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The Prescription Strength Podcast · June 16 · 9 min

Fish Oil Supplements: Helpful, Harmful or Hype?

Fish oil used to be seen as universally “good for the heart.” Then suddenly the headlines said it might be dangerous. So what’s actually true? In this Pocket Prescription episode, GP Lynette Ewart explains what recent fish oil studies really showed, why different heart conditions matter, and why nutrition science so often gets reduced to simplistic headlines. A practical, evidence-based guide to making sense of the confusion — without the hype.

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Fish oil used to be seen as universally “good for the heart.” Then suddenly the headlines said it might be dangerous.

So what’s actually true?

In this Pocket Prescription episode, GP Lynette Ewart explains what recent fish oil studies really showed, why different heart conditions matter, and why nutrition science so often gets reduced to simplistic headlines.


A practical, evidence-based guide to making sense of the confusion — without the hype.