk of death as much as quitting smoking. Researchers...