Omega-3 EPA and DHA supplementation is definitely one of the most well-respected clinical uses for specific nutrients amongst the allopathic medical community. It has earned in place in as a useful, natural means of preventing heart disease - and even managing it. A dosage of 1.1 grams per day is bona fide recommendation for prevention while people with metabolic syndrome, diabetes or, who's coronary artery disease is verging on an attack are advised by the most knowledgable medical doctors to take up to 4 grams per day. Omega-3 success stories range from signficant drops in blood LDL cholesterol and C-reactive protein to alleviation of non-heart related issues like eczema, dry eye, and even mood disorders.So, naturally, it caught me off guard one day when a family physician asked me if omega-3s could raise blood fats (triglycerides). Triglycerides (TG) are to dietary fat as blood glucose is to dietary carbohydrates; if you eat a high-fat or high-sugar meal it will show up fairly quickly as fat molecules attached to glucose molecules in your bloodstream, just floatin' around waiting to by burned or stored. The physician's question was taken as a joke. Surely they knew that the soft drink and white rice the patient had for lunch was more boost TG than the four extra grams of fat consumed as fish oil throughout the day? Perhaps they were just testing my understanding of biochemistry...In any case, this story illustrates continued hesitation and scepticism, albeit mild, even amongst nutrition-minded medical doctors. All the more reason for people to see medical doctors for medical problems (physical trauma, surgery, acute infection, strokes, infarction, etc.) and registered nutritionists/orthomolecular practitioners for nutritional problems (heart disease and Alzheimer's risk factors, digestion and mood disorders, osteoporosis, etc.). Ideally, if you have heart disease risk factors, a doctor and nutritionist should be working hand in hand to help you heal.