Fish Oil and AFIB

You should get a formal and comprehensible (for you) assessment of your risk if you take the oil and if you decide to forego it from henceforth. If your ablation was successful, then you probably don't have much to worry about, especially if you only take a small dose of the oil. If you're taking more than the daily recommended, or more than what your own physician says you should take (he she knows you best and has other information about you that will help with the decision), then you must be able to compare the relative personal risk of recurring AF over what you hope to prevent, also as a probability, if you stop taking the oil.

You can get decent protection by using other oils, not just fish oil, or walnuts, or avocado...several other options.

Great info- Thanks!

@beebo
If you have been prescribed to take Fish Oil (usually to control tryclecrides and cholestrol) you should not come off without consultation with your doctors just because you read AFIB on MCC.

Discuss your concerns with your cardiologist or EP.

I only post what my expereince is and what my doctors tell me. We are all different and your medical profile is not the profile of others and what they should do or not do based on their specific medical conditions.

AFIB can be caused by many issues including stress and axniety. Mine comes and goes. I am on Fish Oil per my cardiologist, EP, and my Heart Failure doctor. I did see quite a drop in my tryglecrides when I went on it many years ago.

With AFIB I always post about trying to reduce anxiety and stress. My EP stresses this playing a big role in triggering AFIB and PVCs along with weight issues and many other factors. With that I always talk about finding exercise (with doctor approval) or hobby that you reall like and enjoy to lesson your anxiety and stress. This is not prescribing it but what what my doctors recommended and it really helped me reduce my AFIB and PVCs I am a big proponent of it if your doctors concur.

Have heard that fish oil supplements are not good, but have not checked with my EP.
Th Mediteranean diet calls for fish, so I don't understand why fish oil is not good.

Yes, nut oils are best.

Thanks very much for this. My triglycerides and cholesterol have always been in the normal range but I have not been tested in several years. I have a visit with my doctor so and will bring this up and ask for a new test.
Appreciate your comments!

I had not thought about alternatives to the fish oil. I will look into that. Thanks!

I get minetested once year. Uf you are on any heart medicine. You nee to take a statin also.
BUT... You must also take Coenzyme Q10 as statins also can wear down the organs. Health to you!

Below is a comprehensive article on diet, supplements and Afib. It is easy to understand and for those interested it is contains abundant amount of information.
"Dietary interventions in the management of atrial fibrillation
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1418059/full
As for taking nut oils as a supplement I know of no nut oils that are used as a supplement like in a pill. Using health oils in dietary cooking and preparing foods is different than taking oils as a supplement. The only oil that is known to be used for cardiovascular health is flax seed oil. Note that flax seed oil and some other nut oils are high in alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid. Fish such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines provide the other forms of omega-3s (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid).
As a prostate cancer survivor x 24 years I have learned to carefully limit consuming high amounts of α-linolenic acid because it is associated with a significant increase in risk of prostate cancer.
"A 24-year prospective study of dietary α-linolenic acid and lethal prostate cancer"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29315549/
FYI "11 Best and Worst Oils for Your Health"
https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/best-worst-oils-health/

@beebo I was interested to read your comment that fish oil might be an AFIB trigger. Since I don't take it I didn't really have a reason to consider it. I do however take Eliquis and when reading about things taken with it that might increase my bleeding risk such as NSAIDS, fish oil was also mentioned. Most things I've read indicate the risk with fish oil may be pretty low and like all things the interaction can be different for each individual. If you are on a blood thinner, it might just be something else to discuss with your doctor.