Thirty men and women were randomly assigned to receive 1,000 micrograms vitamin B12, 2 grams
fish oil, or 2 grams
fish oil plus 1,000 micrograms vitamin B12.
For these reasons,
fish oil supplements were promoted as an easy way to protect against these conditions and diseases, and grew into a $1 billion-a-year business.
The problem of
fish oil is easily damaged by oxidation and the effect of heating temperature, so that when applied in the food industry to consider the quality and stability of the
fish oil fish oil especially unsaturated fatty acids is high including EPA and DHA are highly susceptible to oxidation.
The study, part funded by Pharmalink but independently reviewed (1), found 88% of those given Lyprinol (Group A) improved their health over the four month trial, compared with 59% of those on
fish oil.
• Global
fish oil demand was 1,090.0 kilo tons in 2013 and is expected to reach 1,200.0 kilo tons by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 1.12% from 2014 to 2020.
Doctors should familiarise themselves with the contents of the various
fish oil supplements.
Croda's Nutritional Sales Director, Gerry Purnell, said: "Croda's achievement of the IFOS[TM] Supplier 5-Star certification assures our customers that Incromega[TM]
fish oil concentrates are consistently of the highest quality and also provides confidence that consumer products made with IFOS[TM] 5-Star Incromega[TM] oils can achieve the desirable IFOS[TM] Consumer 5-Star status."
The first study to call
fish oil's cardiovascular benefits into question was a meta-analysis of studies on
fish oil supplements, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on May 14, 2012.
* CAUTIONS:
Fish oil should be protected from fight, heat, and air.
The Study: In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study from Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, 420 infants at high risk of developing allergies were either given
fish oil as a source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids or a control (olive oil) from birth to age six months.
To evaluate whether
fish oil supplementation could be an adjunct therapy for periodontitis, Dr.