{"id":777,"date":"2018-07-25T06:22:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T06:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=777"},"modified":"2018-07-26T06:24:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T06:24:57","slug":"something-fishy-about-food-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"Something Fishy About Food Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>In the last 10 years, however, the industry has exploded with a proliferation of high-street health shops and a staggering array of products on the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), the number of health supplements on the Irish market has risen from 700 in 2007 to over 2,500 in 2017 &#8211; an increase of over 300pc.<\/p>\n<p>But are these supplements really enhancing our wellness, or are they relying entirely on the placebo effect to work?<\/p>\n<p>Cochrane, an independent organisation that evaluates existing medical research, investigated the popular belief that long-chain omega-3 supplements protect the heart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Researchers have spent a lot of money over the years researching this topic to try and find single nutrients that result in positive effects,&#8221; explains Dublin-based dietician Orla Walsh. &#8220;What research is now suggesting is that this is a complex area that is unlikely to be managed with any single nutrient of the diet.<\/p>\n<p>This latest research on the effects of supplements proves that it&#8217;s better &#8211; and possibly even cheaper &#8211; to eat some mackerel once a week if you want to keep your ticker happy. (Boots&#8217; own-brand omega-3 fish oils cost approximately \u20ac1.60 a week, whereas Aldi&#8217;s mackerel fillets cost approximately \u20ac1.25 per serving).<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/life\/health-wellbeing\/something-fishy-about-food-supplements-37147705.html\">Independent IE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last 10 years, however, the industry has exploded with a proliferation of high-street health shops and a staggering&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[13,15],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-vitamins-supplements","tag-articles","tag-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}