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The cult of omega-3
BBC ^ | Mar 1, 2010 | Brendan O'Neill

Posted on 03/01/2010 4:36:49 PM PST by decimon

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1 posted on 03/01/2010 4:36:49 PM PST by decimon
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To: neverdem; DvdMom

Fin de treacle ping.


2 posted on 03/01/2010 4:37:33 PM PST by decimon
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All I know is that the doc told me to take Omega3 fish oil due to my triglicerides being at 295. After six months they were down to 160.


3 posted on 03/01/2010 4:39:10 PM PST by irishtenor (Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
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4 posted on 03/01/2010 4:40:23 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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But then you catch another study that shows things such as Omega-3s can make you physically half your age and increase your life span by 10%:

http://video.physorg.com/

Click on the link for “Old mice run faster with supplements.”

I’m sorry, but there are too many studies showing benefits for them all to be made up lies.


5 posted on 03/01/2010 4:42:08 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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To: decimon

The media may hype things, but that doesn’t mean the legitimate benefits of these oils aren’t there.


6 posted on 03/01/2010 4:43:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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"All I know is that the doc told me to take Omega3 fish oil due to my triglicerides being at 295. After six months they were down to 160."

But did you change anything else in your diet and life style while you were taking the fish Omega-3? For instance, did you stop eating foods high in fat?

7 posted on 03/01/2010 4:43:26 PM PST by StormEye
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To: decimon

I’m always skeptical when something is touted to cure everything. On the other hand, Omega 3 is an essential nutrient.


8 posted on 03/01/2010 4:43:52 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: ConservativeMind

If one thinks the reaction is going to be like Popeye eating a can of spinach, yes, that is going to far. But, there is a lot of evidence of the benefits of Omega-3s.


9 posted on 03/01/2010 4:44:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Oddly enough, spinach does contain omega 3.


10 posted on 03/01/2010 4:57:35 PM PST by Krankor (nO)
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To: StormEye
No, in fact, I continued to eat those darned french fries... and the jalapeno poppers.
11 posted on 03/01/2010 4:58:42 PM PST by irishtenor (Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
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My daughter has a traumatic brain injury and has been taking fish oil since the accident and I believe it’s been one of the reasons she’s had such a remarkable recovery. She claims that when she slacks off on taking it, she really notices a difference in her mental capabilities. She’s 21 now and had the accident when she was 17. She’ll always take it.


12 posted on 03/01/2010 5:00:11 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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But did you change anything else in your diet and life style while you were taking the fish Omega-3? For instance, did you stop eating foods high in fat?

Does giving up sex count?

13 posted on 03/01/2010 5:06:34 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My boomerang won't come back)
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I take fish oil. Some is 1,000mg of fish oil and 1,000IU of vitamin D in the same capsule.


14 posted on 03/01/2010 5:07:39 PM PST by decimon
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To: irishtenor
If they keep touting the benefits of it then it will become a drug and they will need to write a script for it.
15 posted on 03/01/2010 5:08:29 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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The story is that the typical US diet is extremely high in Omega-6 fatty acids which promote inflammation in the body and Omega-3 helps counter balance it.


16 posted on 03/01/2010 5:08:37 PM PST by WaterBoard
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To: decimon
Yeah I trust the BBC... NOT

I guess they are next going to tell us that Vitamins are bad...

Obvious Big Pharm is losing a lot of money to people that use fish oil. This is the same push that McCrack is trying to push trough congress. Omega 3 is a natural source from fish. Don't listen to the quacks at the BBC that want you to pay a lot of money for a drug that does the same thing as fish oil for less money.

17 posted on 03/01/2010 5:10:19 PM PST by Sprite518
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I take it daily or eat more fish daily. You will have less anxiety . Theirs so much to say but its like this remmeber years ago when someones father or uncle would eat sardines and they lived past 100 years. Its like that . So eat more fish or omega 3 ingredients in Smart balance spread and such.


18 posted on 03/01/2010 5:11:41 PM PST by johngrace
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To: Hot Tabasco
"Does giving up sex count?"

Nope.

19 posted on 03/01/2010 5:12:20 PM PST by StormEye
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To: decimon

My grandmum lived to over a 100 and she took a tablespoon of cod liver oil every morning in her later years - when she was getting up there over 80.

That was cod—now hard to find. I guess fish oil is just as good...?


20 posted on 03/01/2010 5:12:59 PM PST by eleni121 (For Jesus did not give us a timid spirit , but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
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