Re: GETTING FISH OIL OUT OF THE HANDS OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

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yup, its crazy.  Reminds me of the 'Truvia'; commercials... " here, we are giving you Stevia.  Its all natural, and since we couldn't leave well enough alone, we took just extracts from it and added 'natural flavors' just for kicks "

 

Speaking of getting fish oil out of things, have people seen theGlaxoKline commercials for " Lovaza " yet? White-coated scientists withclipboards and computers, in an honest-to-god " under-sea " laboratory, look

out through huge glass portals onto a world of fish, to observe apparentlynew horizons in healthcare. " The only FDA-approved fish oil " .. " you can'tbuy it in a healthfood store " , and at a recommended dose of 4 capsules per

day (~3400mg EPA/DHA) it sells for " only " $240.00 per month. The commercialhas a whole sub-narrative of side-effects (like burping), as if theside-effects are another mantle of pharmaceutical legitimacy. If this

isn't alternative health wrapped up and sold in the religious paradigm ofwestern science, I don't know what is. Of course fish oil by itself wouldnever do, so they've added tocopherols in a carrier of soybean oil, gelatin,

glycerol, and purified water. Lovaza's major claim to fame is it's purportedpurity, but there is no evidence I can find to date that it has any morepurity than any other fish oil, nor is there any indication that I've seen

of it's source.Bob

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