Can your fish oil cause you harm?
Channel: University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau
Date: 2016-12-20

Dr Ben Albert is a paediatrician and PhD candidate at the Liggins Institute who is interested in the metabolic effect of Omega-3. He’s already found more than half of the fish-oil brands sold in New Zealand are “off” by the time we buy them, but 20% of women take fish oil supplements during pregnancy to boost their baby’s brain development. In this presentation, Ben explains how tests on rats have found higher newborn mortality rates and increased maternal insulin resistance in those fed oxidised fish oil.