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The American Heart Association has for years recommended more fish and less red meat on American tables. But as far as the salutary effects of fish oil are concerned, the evidence is too slim to be swallowed hook, line and sinker. "These are exciting leads," says Cardiologist Robert Levy of the A.H.A. executive committee on atherosclerosis, "but it's still too soon to know whether or not this is a breakthrough."