On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:23:45 +0000
  David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Seafood eaters,
>
>Now I'm wondering if anyone knows whether any mollusks
>have high Omega 3
>essential fatty acid content--cold water fish do. Maybe
>Harry Lee knows
>about this.
>
>Some on the list may not be familiar with the current
>dietary thinking about
>fat intake. It's actually necessary to have fat intake
>and most US diets
>have too much Omega 6 fatty acid and insufficient Omega
>3. Last year, there
>were 3 major studies showing whopping cardiovascular
>effects of daily fish
>oil consumption: over 40% drop in sudden death or
>myocardial infarction. One
>study was 98,000 nurses; another was 22,000 doctors.
>These were studies
>published in NEJM and JAMA, for instance.
>
>Fish oil also has antioxidant, anti-depressant, and
>anti-arthritic effects
>(I experienced the last effect without knowing about it
>ahead of time). And
>it's cheap.
>
>Now if only we can make such claims for mollusks.
>
>David Kirsh
>Durham, NC

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