Abstract
The influence of type of fish consumption on cardiovascular risk profiles was studied in Sri Lankan community. Achallenge experiment was set up to do a research on the influence of omega-3 fatty acid content in fish on cardiovascularrisk profiles of healthy people. Hundred healthy undergraduates (subjects) who were between the ages of 23 to 30 yearsand full time resident in the hostels in Sri Lanka, were randomly selected for this study. The students were fed with fishcurry and fried fish for the amount of 80.41±9.43 g of fish curry or 62.50 ± 11.04 g of fried fish for five days per week. Initialand after 24 weeks and after one year the lipid profiles of the subjects [total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride(TG), low densitylipoprotein (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein (HDL-C),and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL-C)] were estimated inserum samples collected at commencement and end of the experiment, using automatic biochemical analyzer and theturbidometric method respectively. The fish consumption showed direct effect on the cardio vascular risk profiles bydecreasing LDL-C and increasing HDL-C and decreasing LDL: HDL ratio and TC: HDL ratio and revealed the decreaseof TG in serum.
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