Is superfood omega-3 keeping its promise?
November 20th, 2008Take a walk through a supermarket in any wealthy nation and the promise of omega-3 health benefits screams off food products from bread to milk to juice. But are consumers getting the superfood they paid for?
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also jerrypark here abvioulys is not eating anoff fish oil that would show from his dumb comment
I also cannot help noticing that there are two put-downs for vegetable-sourced omega-3 oils in this interview with a Norwegian fish-oil producer. Can this have anything to do with the fact that omega-3 oils derived from flaxseed are appearing with increasing availability on supermarket shelves?
Physorg, is this a science forum or a marketing initiative?