NEW! OmegaVia DHA 600
Prenatal supplement…or brain health supplement? Yes. OmegaVia DHA 600 is our newest product. You kept bugging us. Now here it is. What is it? It’s an ultra-pure DHA-only supplement made from Anchovy,...
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Why I Don’t Take Multivitamins
Multis are gateway supplements. They’re often the first step in people’s health enlightenment. Along with a gym membership, maybe. Or a Fitbit. But there are a lot of people for whom a multivitamin is...
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How to choose the right Vitamin K2 supplement
We posted a couple of blogs about Vitamin K2 two years ago. A lot’s happened in our understanding of Vitamin K2 since then. This is an update. In that blog, we struggled to find a good product to...
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Krill Oil Misinformation
Krill oil supplements are supposed to be protected from rancidity by the natural antioxidant astaxanthin…but astaxanthin is very sensitive and quickly degrades to almost nothing. This leaves krill oil...
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Is Paleo diet right for you? Part 3: Gut-friendly starches – a secret weapon
There is a misperception that the Paleo diet is about gorging on meat. And avoiding all carbs. There is nothing wrong with eating a little meat, especially organ meats. As we saw in Part 2, animal...
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Is Paleo diet right for you? Part 2: 3 Ways Ancestral Diets Can Make You Healthy
Restaurante Botin in Madrid is the oldest restaurant in the world, established in 1725. The menu seems to have changed little since, offering mostly fish, vegetables and meats. Ancestral European...
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Is Paleo diet right for you? Part 1: What Cardiologists Say
Eggs are one of the most nutrient-dense foods. Along with liver, they’re nature’s multivitamin. Yet, most cardiologists are nervous about yolks. Paleo is all the rage. Should you join the bandwagon?...
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Two head-slapping events involving fish oil
Twelve million Americans, mostly young women and middle-aged men, stopped taking fish oil supplements last year due to the alarming headlines linking fish oil and prostate cancer. Good news: even...
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Fish Oil Supplements and Fishy Burps
Sometimes even so-called ‘Burp-free’ fish oil pills cause burping. This is usually caused by low stomach acid. ‘Your product said BURP-FREE! Yet I keep burping fish! You’re a bunch of liars!’ Fishy...
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What is in your Olive Oil?
Everyone agrees olive oil is good for you. But can you use if it you’re trying to lower your Omega-6 intake? We put a popular olive oil to test. In the last post, How to Reduce Omega-6, I suggested...
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How to Reduce Omega-6
Omega-6 is the villain around these parts. Why? Because excess Omega-6 can lead to inflammation. Most of our Omega-6 fats come from vegetable seed oils made from soy, corn, canola, cottonseed, sesame,...
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5 Big Improvements to OmegaVia
We’ve made some upgrades to OmegaVia. It still has the same amount of Omega-3. Same EPA to DHA ratio. And the same price. Here are some of the upgrades: POTENCY: Now concentrated with heat-free...
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What’s in your fish oil?
Regular fish oil (above) often seen in grocery, drug and warehouse stores contain about 25-30% healthy Omega-3 fats but also contain naturally occurring saturated, monounsaturated and trans fats....
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The 4 Most Important (but Ignored) Blood Tests for Your Heart
A little worried about your heart? You’re not alone. Here are a four tests that you (and your doctor) ought to be looking at during your next physical. Omega-3 Index CRP (C-Reactive Protein) Insulin...
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Fish Oil for Brain Injury
We receive a lot of inquiries about how to use Omega-3 for brain injury recovery. I need to be upfront about a few things: We don’t know with certainty whether fish oil can heal brain injuries. But we...
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Why Fish Oil ‘Doesn’t Work’
7 reasons why recent news on fish oil has been negative Lately, there’s been nothing but bad news about fish oil. Is the jig up? Time to go back to selling snake oil and used cars? Not so fast, Cletus....
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Omega-3 for Kids: 10 Products Reviewed
An example of what Omega-3 did for a 9 year old child with developmental coordination disorder. The handwriting (above) is from the Oxford-Durham Trials that set a milestone in our understanding of...
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Why I don’t take Probiotic Supplements
A quick departure from Omega-3 and fish oil to talk about something just as important… A lesson for grown-ups: kids naturally know where to get their probiotics. While playing in the backyard few...
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Omega-7: A New Good Fat
Nope. That was not a typo. That was Omega-7 with a SEVEN. You’ll be hearing more about it. You’ve obviously heard about Omega-3s. And probably Omega-6s and 9s. Omega-6s are essential but cause...
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Oxidized LDL and Your Health (More Lard, Less Lipitor?)
Oxidized LDL is a much better predictor of ‘cardiovascular events’ than anything on your regular cholesterol panel. Tests for oxidized LDL are not easily available, but there are some things you can do...
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