Omega 3 supplements
Discussion
Are Omega 3 supplements worth taking, as info I've read online suggests there's no conclusive benefits?
Following blood tests I need to eat more oily fish and increase my intake of Omega 3. Whilst I can eat salmon & tuna I don't otherwise like fish so I'm thinking of also taking supplements to ensure I get the correct weekly intake. I understand they should contain about 450g of DHA & EPA per day which equates to 2 x portions of fish per week.
So are Omega 3 supplements actually worth taking?
Following blood tests I need to eat more oily fish and increase my intake of Omega 3. Whilst I can eat salmon & tuna I don't otherwise like fish so I'm thinking of also taking supplements to ensure I get the correct weekly intake. I understand they should contain about 450g of DHA & EPA per day which equates to 2 x portions of fish per week.
So are Omega 3 supplements actually worth taking?
My reading of the evidence in Tim Spector's book Food fo Life is that the supplements confer no benefit and that it is a diet containing fatty fish that is associated with health benefits.
If you think about it, populations that eat significant quantities of oily fish tend to have diets that are also rich in plants and other healthy oils eg Mediterranean.
Generally speaking, unless you have a deficiency that needs correcting, you can't short cut nature by isolating a hypothesised healthy molecule from the food source.
Sardines and mackerel are pretty good sources, more sustainable and further down the food chain so less likely to accumulate mercury than tuna. I'd be surprised if farmed salmon is healthy at all. It's certainly not sustainable, being fed on either soya or crushed up fish dredged up from the deep ocean.
If you think about it, populations that eat significant quantities of oily fish tend to have diets that are also rich in plants and other healthy oils eg Mediterranean.
Generally speaking, unless you have a deficiency that needs correcting, you can't short cut nature by isolating a hypothesised healthy molecule from the food source.
Sardines and mackerel are pretty good sources, more sustainable and further down the food chain so less likely to accumulate mercury than tuna. I'd be surprised if farmed salmon is healthy at all. It's certainly not sustainable, being fed on either soya or crushed up fish dredged up from the deep ocean.
There was a study in The American Journal of Clinical Medicine some time ago that stated that Fruitflow by Provexis did have beneficial effects on platelets
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WyrleyD said:
There was a study in The American Journal of Clinical Medicine some time ago that stated that Fruitflow by Provexis did have beneficial effects on platelets
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