Over 50's club

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McGoohan Jul 2019 9:12am, 18 Jul 2019 40,489 posts	0 McGoohan Aren't you better just getting that from actual fish?
Velociraptor Jul 2019 9:20am, 18 Jul 2019 42,343 posts	0 Velociraptor There's little evidence for fish oil supplements reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke or peripheral vascular disease and the consensus is that it's not worth bothering, and ploughing your way through ingredients lists on fish oil capsules to find out how many capsules (it'll be more than it says on the label) you'd actually have to take to get the dose of omega-three oils used in studies is tedious. Vegan "equivalents" are useful only in that they might get some sort of fat down the necks of people who are vegan for eating-disordered reasons. The recommended intake of omega-threes can be had from eating a portion of oily fish twice a week.
HappyG(rrr) Jul 2019 9:28am, 18 Jul 2019 32,087 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) I need to create a new diet thread called "The veggie-who-doesn't-cook-will-I-die diet" to see if there's anything (lazy) that I can do to avoid death and/or rickets. But obviously without actually doing anything like food preparation or cooking. G
Velociraptor Jul 2019 9:34am, 18 Jul 2019 42,346 posts	0 Velociraptor I'm now contemplating setting myself up as a diet guru for the cooking-averse fussy eater. I can see a market, and it isn't actually all that difficult to meet your nutritional needs without doing any cooking. But the flip side is that it's an expensive way to feed yourself and you might not find soulmates on the Reducing Single Use Plastic thread.
DocMoye Jul 2019 10:02am, 18 Jul 2019 29,216 posts	0 DocMoye I agree with v'rap. No point in these supplements. Plenty of money being made by the companies who produce them. I do take Vitamin D as there is some actual evidence for it.
Derby Tup Jul 2019 10:02am, 18 Jul 2019 32,937 posts	0 Derby Tup I’m taking a pharmaceutical grade fish oil extract as part of a long term 50:50 blind trial for Jimmy’s in Leeds. It’s thought the product can act as a prophylactic against secondary cancers returning
puzzler Jul 2019 10:32am, 18 Jul 2019 946 posts	0 puzzler D Tup, Does that mean you may be taking fish oil or you may be taking a 'sugar pill' equivalent?
Northern Exile Jul 2019 10:51am, 18 Jul 2019 5,242 posts	0 Northern Exile Interesting re. glucosamine. I also am a sceptic, but I do know a bloke who gave his elderly border collie 1000mg a day mixed into its food and swore it rejuvenated the creaky old dog.
LindsD Jul 2019 11:37am, 18 Jul 2019 28,598 posts	0 LindsD I also take Vit D.
LindsD Jul 2019 11:37am, 18 Jul 2019 28,599 posts	0 LindsD (when I remember :))