Various Topics on Alternative Medicine

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Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >>I don't know what the purine content of fishoils is. They don't
list
> that on the label. I noticed most fishoil (here at least) is not pure
> salmon oil. It's a combination including salmon but listing anchovy
> first.
>
> So...ummm...they fillet the critters before packing them into the
> capsule? <<
>
> COMMENT:
>
> No, of course they don't. But when they mash them, the DNA and ATP in
> the organs of the critters does not come out in the oil, since DNA
and
> ATP don't dissolve in oil. And you can take my word on that.
>
> SBH



I do. Thanks.

Zee

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"Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com" <sbharris@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
part:

>>>How about a spoonful of natural honey as an alternative to
>policosanol? <<
>
>How about a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down? How about
>Mary Poppins and some dancing penquins?
>
>In fact, there is very little evidence that "lifestyle" changes (if by
>"lifestyle" that you mean changing your diet and exercising, as opposed
>to taking fishoil pills) work as a secondary preventive for cardiac
>death in those with cardiac disease. The endpoint in Ornish wasn't
>death, and in fact his study was too underpowered to show any mortality
>difference. And it was quite draconian.
>
>SBH

Actually, as I recall, the mortality rate was higher in his
treatment group.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA