By reviewing all the studies that have used EPA or DHA in isolation, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine were recently able to answer this question.[4,5] Here’s what they found:
- DHA increases LDL cholesterol by up to 16%
- EPA has no effect on LDL or slightly decreases LDL
- as expected, both EPA and DHA significantly decrease triglycerides (by 15.6% and 22.4%, respectively)