Omega-3 Study Completed!
August 10th, 2008 by Kishore
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
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 in scientific studies, but this weakened my faith. It is just plain hard to run studies on humans, especially humans with the name of Kishore. The study hinged on my honesty and discipline, both of which aren’t in short supply. But I can imagine the situation where someone else “futzes” with the numbers. Now, statistics help weed out of lot of those problems, but still…the lingering question of reliability of these quality of life studies on humans remains.
I’ll get my blood test results in a few weeks, I’ll post the before and after results online. The study itself won’t be complete until the end of the year, so any conclusions will have to wait.
In the meantime, if you’re interested in taking part in a health study, check out: http://nutrition.stanford.edu/
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