Friday, March 28, 2014

SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone: High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation: Short Term Ben...

SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone: High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation: Short Term Ben...: Does a (very) high fish oil diet entail the risk of going rancid - in spite of all its short-term health benefits? Don't worry, I am...



Bottom line: In the end, the study at hand is just a reminder that "good" and "bad" are - at least in the realms of 'healthy eating' - no constants. A high omega-3 intake, for example, has only been shown to favorably influence someone health if it corrects am existent deficiency. Once the point of optimal balance (whatever this may be) is reached, the beneficial effects such as the often hailed activation of the PPAR-alpha gene (which were not even significant in the study at hand) do no longer compensate for the increasing 'rancidity' and susceptibility of the liver to oxidative damage.

The addition of high amounts of supplemental fish oil to your diet should thus be regarded as a therapeutic intervention with potential long-term side effects. It's a crutch, like any drug people use to avoid making the nevessary life-style changes that include minimizing the amount of processed foods and reducing, but not annihilating the omega-6 content of their diets, regular physical activity and practicing moderation, instead of super-sizing every meal.

SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone: Sesame Powered High Omega-6 Diet Boosts Endurance ...: At least in rodents omega-6s appear to make abetter match with exercise than in human beings. I actually referenced this study several t...