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> Curious if there would be a concrete suggestion to replace the $5/month on vitamins. Maybe fish oil and/or another Omega-3 source like flax seed.

SoSoRoCoCo 6y ago
I had a doctor who was obsessed with balancing Omega-3 and Omega-6. He kept claiming that excess Omega-3 did nothing without 6's. I kinda scratched my head at that, because it was so new, but I never followed up after I moved to a different state and found a new doctor who was equally unfamiliar with that claim.
- treeman79 6y ago
  I have seen that before. Rabbit hole is deep on that stuff. Improving Vitamin Absorption is another step. Some with oil, some water, etc.
fiblye 6y ago
Is fish oil anything more than snake oil? I've never seen concrete evidence that it does anything. Wikipedia also seems to say it's all ambiguous, with studies flip flopping as much as coffee and wine health studies.
- treeman79 6y ago
  Have chronic illness. Fish oil and the other ones parent mentioned are all part of my daily routine. I went from 7/10 pain level to 2/10. Those all get mentioned a lot in various help support groups.
- arcticbull 6y ago
  Snake Oil Supplements [1] has studies to show that fish oil and omega 3 is: - effective for preterm birth - promising for colorectal cancer - inconclusive for cardiovascular disease, low sperm count, depression, psychosis, cystic fibrosis - slightly beneficial for cancer symptoms - has no effect on diabetes, Crohn's disease, asthma, alzheimers - harmful: increases the risk of prostate cancer Regarding coffee, there is strong evidence that consumption of black coffee reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease -- a massive meta-analysis of 36 studies covering 1.28 million people and 36500 cases of cardiovascular disease showed a nonlinear association with minimal CVD risk at 3-5 cups per day [2]. [1] https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-scientific-evidence-for-nutritional-supplements-vizsweet/ https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-... [2] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.113.005925 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha....

SoSoRoCoCo 6y ago

I had a doctor who was obsessed with balancing Omega-3 and Omega-6. He kept claiming that excess Omega-3 did nothing without 6's. I kinda scratched my head at that, because it was so new, but I never followed up after I moved to a different state and found a new doctor who was equally unfamiliar with that claim.

treeman79 6y ago
I have seen that before. Rabbit hole is deep on that stuff. Improving Vitamin Absorption is another step. Some with oil, some water, etc.

fiblye 6y ago

Is fish oil anything more than snake oil? I've never seen concrete evidence that it does anything. Wikipedia also seems to say it's all ambiguous, with studies flip flopping as much as coffee and wine health studies.

treeman79 6y ago
Have chronic illness. Fish oil and the other ones parent mentioned are all part of my daily routine. I went from 7/10 pain level to 2/10. Those all get mentioned a lot in various help support groups.
arcticbull 6y ago
Snake Oil Supplements [1] has studies to show that fish oil and omega 3 is: - effective for preterm birth - promising for colorectal cancer - inconclusive for cardiovascular disease, low sperm count, depression, psychosis, cystic fibrosis - slightly beneficial for cancer symptoms - has no effect on diabetes, Crohn's disease, asthma, alzheimers - harmful: increases the risk of prostate cancer Regarding coffee, there is strong evidence that consumption of black coffee reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease -- a massive meta-analysis of 36 studies covering 1.28 million people and 36500 cases of cardiovascular disease showed a nonlinear association with minimal CVD risk at 3-5 cups per day [2]. [1] https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-scientific-evidence-for-nutritional-supplements-vizsweet/ https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-... [2] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.113.005925 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha....