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More supplements that may be doing more harm than good.
FISH OIL REVELATIONS
For years, fish oil supplements have been marketed as a simple way to protect the heart, reduce inflammation, and support overall health.
But a growing body of recent research is reshaping that view, suggesting the benefits may be more limited than once believed – particularly for otherwise healthy adults.
Large-scale studies published in recent years have prompted scientists and clinicians to reassess routine Omega-3 supplementation.
While earlier research often pointed towards modest cardiovascular benefits, newer evidence has introduced a more nuanced and sometimes contradictory picture.
One of the most discussed developments is the finding that regular use of fish oil supplements in people without existing cardiovascular disease may be associated with a slightly increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat.
Atrial fibrillation can raise the risk of stroke and other complications, particularly in older adults. Some large observational studies have also suggested a possible link between routine fish oil use and a marginally higher risk of stroke in certain populations.
These results have challenged the long-standing assumption that fish oil is universally beneficial. For years, Omega-3 fatty acids – particularly EPA and DHA found in fish oil – were thought to provide broad protective effects for the heart.
Early studies, often smaller or focused on specific patient groups, appeared to support this view, reporting reductions in triglycerides and possible decreases in cardiovascular events.
However, more recent and larger-scale trials have produced mixed outcomes.
In some cases, benefits appear limited to specific high-risk groups, such as individuals with elevated triglyceride levels or those with established cardiovascular disease.
Prescription-strength Omega-3 formulations, rather than over-the-counter supplements, have shown more consistent results in these populations.
For the general population, though, the picture is less clear.
Some of the largest modern analyses have failed to demonstrate a meaningful reduction in heart attacks or cardiovascular deaths among healthy individuals taking standard fish oil supplements. This has led many to question whether routine supplementation is necessary for people who already maintain a balanced diet.
At the same time, researchers stress that the evidence does not suggest fish oil is inherently harmful for most people when taken at typical doses.
Instead, the concern is more about a lack of clear benefit combined with a small but measurable risk of side effects in certain individuals.
These may include gastrointestinal discomfort, a slight increase in bleeding tendency at higher doses, and the previously noted risk of atrial fibrillation.
Another key issue highlighted in recent discussions is the difference between obtaining Omega-3s from food versus supplements.
Diets rich in oily fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel, and trout continue to be associated with better cardiovascular outcomes in observational research.
Nutrition experts generally point out that whole foods provide a complex mix of nutrients that supplements cannot replicate, and they are less likely to lead to excessive intake.
Rather than recommending fish oil broadly for prevention, many health professionals now advise that supplements may be appropriate for specific medical conditions under supervision, but are not a substitute for dietary improvements.
This includes other established cardiovascular risk-reduction strategies, such as exercise, blood pressure control, and smoking cessation.
The evolving evidence has also highlighted limitations in earlier supplement research.
Variability in study design, dosage, product quality, and participant characteristics has made it difficult to draw definitive conclusions.
In addition, many older studies were conducted before modern cardiovascular treatments – such as statins – became widely used, further complicating comparisons.
For the average healthy person, it is now becoming apparent that routine use of fish oil capsules is increasingly viewed as optional at best – and potentially unnecessary if you are someone who already has a balanced diet providing sufficient nutrients.
Like most supplements and pills sold by doctors and Big Pharma, the products are not a universal health guarantee, and good nutrition is achieved on the plate, not in a capsule.
Unfortunately, across generations and billions of dollars of propaganda, most in society would rather trust a capsule or pill to solve their ailments because the ‘experts’ said so.
There is no greater example of the inversion of reality than when it comes to health.
THE PILLS AND ‘EXPERTS’
Blind faith arises out of fear of taking responsibility, from feelings of inadequacy in the face of ‘expertise’, or reluctance to question or offend the ‘experts’ in their related field.
Unquestioning faith is all-pervasive in the patient-doctor and patient-pharma relationship, to the detriment of patients all across Australia and the world.
Many people just follow the ‘expert advice’ of their doctor to get things checked out, only to find themselves getting worse off from the very moment they pay a visit.
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In every chemist you go, there are fish oil tablets and related products, and doctors routinely recommend them to patients for a variety of reasons.
This is despite the fact that, time and time again, Big Pharma has proven to be deceitful.
Driven by profit and power, Big Pharma has shown no regard for personal safety or legal regulations, as consumers continue to trust companies caught intentionally lying to the public, promoting products underpinned by non-objective science and deception.
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The credibility of these groups, and the influence they have via their lobbying powers, should be enough to make any sane person never trust a tablet or capsule again.
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Yet, these products remain on our shelves and on our television screens, while any form of alternative method is deemed ‘crazy’ and ‘against the science’.
Let’s not forget that in 2019, the Australian government passed health insurance reform laws that ended public and private health cover for a wide range of natural therapies, such as Herbalism, Yoga, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, and more.
The government now no longer subsidises a range of natural treatments, and health insurers no longer provide cover for “non-permitted therapies”.
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Eliminate the competition, create customers, and profit off their suffering.
For years, they pushed the lies that they can ‘fix’ everything with prescription pills.
But, once again, anyone who looks at the actual evidence of these products would be shocked at what they find hidden beneath the surface.
For instance, concentrated doses of Ibuprofen taken by young, healthy men, is linked to a testicular condition that causes infertility. Not just that, but the alternative — paracetamol — has been found to beno more effective than a placebo.
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It has also been discovered that many mental health issues are indeed a hoax, including ADHD medications that destroy quality of life, and anti-depressants that are a giant scam.
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In fact, doctors are fully aware they are prescribing placebos most of the time.
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The entire medical industry has quite a lot to answer for, and if you would like to learn more about the influence of Big Pharma right here in Australia, make sure to check out this video:
The real world has all that you need to heal yourself, and if you are still relying on the drug dealing chemists and their ‘plugs’, the doctors – you need to seriously change those habits.
As the decades go on, the medical industry will be remembered as one of the biggest shams to ever be unleashed on humanity, and something that was detrimental to our health.
The countless millions that have been harmed and maimed by the ‘experts’ is something that will go down in the history books alongside the greatest horrors of all time.
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100% fish oil is sooo bad for you! It could have anything in it, srap the bottom of the barrel of fish gunk and gunk up your arteries. You worried about Omegas, get some plant options far safer in wholefood form.
If you’re worried about Omegas, avoid. Calling them ‘essential’ has been a big part of the scam. Since the demonisation of animal-based saturated fat began alongside the flooding of the market with so-called ‘healthy oils’, heart disease has gone off the scale. The hardest part of all this is that fast-food market and the hospitality industry would now collapse without seed oils somewhere in the food chain, since that’s what’s holding them up, if what the average restaurant-owner tells us is to be believed.
A thorough look at fish oil supplements, Ethan. They were a big deal in the earlier 2000s…I used to take them…and as you said, virtually all of the smaller studies appeared to show benefits. Then it was apparent that actual oily fish were better.
I now avoid oily fish as well. High PUFA content works for ectotherms living at close to zero degrees eg. arctic herring, but the cost for humans is slow-moving, high oestrogen metabolisms which really ain’t good for us.