Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Everyone wants a healthier heart, and for a while now, we've been told that fish oil pills are the way to get it. But there's a problem with that. Actually, there are many problems with that. In this episode of What's Good, Greatist's founder Derek Flanzraich explains why fish oil pills aren't all they're cracked up to be and why you should probably stop taking them right now and just eat fish instead. (We know you secretly hate swallowing those pills anyway, so consider this good news.)

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:35 all the good stuff omega-3s do
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20196971
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20041818

1:16 process to make fish oil pills
fao.org/docrep/003/x6899e/x6899e04.htm

2:13 link btw fish oil/heart health overestimated
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656645
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22968891

2:30 fish servings/weekly
heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/HealthyDietGoals/Fish-and-Omega-3-Fatty-Acids_UCM_303248_Article.jsp

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