It's Not Butter and It's Not Better

By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage TodayPublished: August 29, 2010 Reviewed by Adam J. Carinci, MD; Instructor, Harvard Medical School.

STOCKHOLM -- Adding margarine enriched with omega-3 fatty acids as a dietary intervention did not prevent second heart attacks in older men and women at risk for worsening heart disease, researchers said here.

The study results are doubly disappointing since the margarine intervention did initially reduce events, but by 30 months the evidence of that benefit had disappeared, said Daan Kromhout, MPH, PhD, of Wageningen University in the Netherlands./.../