Fish Oil

[Chophouse360]

Does fish oil even do anything for you? I remember Harvard published an article years ago saying it wasn’t even beneficial. Anyone believe in the benefits of fish oil?

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Does fish oil even do anything for you? I remember Harvard published an article years ago saying it wasn’t even beneficial. Anyone believe in the benefits of fish oil?

This is Ray Peat's article on fish oil.

The Great Fish Oil Experiment

Ray Peat

raypeat.com

"Between the first and second world wars, cod liver oil was recommended as a vitamin supplement, at first as a source of vitamin A, and later as a source of vitamins A and D. But in the late 1940s, experimenters used it as the main fat in dogs' diet, and found that they all died from cancer, while the dogs on a standard diet had only a 5% cancer mortality. That sort of information, and the availability of synthetic vitamins, led to the decreased use of cod liver oil." -Ray Peat "Fats & Degeneration"

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Being that fish fats are unsaturated this quote says a bunch....

"Around the same time, there were studies that showed that unsaturated fats retarded brain development and produced obesity" -Ray Peat

 

[hierundjetzt]

Being that fish fats are unsaturated this quote says a bunch....

"Around the same time, there were studies that showed that unsaturated fats retarded brain development and produced obesity" -Ray Peat

So does this mean that one should avoid fish consumption as well? Or does this apply only to fish oil supplements?

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

So does this mean that one should avoid fish consumption as well? Or does this apply only to fish oil supplements?

Ray Peat says to avoid fatty fish because their fat is unsaturated, and that cod and sole are the safest fish, and shellfish is too being very low in fat.