A new study discovered some very unexpected and consequently extremely interesting findings. Examining the hearts of runners who had completed 25 or more marathons in the past 25 years, investigators found that the marathon runners’ coronary arteries were much more calcified than other people. This was the opposite of what was expected. Also, the people […]
Fish Oil Addendum
The testing results used on the fish oil lawsuit I mentioned are posted on fishoilsaety.com. Interestingly, the oils they tested are not the usual fish oils. One problematic oil was, as I anticipated, a salmon oil. Shark liver oil was a problem and several cod liver oils were also a problem. My apologies to those […]
Fish Oil Facts
There are some articles appearing just now about a lawsuit claiming some big chains are selling PCB contaminated fish oil. This is interesting. Years ago I strongly urged patients to make sure that any fish oil they purchased had been tested for purity. My rationale was concern over mercury, PCBs and other toxins. As we […]