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just wondered if anyone knew of keifer's opinion was on the recent studies showing the link between fish oil and prostrate cancer in men? i believe i read somewhere that he recommended supplementing with fish oil as i have been for quite awhile now and am a bit timid now. is there a link or post somewhere i can't find? thanks
Well, what I read didn't mention what type of fish oil they used exactly, which could be key. Needs a smarter man than me to explain this research, but personally I'm not losing sleep worrying that taking my high quality omega 3 supplement every day is going to give me prostate cancer.
Check out Robb Wolf's blog, he posted on this. There are also links there to a number of other people's analysis .
I used to be a believer in fishoil. I no longer am. Polyunsaturated Fats are simply not needed in the diet.
... Polyunsaturated Fats are simply not needed in the diet.
Are you saying EFA's are not actually E?
... Polyunsaturated Fats are simply not needed in the diet.
Are you saying EFA's are not actually E?
Exactly. The "Essentiallity" of EFA's was cooked up by a marketting group to sell cheap and otherwise useless seed and nut oils.
The'essential' bit only means our bodies cannot produce it, it has to come from diet. It doesn't mean we must have it.I deffo would not be concerned about this , I would just eat oily sea caught fish a couple times a week and avoid seed oils and processed food, simple!!'
Someone made a thread on this already: http://athlete.io/forum/index.php?topic=15768.0
What about the whole omega 3 to 6 ratio?
IMO and from what Im currently experiencing you only need fish oil if you are eating other polyunsaturated fats. I used to think that my joint soreness and inflammation could only be managed when taking fish oil and that itd flare up when not taking it. After getting rid of fish oil and all other polyunsaturated fat sources I can now go without fish oil and experience none of the pain and inflammation I used to "need" fish oil for.
What about the whole omega 3 to 6 ratio?
IMO and from what Im currently experiencing you only need fish oil if you are eating other polyunsaturated fats. I used to think that my joint soreness and inflammation could only be managed when taking fish oil and that itd flare up when not taking it. After getting rid of fish oil and all other polyunsaturated fat sources I can now go without fish oil and experience none of the pain and inflammation I used to "need" fish oil for.
This actually caused me to do a quick wikipedia search on the topic. Wikipedia, while not extremely reliable, is a pretty good source of info on science.According to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid EPA and DHA are NOT essential fatty acids. DHA can be conditionally essential in certain situations, but it is not a true essential fatty acid. The only essential fatty acids? Linoliec acid and Alpha linoleic acid. Yes, ALA is essential, not EPA and DHA!However, we need to remember why we take fish oil. We take it for performance reasons (decreased cell wall viscosity, thus stronger tGLUT translocation in muscle cells) not for health reasons.
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