The advice in this posting is somewhat inaccurate... for one there is zero scientific evidence that saturated fats are bad for you... this is very outdated advice that was based on an attempt to decrease disease without understanding the mechanisms of action and the result was an increase in disease and death! There is also no scientific evidence that 3grams or more of omega-3s increase risk of bleeding - not before, during, or after surgery and the problem with these kinds of dosing instructions is that we're not looking at the background diet or using bio-markers and most Americans are beyond deficient in omega-3s because they're consuming 16 to 1 pro-inflammatory hormone producing omega-6s to anti-inflammatory hormone producing omega-3s! Additionally, the American Heart Association just put out its first ever scientific statement stating that >1000g of EPA+DHA (the long chain, beneficial omega-3s) can be used to manage triglyceride levels... something the industry has known for more than 30 years but its nice to know that AHA is finally on board.
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The advice in this posting is somewhat inaccurate... for one there is zero scientific evidence that saturated fats are bad for you... this is very outdated advice that was based on an attempt to decrease disease without understanding the mechanisms of action and the result was an increase in disease and death! There is also no scientific evidence that 3grams or more of omega-3s increase risk of bleeding - not before, during, or after surgery and the problem with these kinds of dosing instructions is that we're not looking at the background diet or using bio-markers and most Americans are beyond deficient in omega-3s because they're consuming 16 to 1 pro-inflammatory hormone producing omega-6s to anti-inflammatory hormone producing omega-3s! Additionally, the American Heart Association just put out its first ever scientific statement stating that >1000g of EPA+DHA (the long chain, beneficial omega-3s) can be used to manage triglyceride levels... something the industry has known for more than 30 years but its nice to know that AHA is finally on board.
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