“Another food fad is beginning to smell fishy. Eating a lot…
“Another food fad is beginning to smell fishy. Eating a lot of seafood doesn’t lower risk of heart disease, a major study says. The new findings by the Harvard School of Public Health add to the barrage of seemingly conflicting data available to consumers on nutrition and health. Studies over the past decade have tilted toward the advantages of moderate alcohol consumption, away from big doses of oat bran, and have found less to worry about from drinking coffee. ‘We were somewhat surprised’ by the finding, since some studies suggested that eating fin fish and shellfish cuts heart-disease risks by about a third, says Allberto Aschrio, a researcher who led the study. The study, which involved almost 45,000 men and is the largest on the possible benefit of eating seafood, showed that consuming up to six or more servings a week didn’t lower the risk of heart attack in healthy men between 40 and 75 years old.” —David Stipp 81 The above story illustrates which potential market weakness?