The article raises the possibility of a link between fish oil overdose and pulmonary edema.
The individual whose story is in the article was indeed taking enormous doses of fish oil. But the statistical research the article describes has more predictive or explanatory value than the single-person anecdote. That research found a significant association between fish-oil supplementation and SIPE, but the article does not say whether or not the study showed that association to be dose-dependent in any way. The study design may well have asked only "yes" or "no" on fish oil, not how much. I doubt every fish-oil-taker in the sample was taking 9 capsules per day.
The article raises the possibility of a link between fish oil overdose and pulmonary edema.
The individual whose story is in the article was indeed taking enormous doses of fish oil. But the statistical research the article describes has more predictive or explanatory value than the single-person anecdote. That research found a significant association between fish-oil supplementation and SIPE, but the article does not say whether or not the study showed that association to be dose-dependent in any way. The study design may well have asked only "yes" or "no" on fish oil, not how much. I doubt every fish-oil-taker in the sample was taking 9 capsules per day.
