another supplement bites the dust. fish oil pills are a waste of money:

[Free Thinker]

Quote from r-in:

My understanding has been that store tomatoes at the big stores have been gentically altered so when they are in the store they are red and pretty, but this process sacrificed taste and flavor.

when i owned a trucking company we used to haul tomatoes out of california. they go on the truck green and depending on the length of the haul(usually 2000 miles)the trailer temp would be adjusted so they would just ripen in about the 36 hours it took to make the trip. they do turn red but they arent ripe. thats why they have no flavor.

 

[Rehoboth]

Quote from r-in:

Huh, you got me, I brought it up as I read a story about this just recently. I thought the idea was they cross bred different types to have ones that looked pretty in the stores and appealed to the customer. I guess that may not be technically genetic altering.

Cross breed is not quite the same. Basically Farmer selection verse Cargill or ADM scientist selection.

 

[Rehoboth]

Quote from Free Thinker:

when i owned a trucking company we used to haul tomatoes out of california. they go on the truck green and depending on the length of the haul(usually 2000 miles)the trailer temp would be adjusted so they would just ripen in about the 36 hours it took to make the trip. they do turn red but they arent ripe. thats why they have no flavor.

Did you ever have to pump carbon monoxide into the trailers? Huge problem of the food coming from south of the border and cali.

 

[Rehoboth]

I think the problem is that the study was:
1. Not long enough, a lot of published studies show that is take longer then the studies time frame to correct the the inflammation and subsequent health problems caused by the o6/o3 ratios imbalance.

2. Gives no mention as to the type of Omega-3. When all is said and done its going to be about DHA and EPA not ALA. I am very suspect of plant based DHA. If you want me to elaborate I will.

3. Gives off the vibe of that egg, and organic study, where a conclusion was drawn just for the sake of drawing a conclusion and getting headlines.

4. No real mention of a decrease of rancid seed oils o-6. If I take an o-3 and that pushes my ratios from 25/1 to 22/1, that isnt going to matter.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from Rehoboth:

Did you ever have to pump carbon monoxide into the trailers? Huge problem of the food coming from south of the border and cali.

yes. that is done for things like strawberries to keep them fresher.

 

[Fah Q]

Quote from bigarrow:

It's biased thinking by FT. He has a certain point of view and ignores information that disagrees with that point of view and gets excited about information that agrees with his point of view. That's just my point of view anyway.

sounds like marketsurfer

 

[Fah Q]

Quote from Free Thinker:

you cant detect a life cycle pattern for supplement hype? the list is long for supplements that are hyped as the latest greatest only to die out after the evidence comes in.
there is no magic pill that will protect your health. the nutrients you need all come from eating a natural plant based diet.

i agree with most of this, just saying one study does not make this true for this supplement.

i do not use this pill myself. i eat a lot of salmon!!

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from Free Thinker:

americans are addicted to pills. they hear that some nutrient is good for you and within days the supplement manufacturers will have a pill on the market with that ingredient.
the problem is the body does not process pills in the same way it does real food. all you are doing in most cases is making expensive pee with most supplements:
Fish oil supplements don't prevent heart attacks, study says

Taking fish oil pills rich in omega-3 fatty acids doesn't appear to have a significant effect on heart attacks, strokes or death, a study published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association finds.

The news comes even as sales of fish oil supplements are booming. In 2011 Americans spent $1.1 billion on them, up 5.4 percent from 2010, according to the Nutrition Business Journal.


The researchers reviewed 20 well-designed clinical trials that looked at the health outcomes of people taking omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements derived from fish oils. The trials dated from 1989 to 2012 and included 68,680 people who were studied for at least a year. They found no statistically significant association between all deaths, cardiac-related deaths, sudden deaths, heart attacks and strokes among people taking the supplements.

http://www.indystar.com/article/201...ent-heart-attacks-study-says?odyssey=nav|head

Knowing freethinkers posts from the P&R forum , there's no way I'm giving him any credibility for dispensing health related advice.

 

[Pekelo]

Here is another advantage of fish oil, if you like to be regular. It oils up your inside system so well, that you will have no problem of going to the bathroom.'

If you have constipation, just add turmeric, and you will be unplugged, or so I heard.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from Pekelo:

Here is another advantage of fish oil, if you like to be regular. It oils up your inside system so well, that you will have no problem of going to the bathroom.'

If you have constipation, just add turmeric, and you will be unplugged, or so I heard.

you wont need that if you eat lots of plant based fiber. fiber is a very important thing in our diet and americans get very little because of this:

" Less than 1% of adolescents, roughly 2% of men, and only 3.5% of ostensibly more sensible women met guidelines for both fruits and vegetables. And this is despite counting jam, jelly, and orange juice as fruit, and both French fries, and the ketchup poured over them, as vegetables. In fact, orange juice was the dominant fruit choice, and potatoes the dominant vegetable across all demographics."