Saturday, February 26, 2011

Fish oil “warning” debunked

It is impossible to get mercury into oil. really. it is. Interestingly though there are still “reports” like this one to muddy the waters and confuse people…

http://www.healthheadlines.com/article/content/fb_lgid=560&fb_lpid=1486&fb_itid=694564&pid=250&fb_itid2=2792&nid=68

Notice how they talk about mercury in the different FISH species (true) but then fail to mention actual content of mercury in the fish oil product? What the…? Another example of really sub par reporting. It doesn’t matter what fish is used, Mercury will not go into oil.

   The part about checking for EPA-DHA is legit but they failed to truly inform by mentioning how DHA is the more important of these due to our bodies ability to  synthesize EPA when adequate DHA is present.  

Hope everyone is doing well with the challenge some folks including myself are already noticing results after 1 week!!   Stay on it… the st. patt’y day challenge finale is march 20 and that will be here before you know it!  Smile

2 comments:

  1. BTW, i know its an ad and technically not "reporting". Because it is slickly packaged to resemble a news story and 2 people have brought it to my attn. i felt it worth making an example of

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  2. John's Day 8:

    Eggs, green beans, blueberries
    lamb, broccoli, apples
    Bratwurst, salad, blueberries

    (I know, too much fruit.)

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