Fried Fish is Trying to Kill You

Via LiveScience:  Fried Fish May Explain ‘Stroke Belt’ Mystery

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Steven L. Taylor
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. John p says:

    It isn’t the fish or the reduced omega 3’s. It is what the are frying it in, namely omega 6 rich fatty acid oils such as vegetable oil.

  2. john personna says:

    This is not normalized for body weight, is it? So the fried fish belt might be heavier, but have the same stroke rates as other heavy samples.