Heart Health

Find out why this ‘good idea’ isn’t. Peanut butter with fish oil! What will they think of next?! Before writing this blog, I showed the new JIF Omega-3 Peanut Butter to a few people. Most of the older people I showed it to said something like ‘Why don’t you just eat some Tuna or Salmon,Read More

It’s easy to think you’re doing something good for your high triglycerides. Well, until you dig a little deeper. Uncle Sid visited me over the Holidays. Anyone who visits our family knows that sooner or later, the talk turns to health, nutrition and pills. At least it is more genuine that talking about the weatherRead More

Three easy ways to cut back on your fish oil dosage but still gets all the benefits. Carol called me from Massachusetts. She’d just started a high-intensity exercise program. As part of the program, her instructor advised her to get about 6000 mg of Omega-3 per day. That seems like a lot. Even to me.Read More

4 Tips for Telling if your Fish Oil is FRESH When you’re buying produce or fish, you look for freshness. You should do the same if you want the best fish oil supplements. But most people are not sure how to do that. What does ‘fresh’ fish oil mean? Simply put, it means that theRead More

This is Part 2 of a series on how to choose the best fish oil supplements. See Part 1 here. Omega-3 Content You’re buying fish oil for its Omega-3. Many people mistakenly think that fish oil is the same as Omega-3. It’s not! Fish oil contains Omega-3, sort of like milk contains calcium. Unfortunately, mostRead More

5 Tips for Choosing The Best Fish Oil Criteria #1: Purity Purity means having a fish oil pill that is virtually free of Mercury and other heavy metals (Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead), Dioxins, PCBs and Furans. I’m not going to expand on WHY these chemicals are bad for you. The focus of this article isRead More

In a previous blog, I discussed the cost and benefits of Krill oil vs Fish Oil. The message was: Krill oil is definitely better than fish oil, but only a little bit. An unpublished study presented by Neptune Krill Oil (NKO) in 2009 showed that Krill oil was about 30 to 40% better at gettingRead More

Useful Tips & Tricks In Part 1 of this article, we talked about the importance of Omega-3 in your dog’s diet and the potential issues caused by Omega-3 deficiency. We also talked about the #1 reason why most dogs suffer from Omega-3 deficiency. Before you run out and buy fish oil for your dog, thereRead More

Meet Bailey! Bailey is my 11-year-old Shepherd-Husky mix. Bailey and I have walked over 11,000 miles during the last 10 years or so. He occasionally comes to work. He is unofficially considered an employee at OmegaVia. Like many parents, I have some regrets about how I raised Bailey. I fed him junk kibble for theRead More

I like Dr. Oz. A lot. But the popular TV doctor is off-target with his message on Omega 3 supplements. To be fair, Dr. Mehmet Oz has done a lot for America’s health. He has a wonderful way of explaining complex medical symptoms and diagnoses to everyday TV watchers. The problem with Dr. Oz andRead More