IATP's Smart Fish Guide tells consumers how to select fish that provide the chief source of healthful omega 3 fats, as well as being lower in toxic chemicals like PCBs and mercury.
This week, the National Institutes of Health-published journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, included an article on yet another health benefit of omega-3 fatty acids: they appear to protect against the heart-damaging effects of toxic air pollutants. Those taking fish oil had much greater antioxidant function that did another group taking soy oil instead. You can read more here.
(ed note, this post comes from David Wallinga, M.D., Director of IATP's Food and Health program)
