Haha! The title just made me laugh (sorry Jeepers - no offence - just the name!!). What will they think of next?!!! I've never heard of this one - well except coincidentally I ate some on holiday. We ordered steamed mussels and they were these. However I didn't realise they are farmed and imported from New Zealand
. Thought I was eating the real thing harvested locally.....
I had a very quick look online and a site selling supplements was full of praise for its effectiveness, but webMD said "More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of New Zealand green-lipped mussels for these uses."
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-830/new-zealand-green-lipped-mussel (the "uses" being asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis).
In your position Jeepers if you want to take an omega 3 supplement I would just go for the usual ones available more cheaply I think in UK - ie cod liver oil and similar? (CLKD we are not supposed to promote the sale of this sort of thing!!!!). If you like fish then increase the amount of fish in your diet (especially oily fish) and eat mussels themselves - we love them in our household
. You can even get moules in white wine sauce pre-packaged and ready cooked in L*** (!). Sorry to hear about your joint aches - have you been checked out by the doc and do they occur at any particular time?
Shadyglade - if you have any further info we would all be interested in reading about it so do post a link as long as it's not on a site that sells supplements though! It's a new one on me and probably for many of us.... (unless I've led a sheltered life
).
Hurdity x
