
Omega 3s, Prostate Cancer, and Atrial Fibrillation
Fish and fish oil consumption do not appear to protect against heart disease, arrhythmias, or sudden death, but why would they increase cancer risk?
Fish and fish oil consumption do not appear to protect against heart disease, arrhythmias, or sudden death, but why would they increase cancer risk?
A study of 13 over-the-counter children’s fish oil supplements found that all were contaminated with PCB pollutants.
The relationship between fish consumption and diabetes risk may be due to toxic pollutants that build up in the aquatic food chain.
Foods of animal origin (especially fish) appear to be the most important source of human exposure to industrial pollutants such as alkylphenol xenoestrogens.
Advice to eat oily fish, or take fish oil, to lower risk of heart disease, stroke, or mortality is no longer supported by the balance of available evidence.
The consumption of dark fish (such as salmon, swordfish, bluefish, mackerel, and sardines) may increase our risk of atrial fibrillation—an irregular heartbeat rhythm associated with stroke, dementia, heart failure, and a shortened lifespan.
Major fish oil manufacturers and drug stores are being sued for failing to disclose the PCB pollutants in fish oil supplements.
The top three sources of industrial toxins in the diet are fish oil, fish, and eggs.
Researchers test molecularly distilled fish oil supplements for industrial pollutants.
Due to the state of the world’s oceans, human biomarkers for fish consumption now include dioxins, PCBs, and mercury.
Blood arsenic levels may be an accurate indicator of seafood intake.
Even distilled cod liver oil supplements may have toxic levels of vitamin A.