After 12 weeks, I am finally through with my lenghty omega-3 trial. After weeks of taking 12 pills a day, getting blood drawn, and endless questionairres, I’m ready for some fish. I was positive I had fish oil because of a strange smell with my pills, but I was taking flaxseed Omega-3s the whole time. Guess I was wrong…big time.
It was very difficult making it through the 12 weeks. Easy to let your focus slip, forget to take some pills, or even have some omega-3s. I’m a huge believer …

Dr. Gardner mentions in the above clip a number of resources for the average person to get nutrition with a perspective. Perspective, looking at nutrition in the long lens, is one of big takeaways from the evening.
Nutrition Studies @ Stanford
This is how I got involved in the Dr. Gardner’s Omega-3 Trial. There are two active studies ongoing:
– Potential Health Benefits of Plant vs. Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids
– Potential Health Benefits of Dietary Antioxidants from Supplements vs. Foods
There is an online questionnaire, followed by …

One of my chief takeaways from last night’s event: there are so many motivations to made the food choices we do. Health, Disease Prevention, Pleasure, Culture, Environmental to name a few. It was mildly shocking to hear Christopher mention that under current research conditions, nutritional science will never answer what foods are better for you long term (i.e. broccoli vs meat). It make sense when you consider no people will enter a 40 year trial eating only broccoli or meat.
He did say thinking about the environmental choices is increasingly a …