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Endotoxic Nation / Fish Oil Fiasco / Omega 3 Nightmares / PufaIsPoison / ThyroidAfterAll
by danmcakes888 · Published December 1, 2016
If you were to believe what you read about ‘Leaky Gut Syndrome’ on Wikipedia, you’d probably conclude that it is some kind of unverified pseudo-science-fiction woo woo, put forward by alternative medicine practitioners with...
AspirinTherapy / Endotoxic Nation / Fish Oil Fiasco / InflammatoryNightmare / PufaIsPoison / Serotonin Sorrow / Sugar Blaming
by danmcakes888 · Published July 21, 2016 · Last modified August 3, 2017
Even though the idea that inflammation causes depression is not without validity, things have a tendency to go off the rails when it comes to popular explanations for why this might be the case...
Carb Confusion / Fish Oil Fiasco / Fructose Fantasizing / PufaIsPoison / Sugar Blaming / Sugar Saves / That Pufa Film
by danmcakes888 · Published February 26, 2016 · Last modified July 21, 2017
When information is repeated often enough – even if it is illogical, misleading or simply lacking in evidentiary value – it can begin to form a part of people’s belief systems and as time...
Anti-Inflammatory Fantasy / Fish Oil Fantasies / Fish Oil Fiasco
by danmcakes888 · Published February 2, 2016 · Last modified March 28, 2017
Although one could be forgiven for laughing, the similarity between the omega-3 content of fish oil and snake oil has lead to recent suggestions that the latter be once again promoted as a ‘health’...
Fish Oil Fantasies / Fish Oil Fiasco / Omega 3 Nightmares / Sugar Blaming
by danmcakes888 · Published December 11, 2015 · Last modified March 29, 2017
Fish oils (and other highly Polyunsaturated oils), rather than sugar, have been experimentally demonstrated to promote symptoms of type II diabetes. “Omega-3 fatty acid treatment in type II diabetes leads to rapid but reversible...
Anti-Inflammatory Fantasy / Diabetes Myths / Fish Oil Fantasies / Fish Oil Fiasco / PufaIsPoison
by danmcakes888 · Published November 5, 2015 · Last modified September 16, 2016
Fish oil is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Although polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa) have been shown to be more than problematic when consumed regularly by humans, fish oil is still commonly...
