Re: GLA MUST be taken with fish oil? Thanks

Posted by Larry Hoover on April 21, 2003, at 8:19:25

In reply to Re: GLA MUST be taken with fish oil? Thanks » Larry Hoover, posted by bluedog on April 20, 2003, at 23:21:19

> Thanks again Larry {I've lost count of the number of times I've thanked you and but I don't know how else to repay your patience with my questions :):):)}.
Your manners won't let you not thank me. I understand.
> I'll look at borage oil next time but I've already bought the EPO capsules. You've given the ideal amounts but I suppose that ANY GLA with fish oil is better than none. Right????
Yes. If you'll recall the dose-ranging study of ethyl eicosapentaenoate (E-EPA) that determined that 1 gram/day of EPA was better than 2 grams/day, you can see that it may be possible to get too much (or it could mean that you need the DHA in fish oil too). Similarly, a dose-ranging study of GLA found that too much had little effect. In other words, there seems to be a dose ceiling, beyond which the benefits seem to taper off. That ceiling was somewhere between 2 and 4 grams/day of GLA.

> Because EPO is actually more expensive in my part of the world than fish oil supplements (see below) I think I'll take one EPO capsule every time I take my 2 fish oil capsules which will give me 3g of EPO to 6g of fish oil (or put another way 300mg of GLA to 1g of EPA) Taking into account cost considerations do you think this is a good compromise???
>
> warm regards
> bluedog
Absolutely. You'll certainly obtain benefits from both oils (though you may not see the benefits literally).
> P.S. (following on from above) Fish oil is cheap in my town. I can purchase 400 1000mg capsules for $24.95 Australian Dollars (I suppose this equates to about $15.00 US Dollars depending on the exchange rate at the time for the 400 capsules). This works out to 6 Australian cents per fish oil capsule. The EPO is actually more expensive and and the price is 400 1000mg capsules for $32.95 Australian Dollars (go figure?)
If you realized just how many evening primrose seeds gave up their future for each capsule of oil, you may find your surprise diminishing.
Lar

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Re: Recent article - Thankyou Jaynee » Jaynee bluedog 4/20/03
Re: GLA - see Jaynee's response in thread below! » Larry Hoover bluedog 4/20/03
Re: Recent article - Thankyou Jaynee Larry Hoover 4/20/03
Re: Recent article on essential fatty acids brain » Jaynee noa 4/20/03
Re: GLA - other stuff Larry Hoover 4/20/03
Summary please? Viridis 4/20/03
Re: Summary please? Larry Hoover 4/20/03
Lar, Re: Summary please? McPac 4/20/03
Re: Lar, Re: Summary please? Larry Hoover 4/20/03
Summary please. GLA MUST be taken with fish oil? » Larry Hoover bluedog 4/20/03
Re: Summary please. GLA MUST be taken with fish oil? » bluedog Larry Hoover 4/20/03
Re: GLA MUST be taken with fish oil? Thanks » Larry Hoover bluedog 4/20/03
Re: GLA MUST be taken with fish oil? Thanks Larry Hoover 4/21/03
Re: Yes but... noa 4/21/03
Re: I experience results similar to Noa's. Ron Hill 4/21/03
Re: FO vs. E-EPA Ron and noa Larry Hoover 4/21/03
Ron Hill Re: I experience results similar to McPac 4/21/03
Re: Thank you kindly for the link. (nm) » McPac Ron Hill 4/21/03
No problem Ron! Re: Thank you kindly for the link. McPac 4/21/03
Re: Yes, Thanks, Mac (nm) » McPac noa 4/22/03
Re: FO vs. E-EPA Ron and noa noa 4/22/03
Re: more more on GLA » noa Larry Hoover 4/22/03
What about CLA? pelorojo 4/22/03
Re: What about CLA? Larry Hoover 4/22/03
Re: What about CLA? thank you Larry-Brain (nm) » Larry Hoover pelorojo 4/22/03
kirunal may be preferred fish oil for psych (nm) joebob 7/15/03

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