mellowsong
06-24-11, 03:49 PM
By Christine O'Brien on 06/24/2011
It's been a while since we had a good attack on natural medicine. You know, one of those proclamations that supplements are a joke and we've all been brainwashed.
Luckily, the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) has come through for us in a big way. They recently issued a report saying that nearly all (yes, ALL! Can you imagine the amount of research that must have gone into such a widespread conclusion?) supplements are nothing but a waste of money and that they don't offer many benefits.
They were especially critical of fish oil, saying that they couldn't find any reason for children or adults to take fish oil supplements. Hmm...I guess my visions of round-the-clock research are wrong after all. In fact, the evidence they used in the review, which they say is misleading and inaccurate, is more than a decade old. Since then there have been plenty of studies (double what was available 10 years ago, in fact!) showing that fish oil is beneficial...dare I say critical...to our health.
Read more:
http://www.healthiertalk.com/uk-says-fish-oil-useless-oh-really-4172
It's been a while since we had a good attack on natural medicine. You know, one of those proclamations that supplements are a joke and we've all been brainwashed.
Luckily, the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) has come through for us in a big way. They recently issued a report saying that nearly all (yes, ALL! Can you imagine the amount of research that must have gone into such a widespread conclusion?) supplements are nothing but a waste of money and that they don't offer many benefits.
They were especially critical of fish oil, saying that they couldn't find any reason for children or adults to take fish oil supplements. Hmm...I guess my visions of round-the-clock research are wrong after all. In fact, the evidence they used in the review, which they say is misleading and inaccurate, is more than a decade old. Since then there have been plenty of studies (double what was available 10 years ago, in fact!) showing that fish oil is beneficial...dare I say critical...to our health.
Read more:
http://www.healthiertalk.com/uk-says-fish-oil-useless-oh-really-4172