there’s something fishy about last week’s much-discussed fish oil study

fish oil

IS SUPPLEMENTING WITH FISH OIL A WASTE FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE II DIABETES? Increased intake of Omega−3 fatty acids has been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in observational studies, but this finding has not been confirmed in randomized trials. It remains unclear whether omega-3 fatty acid supplementation has cardiovascular benefit in patients […]

fish oil is bad!  really?

FISH OIL FIRST PROSTATE CANCER, NOW IT’S JUST PLAIN BAD “The research found more problems when it looked specifically at levels of two particular omega-3s that are promoted for brain and heart health: docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Tests showed that at least a dozen products contained DHA levels that were, on average, […]

omega-3’s tied to prostate cancer?

FISH OIL INCREASES CHANCES OFPROSTATE CANCER? Steve Buissinne – Sedgefield/South Africa – from Pixabay “We’ve shown once again that use of nutritional supplements may be harmful.”  Dr. Alan Kristal, member of the Fred Hutch Public Health Sciences Division and author of the recent paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute touting a the […]