Published August 25, 2011
Is fish oil a waste of money?
I recently received an email with the subject line: “Exposing the fish oil myth: Why Americans are wasting their money on today's hottest supplement.” The email was all about how so many Americans are wrong about taking fish oil supplements.
Apparently, they and all of the thousands of doctors and cardiologists who take and prescribe fish oils are just wasting their time and money. And then, not surprisingly, it urged readers to buy an altogether new oil made from the “South American calamari” because of its “superiority” to fish oil. “Oh,” I thought, “A new product I have never heard of before. Great! Let’s look it up.”
So I Googled “South American calamari.” I got nothing except a website selling this new wonder supplement. No scientific information. No clinical information. No references. Not even a nutritional analysis.
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