Posted by andys on February 1, 2003, at 21:11:41
In reply to Re: New trial, fish oil E-EPA VERY good for depression, posted by Larry Hoover on February 1, 2003, at 13:37:59
Thanks, Larry, very informative, and you've convinced me to quit chasing this E-EPA.
But let's back up to what we KNOW for sure about fish oil. To my knowledge, the only true clinical trial that proved the efficacy of fish oil was Dr. Andrew Stoll's (I've got his book).
THE PROBLEM is that the 9.6 grams of fish oil used in his trial is impractical.
1- I'm sure that, even with a full meal, the "fish burps" would be unbelievable (given what I got on 10 Omegabrites).
2- The cost would be substantial
3- I would be worried about the level of mercury I'm getting (keeping in mind the trial was not done using "processed" or "altered" fish oil).
To my knowledge, the supposition that higher EPA is more beneficial (also theorized by Stoll himself) is theoretical, and never proven in a trial. And I believe it was in Stoll's book that high DHA could actually increase depression.
SO, TAKING OUR OWN POLL, HAS ANYONE OUT THERE GOTTEN BENEFIT FROM OMEGA-3? AND IN WHAT FORM?P.S.- To start things off, 5 Omegabrites protects me from deep depression, but I couldn't get more benefit, even at 10 Omegabrites a day.
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