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Omega-3 Information Service
Web Site
This is the most comprehensive web site on Omega-3 available. It
holds a lot of detailed information and other useful links also.
The Fish Foundation
The Fish Foundation's role is to
increase awareness of the health benefits arising from higher
consumption of the long chain omega-3 polyunsaturates derived from
fish . It will do this by, among other things, acting as a source of
expert information available to media personnel, manufacturers,
retailers and health professionals; by production and wide
distribution of leaflets, brochures, posters etc, and by seeking to
influence the key decision makers in nutrition policy, menu planning
and meal presentation.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland Fish Oil
Survey
The
Authority is a statutory, independent and science-based body,
dedicated to protecting public health and consumer interests in the
area of food safety and hygiene. The principal function of the Food
Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is to take all reasonable steps
to ensure that food produced, distributed or marketed in the State
meets the highest standards of food safety and hygiene reasonably
available and to ensure that food complies with legal requirements,
or where appropriate with recognised codes of good practice.
After
conducting extensive research into the safety of various fish oil
supplements, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has demonstrated
that Eskimo-3 Stable Fish Oil with Omega-3 has the lowest average
amount of dioxins, furans and PCBs amongst fifteen of the top fish
oil supplement manufacturers.
The British Nutrition
Foundation
The Foundation promotes the
nutritional wellbeing of society
through the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of
scientifically based nutritional knowledge and advice. It works in
partnership with academic and research
institutes, the food industry, educators and government. The
Foundation influences all in the food chain, government, the
professions and the media. The Foundation is a charitable
organisation which raises funds from the food industry, government
and a variety of other sources.
The
American Heart Foundation
The American Heart Association is a national
voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and
death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
This gives a lot of valuable information about cardiovascular
problems and preventative methods.
The British Heart Foundation
This has a lot of good information about cardiovascular health.
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