Omega-3

[Luc]

Wow, that's some really interesting info! Bump!

[stan]

in France, actually, a few renowned specialists say and write that cholesterol hdl and ldl , statines, prescribing betablocker is the same scandal as psychotropics, big pharma having pushed the levels so close to healthy people level that doctors today prescribe statines, betablockers to healthy people
they say there exist no bad cholesterol, people need cholesterol for healthy cells, there is no proof that cholesterol blocks artery(when you put cholesterol in an artery, it blocks nothing, it is flowing); the level of hypertension was always put more closer to healthy people, and today when you have 12,5 you need to be prescribed as pre-hypertension; same pre-diabete; they say big pharma is medicating healthy people to make more benefit; they say the same about psychotropics which healthy people are prescribed (as i was) for life; big pharma is interested in life treatening pills: pre-diabete, pre-hypertension, pre-borderline etc; so the half planet has to be medicated for life(as the DSM shows); they say only a few people have to be prescribed, those who have really risks;
they say there is no proof(only big pharma proof as in psychotropics as Healy David explains)all is for money making
i personally, after reading several testimonies, am convinced that the joke we have discovered in psychotropics as victims, is the same in many pills, vaccines, and even in some surgery;
recently there are several scandals which have prooved that big france pharma hide bad datas to sell pills and doctors hide deaths from their pills, such as champix, agreal, mediator and other names i forget;
in France there was nothing since years, but when people awake, they will awake, trials are beginning only, and all controls of french meds are made by big pharma because government has no independent specialists(no money, crisis)
there is not only psychotropics scandal !...

[Luc]

I couldn't agree more, Stan. Especially this sentence;

there is not only psychotropics scandal !...

Absolutely, psychotropics is not an "isolated" island, it's just a tiny part of what Big Pharma/medical system in its current form *really* is.

[Sheila]

i personally, after reading several testimonies, am convinced that the joke we have discovered in psychotropics as victims, is the same in many pills, vaccines, and even in some surgery;
...
there is not only psychotropics scandal !...

Exactly!

[Luc]

"Cholesterol" - same thing. "Down the rabbit hole..."

[Mixter]

Thanks, I think I will raise my Omega-3 intake to 3g a day, to begin with.

[Sheila]

Another benefit of high-dose Omega-3!

I have been a hand lotion addict all my life, and, although I put oil on my legs in the shower, I still always have had dry skin on my shins.

At 4,000 mg of Omega-3, this was still true.

But, just in the last month or so, I noticed I wasn’t needing or using hand lotion. I thought, hmmm, and checked my shins (buried under multiple layers of winter clothing), and, sure enough, they are not dry! This is at 9,000 mg Omega-3.

I guess they won’t be able to sell me as much hand lotion any more….

[Luc]

Very interesting, Sheila! Please, keep us updated. I've been steadily upping the dose of Omega-3 myself, too.

[stan]

what are the danger of a high level of omega-3? what is the limit good level?

[Luc]

It's very safe, Stan. Here's a very interesting info about the studies on it;

http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/news/p...rent.php?id=72

And this: http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/pdf/ne....stoll0605.pdf

Below is just an introduction to the article in the second link;

Several years ago, Dr. Andrew Stoll, director of the Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory at Harvard
Medical School-McLean Hospital, conducted a landmark study on the role of omega-3 fatty acids in bipolar
disorder and came up with some surprising results. The researcher discovered that when patients with bipolar
disorder consumed omega-3 from fish oil, they experienced a marked reduction in episodes of mania and
depression. Extensive research continues to demonstrate that omega-3 fatty acids form the foundation of a solid,
healthy diet, while also reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and arthritis, among other
conditions.

Depletion of the essential omega-3 fatty acids in the typical American diet is linked to chronic disease
and the huge increase in the rates of depression. Researchers now speculate that the increase in
depression correlates well with the progressive depletion of omega-3s in our diet throughout the 20th
century. The shift from rural community life to fast-paced urban sprawl also ushered in an era of fast
foods, low fiber, and foods high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, and excessive intake of omega-6 fatty
acids.

He presents lots of great data in the article. Also some important advice;

It is important to know that the amount of active ingredients in supplements is listed on the label by
serving size, not necessarily by how much of an ingredient or compound is in one capsule. Companies
can make the serving size one, two, three, or a hundred capsules—as big or small as they want.

To determine omega-3 content, simply take the amount of EPA or EPA plus DHA per serving, as listed
on the label, and divide it by the serving size to determine how much omega-3 is in each capsule. That’s
not understood well by many people. It is important that people read labels carefully. They get fooled.

The FDA requires that supplement manufacturers list the ingredients or nutrients by serving size. But the
company can put in any serving size they want, so it may look like there is a lot of EPA, for example, in a
product, but the serving size may be 10 capsules. Consumers should be sure to divide whatever value is
in the column for the amount of EPA by the number of capsules in a serving, and read labels carefully.