Posted by Larry Hoover on March 25, 2005, at 18:21:09
In reply to Re: NEED ADVICE PLEASE!!! LarryHoover?? » Larry Hoover, posted by snapper on March 25, 2005, at 18:06:26
> > > My Pdoc has recc. that I start a Quality multi-vitamin and 600 to 100mg per day of Omega 3,6,9 with proper balance of DHA & EPA ... need to know the best and weather to get it in liquid or gel caps. I have heard good things about Carlsons but I need more info...
> > > Thanks
> > > Snapper
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> > I promise you, you do not need any more omega-6 or omega-9 fatty acids. Your diet is already way overloaded with those.
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> > I like Carlson's fish oil. It really doesn't taste fishy to me at all. If you want caps, I'd just use the cheap ones at Walmart or Sam's or Costco. Their turnover is so high that they're generally of good quality, and the price can't be beat.
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> > I'd be targeting 5000 mg/day of fish oil, not 1000. More, if tolerated.
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> > Take only with a meal. The biggest fattiest meal of the day, if possible. Your digestive system will more properly emulsify and take up the fish oil if there is a good fatty meal to trigger the process. Food reduces the chances of fish burps, which are not the greatest thing to have. Not good for people close to you, either. ;-)
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> > Lar
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> > Hi Larry, thanks for getting back to me...after I put down Omega 3,6 and 9 I realized that the other 2 #'s were not really the most important. I have also done some further reasearch and found a website that looks like it is NOT the "fish oil" that is so neccessary and beneficial for us it is the EPA and DHA that are the highest of importance in getting benefits to our bodies and brains and what not. I am going to post this link and you may have seen it before but I think it has a lot of merit.....it is -- www.n3inc.com and if you go to thier site and read it thouroghly it really makes sense! I don't think it is internet marketing hype and hope that I am not wrong but from what I read, I am going to pursue the product. Check it out and let me know what you think. Yes $$$ is a factor but I will spend what is neccessary to treat my illness. Also why do you recc. the 5000mg range
> thanks , let me know and also if that link is correct!
> SnapperYou're going to be spending a lot of money that you don't need to spend. That product is double potency in EPA and DHA, but they are using hype to sell these. The other fatty acids in the capsules are not "fish oil". They're using BS to baffle brains.
You'd get the same amount of EPA and DHA if you took three of the inexpensive capsules from Walmart. It's your money, but there's absolutely nothing special about this stuff, other than convenience. One capsule instead of three. And it would be a whopper capsule, at 1250 mg. A lot of people have trouble with the standard 1000 mg ones.
Lar
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