Tag Archives: omega 3
The Independent confuses algal DHA with fish oil
If media science coverage from experienced, professional journalists is so poor that an amateur with a quarter of an hour to kill before heading to bed can highlight clear errors, there certainly is a real need for reflection. Continue reading
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UPDATED: Observer plugs fish oil for concentration, ADHD and depression
Observer plugs fish oil for concentration, ADHD and depression – based on very inadequate evidence. Continue reading
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Madeleine Portwood, fish oil, chemistry and children
Madeleine Portwood discusses fish oil research, saying “this is not about chemistry. This is about children”. We say this is about chemistry *and* children. Continue reading
Daily Mail Continues Its Plan to Bewilder the Nation and Gaslight Us into Believing That We Need Fish Oil Supplements
The Daily Mail has published two articles about fish oil supplements in two weeks. Unfortunately, they contradict each other concerning value for money. This is very unhelpful as the Daily Mail fails to provide an evidence base for some of the advice that it dispenses concerning recommended doses of fish oil supplements and I’d like to think that they can redeem themselves in some way by commenting on value for money or actual efficacy. Continue reading
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The Economist: The End of a Childhood Illusion
The Economist carried a particularly ill-judged piece about “new treatments for addiction” that were discussed at the recent Food for the Brain conference. The piece is the sort of shoddy scholarship that is more typically associated with other news outlets and it is distressing to see it in a publication as reputable as The Economist: a childhood illusion has been shattered. Continue reading
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Durham fish oil (non)trial and science by press release: it’s unclear what the children were taking
In their continued efforts to provide a textbook example of why science by press release is a very bad thing, Durham Council’s press releases about their fish oil (non)trial even manage to muddy the water as to which Essential Fatty … Continue reading
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The Durham Fish Oil Zombie Rises Again
Durham Council has released the data from its Fish Oil Initiative for schools. Only kidding. They say that they have but they haven’t really. It’s all so self-referentially post-modern. The trial that was called a trial was really an initiative. The results that they have released aren’t results. Continue reading
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Carole Caplin Is Persuading Us of The Merits of Biocare’s Supplements?
In April, Carole Caplin criticised a Cochrane Review and accused the reviewers of a conflict of interest. Just how desperate is Biocare that they are trying to pass off Carole Caplin as a suitable expert for opining on matters of nutrition for the development of healthy children? Biocare claims to have suitably credentialled and qualified people, yet they use Patrick Holford and Carole Caplin to promote the doctrine of vital supplementation. Continue reading
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Patrick Holford and His Own Reality: Part 1, the blobbogram
Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University and Head of Science and Education at Biocare enjoys his own special reality. You may recall that in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes newspaper reports of his hero’s murder as “grotesque, circumstantial, eager and … Continue reading
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Holford tries to respond to questions raised by BBC documentary. He fails.
Having just posted about Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University’s curious relationship with the mainstream media, we were fascinated to see Patrick Holford responding to the Radio 4 programme: The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists. From what he writes, it … Continue reading
