>         I would appreciate your input on the following message.
> The last paragraph  "Here's what you need to know" seems
> ambiguous to me.

> Today's Topic: Omega-3 In Your cooking.net">food

> Omega-3 fatty acids, found mostly in fish oils, reduce triglycerides
> in the {*filter*} but generally have no lowering effect on cholesterol.
> In fact, well-controlled research has shown that among people with
> genetic elevations of cholesterol, fish oil supplements often
> increase the serum cholesterol levels further. In only rare studies
> have fish oil capsules been successful in reducing elevated
> concentrations of serum cholesterol.

> Fish eating probably does not reduce risk of heart attack by lowering
> cholesterol in the {*filter*}, but it does reduce the stickiness of
> platelets so {*filter*} clots are less likely to block arteries in the
> heart. Regular consumption of fish predicts fewer heart attacks.
> Surprisingly, there does not seem to be a dose-response to eating
> fish. In other words, eating fish once a week appears to be just
> as effective as eating it 3 or 4 times each week according to several
> large research studies.

> HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Eating fish is NOT the same as taking
> fish oil capsules. Much of the beneficial health effect is due to
> the omega-3 fatty acids in the fish oil, but fish is also low in
> fat, especially saturated fat. Substituting fish for meat once or
> twice a week is a health promoting habit. You don't get that from
> downing a few gelatin capsules every day.

>>         I would appreciate your input on the following message.
>> The last paragraph  "Here's what you need to know" seems
>> ambiguous to me.

>I agree with you.
>The last paragraph is typical of someone who is dead set against any
>form of supplementation.
>And, of course, this irrational bias issue with no logic to it, detracts
>from an otherwise sound statement.

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>> Today's Topic: Omega-3 In Your cooking.net">food

>> Omega-3 fatty acids, found mostly in fish oils, reduce triglycerides
>> in the {*filter*} but generally have no lowering effect on cholesterol.
>> In fact, well-controlled research has shown that among people with
>> genetic elevations of cholesterol, fish oil supplements often
>> increase the serum cholesterol levels further. In only rare studies
>> have fish oil capsules been successful in reducing elevated
>> concentrations of serum cholesterol.

>> Fish eating probably does not reduce risk of heart attack by lowering
>> cholesterol in the {*filter*}, but it does reduce the stickiness of
>> platelets so {*filter*} clots are less likely to block arteries in the
>> heart. Regular consumption of fish predicts fewer heart attacks.
>> Surprisingly, there does not seem to be a dose-response to eating
>> fish. In other words, eating fish once a week appears to be just
>> as effective as eating it 3 or 4 times each week according to several
>> large research studies.

>> HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Eating fish is NOT the same as taking
>> fish oil capsules. Much of the beneficial health effect is due to
>> the omega-3 fatty acids in the fish oil, but fish is also low in
>> fat, especially saturated fat. Substituting fish for meat once or
>> twice a week is a health promoting habit. You don't get that from
>> downing a few gelatin capsules every day.

>--Tom
>Tom Matthews