With wit and boundless curiosity, Greenberg brings us along on his travels-from Peru to Antarctica, from the Canary Islands to the Amalfi Coast-to reveal firsthand the practice and repercussions of our unbalanced way of eating. James Beard Award-winning author Paul Greenberg probes the rich and surprising history of omega-3s-from the dawn of complex life, when these compounds were first formed to human prehistory, when the discovery of seafood may have produced major cognitive leaps for our species and on to the modern era, when omega-3s may point the way to a bold new direction for our food system. The creatures that are the victims of that industry seem insignificant to the untrained eye, but turn out to be essential to the survival of whales, penguins, and fish of all kinds, including many that we love to eat.īehind these tiny molecules is a big story: of the push-and-pull of science and business of the fate of our oceans in a human-dominated age of the explosion of land food at the expense of healthier and more sustainable seafood of the human quest for health and long life at all costs. The miracle pill is only the latest product of the reduction industry, a vast, global endeavor that over the last century has boiled down trillions of pounds of marine life into animal feed, fertilizer, margarine, and dietary supplements.

Omega-3s are today a multi-billion dollar business, and sales are still growing apace-even as recent medical studies caution that the promise of omega-3s may not be what it first appeared.īut a closer look at the omega-3 sensation reveals something much deeper and more troubling. In the last few decades, that promise has been encapsulated in one of America’s most popular dietary supplements. Omega-3 fatty acids have long been celebrated by doctors and dieticians as key to a healthy heart and a sharper brain. Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction The Omega Principle should be read by anyone who cares about human health or the health of the planet, which is to say everyone.' Paul Greenberg goes searching for the secret to longevity, and what he learns is, in many ways, more interesting. Please join us for a special evening with James Beard Award-winning author Paul Greenberg presenting and signing his most recent book, THE OMEGA PRINCIPLE: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet - an eye-opening investigation of the history, science, and business behind omega-3 fatty acids, the 'miracle compound' whose story is intertwined with human health and the future of our planet.

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