A Shipload Of Peruvian Fishtales
While going cross-country I made a stop in South Carolina at a great southern breakfast joint - just for the biscuits. As I waited for my food, I decided to get on the internet for a bit and what do you know…I saw an ad for fish oil, but not mine.
This one was from a supplement guru who happens to be a doctor too. Funny thing, I know a thing or two about this business, and I didn′t just fall off the turnip truck (I just learned that phrase), so the advertisement just made me laugh.
Now I’ll be the first to tell you I don′t mind a little bragging if the facts are true, but this letter was bragging with no facts to speak of, or as they say in the law, “We’re in a highly questionable area here.”
So the good doctor says he sources the fish oil in southern Peru and Chile - because of the “non-industrial waters”. Uh huh. Last time I checked ocean water is ocean water.
He makes the claim that fish sourced in European waters contains 8 times more dioxins than fish sourced off Peru and Chile. The information comes from something called the Scientific Committee on Food. I tried looking up this committee, but couldn′t find it.
He claims his Peruvian fish oil is high quality - but I don′t think you can get high quality from where you can′t even get clean water. Maybe that’s a little too much common sense for him.
There are a lot of comparisons made in the letter that appear to be scientific, but they’re not. There’s even a classic straw man chart, where Peruvian fish oil is compared to other oils in the market, and “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!” just like Gomer Pyle used to say, Peruvian Fish Oil wins all the categories.
But nowhere does it say that the fish oil is pharmaceutical grade. He is comparing his commercial grade fish oil to other commercial grade fish oils. He isn′t comparing it to any pharmaceutical grade formula, which has worldwide standards.
Bottom line: Stick with pharmaceutical grade fish oil. You won′t get it from Chile.
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