[ChildOfThe60s]

However, industrial fishing has depleted the world's fish stocks by some 90% since 1950, and rising fish prices reduce affordability particularly for people with low incomes."

Anyone see what this "study" is really about?

BTW, fish oil DOES lower cholesterol - proven. If they are correct in saying that lower cholesterol is better, then it follows that fish oil is benificial.

[PA Engineer]

and plasma triglyceride levels.

[agere_contra]

If they are correct in saying that lower cholesterol is better

They are not. Heart disease does not correlate to cholesterol levels. It was all a scam to sell statin drugs.

[Alex Murphy]

Anyone see what this "study" is really about?

Good catch - I missed that on my first reading!

[maryz]

If they are correct in saying that lower cholesterol is better,

I read about a study a number of years ago tracking large groups of men with high cholesterol: one group was the control, and one or more groups brought down their cholesterol by diet, exercise, etc.

The men who stuck to the methods recommended brought down their cholesterol all right, but the death rate didn't go down; the increase in murder, suicide and accident brought them even with the control group.

[printhead]

I stand in line at the local meat and fish markets and watch the people with low incomes buy custom cut steaks and the biggest fillets with their WIC cards. The only one whose affordability is reduced seems to be me.