Todd wrote:
> Well, I'd like some real documentation.  It is too vague to say
> that "heat" destroys the benefits of the w-3 fats.  How much
> heat, and for how long?  I've heard the same argument concerning
> roasted nuts, and yet for some odd reason studies continue to
> show that people eating canned sardines and roasted nuts enjoy
> health benefits from doing so.


I would venture to say that purified oils, such as fish oil in a capsule, is
an entirely different animal than the fish oil that is extant in a canned
sardine or in canned salmon meat. There are all sorts of protective
anti-oxidants along with oil, in its natural state, that are largely lost
when purified. Same goes for nuts, methinks.

--Richard