I have been blogging a lot about diet lately and I should move onto other topics, but I think this Washington Post story is important:
“People in the United States spend about $1.2 billion annually for fish oil pills and related supplements even though the vast majority of research published recently in major journals provides no evidence of a health benefit.”
Very sad to hear this. I’m generally skeptical about various nutritional supplements, but for some reason I felt that fish oil was one of the few that was actually proven to be good for the body. I think I felt this because of all the press surrounding healthy nutrients in fish, like omega-3 acids and such.
Or as they say in Brooklyn: “fish oil shmish oil”