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I was taking fish oil supplements daily until my Nephrologist suggested I don't. He pointed to some recent proper clinical trials that showed it not doing much of anything:

http://www.berkeleywellness.com/supplements/other-supplement...

In addition to that, if you're taking liquid supplements (like gel caps, which I was), my doc told me that there is risk that it has oxidized and can actually cause cardiovascular damage. After that and a weekend of reading up on the internet, I decided to stop taking any fish oil supplements.

Do the research yourself and make an educated guess.



> risk that it has oxidized

Always worth it to bite down on a couple pills every so often and check. Use those rancid sensors built in by nature. It's oil after all. If it tastes bad, it's gone bad.




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