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The Mage · 06-17-2003, 05:27 AM

Gardner:

Here is the study reference. I had an article that broke this down more into normal language, but I can't locate where I stored that link.

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/10/2753

Basically they studied short lived mice. Given a normal diet with corn oil as the fat they lived to 242 days. Switching to fish oil extended life to 345 days. This is compared to a calorie-restricted (CR) diet that produced a life expectancy of 494 days. Combining CR and Fish oil produced a lifespan of 645 days. NIH gives a good summary here:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

Quercus:

There are a lot of people worried about farmed fish, and mercury in all fish. Fish oil is refined and won't have any mercury in it. Canned tuna should not have a high risk of mercury. Albacore has twice the good oil as normal tuna. Netrition sells a concentrated fish oil that is more refined (900 mg Omega-3 per capsule) that has the fish flavor removed. If you are worried at all about purity then this would be more pure then most fish oil with less contamination due to it's increased refinement.

06-17-2003, 05:27 AM	#16 (permalink)
The Mage Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 107	Gardner: Here is the study reference. I had an article that broke this down more into normal language, but I can't locate where I stored that link. http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/10/2753 Basically they studied short lived mice. Given a normal diet with corn oil as the fat they lived to 242 days. Switching to fish oil extended life to 345 days. This is compared to a calorie-restricted (CR) diet that produced a life expectancy of 494 days. Combining CR and Fish oil produced a lifespan of 645 days. NIH gives a good summary here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract Quercus: There are a lot of people worried about farmed fish, and mercury in all fish. Fish oil is refined and won't have any mercury in it. Canned tuna should not have a high risk of mercury. Albacore has twice the good oil as normal tuna. Netrition sells a concentrated fish oil that is more refined (900 mg Omega-3 per capsule) that has the fish flavor removed. If you are worried at all about purity then this would be more pure then most fish oil with less contamination due to it's increased refinement.