Fish Oil Cancer and PCB's

Dominic Sirianni · 03-03-2010, 11:41 AM

Anyone following this lawsuit about fish oil and PCB's?

http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2010/03/lawsuit_claims_pcbs_in_fish_oil_supplements_people _take_for_omega-3_benefits.html

Garrett Smith · 03-03-2010, 04:38 PM

Seriously. This is a major reason not to buy dirt-cheap fish oil. I was told most of the cheap stuff is coming from China from someone who was trying to get into the fish oil business.

I'd rather take less fish oil and pay more to a company I am pretty dang sure is actually cleaning the fish oil like they say they are. Or do guaranteed toxin-free DHA from algae.

Dominic Sirianni · 03-03-2010, 07:42 PM

Any suggestions on finding out what fish oil is decent and what is not?

Garrett Smith · 03-03-2010, 08:26 PM

Easy suggestions, no.

Brands that have been around a long time, are not the cheapest out there, and definitely ARE NOT available at your local mega-chain pharmacy would be a good start though.

Mike ODonnell · 03-03-2010, 08:39 PM

I eat more sardines and herring and ditched grain fed beef....I'll take my chances there.

Jay Guindon · 03-03-2010, 10:22 PM

I use a company called Omega Sufficiency. They publish their 3rd party testing results so you can see the toxin score. It's one of the lowest in the biz.

Dominic Sirianni · 03-10-2010, 06:05 AM

I avoid the grain fed beef as much as possible too. I am going to check for that company. Thanks!

Gary Ohm · 03-10-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike ODonnell

I eat more sardines and herring and ditched grain fed beef....I'll take my chances there.

I love sardines too. I buy them by the case. But I also been reading that those little buggers accumulate nasty stuff at an alarming rate. I don't know what the answer is, I don't eat shark or swordfish or any of the big hitters, but it seems like evrything is storing up mercury and PCB and ect....

Garrett Smith · 03-10-2010, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary Ohm

I love sardines too. I buy them by the case. But I also been reading that those little buggers accumulate nasty stuff at an alarming rate. I don't know what the answer is, I don't eat shark or swordfish or any of the big hitters, but it seems like evrything is storing up mercury and PCB and ect....

This is exactly why I'm leaning towards algae-derived DHA.

Jay Guindon · 03-10-2010, 07:33 PM

Isn't EPA very important as well?
As far as heavy metals go, according to Robb Wolf they don't accumulate in the fat, they accumulate in the protein. PCBs on the other hand do accumulate in fat so be worried about pesticides in the fish then the heavy metals.