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...MEDIA ARE LIKE A SCHOOL OF FISH When you're watching the Discovery Channel, do you ever wonder how those enormous schools of fish can all magically turn at the same moment, as if they were reading one another's mind? The reason is, they're not looking out at the water, they're looking at one another. That's how the press works too. Journalists spend a lot more time worrying about what other journalists think of their stories than about what readers or viewers might want or need to know. And because reporters tend...
...really started to tip last year with the publication in the British research journal Lancet of one of the largest and most rigorous studies to date. Doctors in Italy randomly divided 11,000 heart-attack patients into four groups. All were given standard medical care, but some took a fish-oil capsule every day, while others received 300 mg of vitamin E, or vitamin E and fish oil, or just a placebo pill. After two years, only those patients who took fish-oil supplements reduced their risk of dying from a second heart attack, by an average of 17%. Vitamin...
...many researchers, that's strong evidence that fish-oil supplements work. "I don't know how they can avoid a health claim," says Dr. William Cooper, a professor of endocrinology at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. "There will be court action, I'm sure, if they...
...been addressed. While omega-3s do indeed lower the level of triglycerides in the blood, they have a tendency to raise the level of LDL, or "bad cholesterol." No one knows if that's a healthy trade-off or for whom. Pregnant women in particular should be careful about fish-oil supplements. Taking cod liver oil, for example, can lead to an overdose of vitamin A, which can in turn cause birth defects. Some nutritionists speculate that omega-6 fatty acids--found in corn and many other vegetable oils--may limit the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids...
...thing is clear whether you get your omega-3s from pills, oils or fish: they are not panaceas. You still have to eat a well-balanced diet that's lower in calories and total fat than most Americans currently consume. Otherwise, you're fishing for trouble...