Posted by Larry Hoover on November 16, 2002, at 8:35:26
In reply to Re: more on fish oil, posted by inertia on November 16, 2002, at 2:34:44
> The Archives of General Psychiatry study says that 1mg/day of EPA is more effective than higher doses and, in fact, EPA seems to have little effect at doses of 2mg/day or 4mg/day.
Correct, except it was grams/day.
> However, Stoll study shows remarkable improvement on 9.6mg/day!
Grams again.
> Can anybody explain this? I want to take the most efficacious dose.Stoll's study was very brief. Excess omega-3's induce enzymes which convert them to fuel (something which seldom happens otherwise). I'm just guessing, but I'd bet that Stoll's subjects would have plateaued quickly. Alternatively, there may be a fundamental difference in the two subject populations.
You might want to consider a higher dose for a short period (acute supplementation), then dropping back to the 1 gram/day dose for maintenance.
Larry
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