Squid’s in: Norwegians push new omega-3 source
By Shane Starling

Pharma Marine recently signed a deal with Missouri-based CardioTabs, an entity established to manufacture supplements in 1999 by a group of cardiologists, so supply its ingredients for a range of omega-3 supplements.

CardioTabs spokesperson, Michelle Kruse, said the ingredient was marginally cheaper per gram of DHA and EPA than the fish oils it sourced, while containing higher levels of DHA.

CardioTabs is promoting the supplement, which also contains 400IU of vitamin D in a two soft-gel serving, as being able to benefit cardiovascular health, brain and eye health, and maternal/prenatal health.

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Read the CardioTabs Ocean Safe Omega 3 white paper: http://foreveryoungdiet.com/green/

According to Dr. James O’Keefe, CardioTabs Ocean Safe Omega 3 is necessary. “If you eat fish once a day or two, three times a day, you end up with high mercury levels. So it’s a catch twenty-two. If you eat enough omega 3 from fish in your diet, you end up with too many toxic contaminants in your system — at least in some instances,” said O’Keefe. “We (CardioTabs) have very pure, proven natural supplements that will get our (omega 3) levels back up to normal. If you are deficient in an essential nutrient, that’s a problem. One of the (most) predictable deficiencies in most Americans is that they are deficient in omega 3.”

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Preventive Cardiologist, Dr. James O’Keefe announces new green Ocean Safe Omega-3.

Posted By: Michelle Kruse

I want to share a post from Quinte Naturopathic Centre for American Heart Month this February.

Treat Your Heart with Love (and Omega 3s!)

It is a well-known fact that heart disease and other serious heart conditions are among the major killers in North America. One contributor to these ailments is bad fats, whether we wear it or ingest it, and we often hear mostly about this rather than the good fats than can help keep our heart healthy.

Most North Americans’ diets are dangerously lacking in omega-3s (EPA and DHA), the most important good fat, found mainly but not exclusively in cold-water oily fish. Omega-3s are necessary for metabolism, among other things, and if our levels are too low, our bodies cannot operate properly. Eventually, this overloads our organs, including our heart, often resulting in heart attacks or sudden cardiac death.

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Posted by: Michelle Kruse

I want to share a video that has just been released from Preventive Cardiologist Dr. James O’Keefe about CardioTabs Ocean Safe Omega 3.

Here is an article from Wend magazine written by Sami Ewers that discusses the process for obtaining omega-3 from fish and the consequences that come with it.

The War Over (Omega-3 Fish) Oil

We’ve all heard of the supposed benefits of fish oil for providing healthy Omega-3 fatty acids. But what most of us haven’t heard is where the fish oil that goes into the bottles and capsules of supplements actually comes from. Unfortunately, its origins are traced back to the menhaden fish, one of the most pivotal fish in the entire ocean food chain. In fact, many other types of fish prey on menhaden because they, themselves, are unable to synthesize omega-3, something that the menhaden produces in abundance.
According to an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, “Menhaden are entering the final losing phases of a century-and-a-half fight for survival that began when humans started turning huge schools into fertilizer and lamp oil… Today, hundreds of billions of pounds of them are converted into lipstick, salmon feed, paint, “buttery spread,” salad dressing and, yes, some of those omega-3 supplements you have been forcing on your children. All of these products can be made with more environmentally benign substitutes, but menhaden are still used in great (though declining) numbers because they can be caught and processed cheaply.”

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Here is an article I want to share by Shane Starling from NutraIngredients-usa.com about Ocean Safe Omega-3 being a green sustainable omega-3 source

Squid winning favor as green omega-3 source

The number of products bearing squid-sourced omega-3s is growing as more suppliers come onboard and its reputation grows as a green source of DHA-rich omega-3s.
Dietary supplements and other products have been launched in the US as well as Argentina and the UK, some at levels upwards of 1000mg of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid).

The latest comes from Missouri-based CardioTabs, an entity established to manufacture supplements in 1999 by a group of cardiologists, and which plows all revenues into patient education, research, and indigent patient care programs.

The group this week launched CardioTabs Ocean Safe Omega-3, a product with 1000mg of DHA and 100mg of EPA and which it says is sourced from the by-product of food production of sustainable calamari (squid).

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I wanted to share this article written by Hilary Oliver from Natural Foods Merchandiser combatting a response made by the Canadian Medical Association Journal stating that omega-3 supplements from fish are not sustainable.

Omega-3 Sustainability article draws Fire

Are omega-3 supplements from fish sustainable? No, said researchers in the Canadian Medical Association Journal last week. But their conclusion is based on misinformation on two levels, said fish-oil industry members and other researchers.

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Posted By: Michelle Kruse

Here is an interesting article written by Tony Tucker on Ezinarticles.com. The article discusses the necessary facts you must know in order for fish oil to have heart benefits. This is what is nice about the calamari used in CardioTabs Ocean Safe Omega-3; the cleansing process is so rigorous that all detectable contaminants are removed.

Fish Oil Heart Health Benefits? It Could Depend on Which One You Take

Some of you may have been introduced to these dietary supplements through knowing about the fish oil heart health connection. However, the truth is that the effectiveness of delivering such healthy benefits can rely a lot on which one you take. How’s that then?

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Posted By: Michelle Kruse

I want to share an interesting article written by Monica Reinagel from the Nutrition Data blog regarding what type of fish are good for you and what to look out for concerning toxins and contaminants. One of the many great benefits of CardioTabs Ocean Safe Omega-3 is that the calamari used in its production are inherently resistant to pollutants. The cleansing process for our omega-3 oils is so rigorous that all detectible contaminants are removed. Our products are then independently tested to be sure they are free of contaminants like mercury and lead to the limits of the machines available for testing.

Fishing For Answers

It seems that every week, the story on fish gets more complicated:

First, we were encouraged to eat fish two or three times a week to protect ourselves from heart disease and other inflammation-related diseases.

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