Matthew Herper
Americans spend billions on foods and supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids. Not all of it is money well spent.
Fifty years ago, two Danish epidemiologists pondered why Greenland’s native Inuit could have a very low rate of heart attacks despite eating a high-fat diet full of whale and seal meat. They cobbled together $6,000, flew to Greenland and collected blood samples from 130 Inuit.
The Greenlanders’ cholesterol numbers were good but not enough to explain the healthy hearts. Read More…
