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Can you back this up please? The science says Omega3 is not worth it: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements/ http://www.informationi

• Evgeny 16y ago
  Maybe the supplement is not worth it, but the ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 has been shown to be important. The proper ratio should be somewhat close to 1:1, but the current western diet is more like 10:1 (10 omega 6, 1 omega 3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12442909 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12442909 Western diets are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and have excessive amounts of omega-6 fatty acids compared with the diet on which human beings evolved and their genetic patterns were established. Excessive amounts of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and a very high omega-6/omega-3 ratio, as is found in today's Western diets, promote the pathogenesis of many diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, whereas increased levels of omega-3 PUFA (a low omega-6/omega-3 ratio) exert suppressive effects. In the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, a ratio of 4/1 was associated with a 70% decrease in total mortality. A ratio of 2.5/1 reduced rectal cell proliferation in patients with colorectal cancer, whereas a ratio of 4/1 with the same amount of omega-3 PUFA had no effect. The lower omega-6/omega-3 ratio in women with breast cancer was associated with decreased risk. A ratio of 2-3/1 suppressed inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and a ratio of 5/1 had a beneficial effect on patients with asthma, whereas a ratio of 10/1 had adverse consequences. Also, http://www.physorg.com/news198518697.html http://www.physorg.com/news198518697.html
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• CamperBob 16y ago
  I'm not sure how to interpret the graph. The 'Omega3' bubble is below the 'worth it' line, but the 'Fish Oil' bubble is all the way at the top.
• toaster 16y ago
  On the page you pasted click on the top "Fish Oil" bubble and you'll find that the key study was about "Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ..." From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid "n−3 fatty acids (popularly referred to as ω−3 fatty acids or omega-3 fatty acids)" so omega-3 is just another name for n-3 fatty acids and on that chart it's just listed as Fish Oil instead.
• robchez 16y ago
  The Omega3 PUFA's found in Fishoil (Specifically DHA) have many benefits. But the key one, as mentioned, is the balancing of the Omega6 : Omega3 ratio found in our diets. The Omega6 PUFA, another essential fatty acid is pro-inflammatory and over consumed these days. This is due to mainly the consumption of the vegetable franken-oils and the consumption of grain fed meats. Where we should actually have a ratio of omega6:omega3 of roughly 2-3:1, most people actually have ratios somewhere in the order of 30:1. Now eating a diet with little vegetable oils and opting for grass fed meat, you are able to bring your Omega6 consumption down drastically, which, with some fresh wild caught salmon every now and then will remove the need for you to supplement. But unfortunately, we cant do that all the time, so every now and then its good to take some fishoil. Anyway some studies: [1] http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/70/3/560S http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/70/3/560S [2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18370801 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18370801 [3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17607361 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17607361 [4] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18483335?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=4&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18483335?ordinalpos=1&#38... If you jump on Pubmed or DailyScience and search for omega3, you will find a plethora of studies.