[Katatonic]

(07-19-2012 08:34 PM)Zeus Wrote:  

Krill seems to be the best, but it is very expensive. I stick with Carlsons cod liver. You get a boost of vitamin D also.

I've switched to krill oil myself. Dave Asprey mentioned the benefits of krill oil, specifically in evening out the ratio's of omega 6's to omega 3's in our bodies.

Cod liver oil was a staple of mine while boxing. I never ended up having the joint pain that a lot of the other fighters suffered through at times.

I would prefer to be using seal oil, but the assholes in this country refuse to let it be sold.

This is the Joe Rogan interview with Dave Asprey. One of the greatest podcasts on diet and nutrition I've ever watched/listened to. Do yourselves a favor and watch it:

[Big Nilla]

I use Twinlab's liquid Norwegian cod liver oil. Great price for the amount of dha/epa in it, compared to fish oil pills. I take a sip of it each time I eat something.

[CaP7]

(07-19-2012 02:28 PM)Kona Wrote:  

(07-19-2012 12:34 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:  

From what I hear some types of fish are higher in Omega-3's, the best being wild Alaskan salmon. Another concern with eating a lot of fish vs. fish oil, might be the amount of toxins and mercury in straight up eating fish.

Don't get me started.

There is no mercury risk to you whatsoever from eating fish, unless for some reason the factory that processes your fish actually dips it in mercury.

Actor Jeremy Piven got mercury poisoning after eating sushi something like 3 times a day for 20 years straight. That's extreme, and also there's traces of mercury in the fake grass they put in sushi bentos to keep the wasabi off the sushi.

I think he was a champion of the mercury warning labels they wanted to (and maybe they do now) put on fish in California. It's complete bullshit.

I've been seriously considering putting money behind some type of low budget study about this. It drives me crazy when people say this. I'm also dealing with the neighbor bitch who's kid has autism. She still claims it's from mercury. The autism kid got my little nephew thrown out of summer camp. This mercury-causes-autism charge is mainly related to vaccines, but is led by celebrity Jenny McCarthy who should shut the hell up. It's also bullshit.

OGNORCAL, eat fish, it's ok.

Aloha!

Yep. It's the old "Something bad happened to me because I wasn't careful, or just a dumbass, so now I'm going to be the 'Champion for Change' to pass more laws." Thanks. Where would we be without these heroes.

[CaP7]

Also, I use a brand of fish oil called Garden of Life. It's sold in Sprout's grocery stores in CA. I used get the "fish burps" after taking other brands. Especially the pills. Fish Burps are disgusting. The Garden of Life brand is orange flavored and doesn't give the Fish Burps.

[IRTdenialist]

I don't think that brand really matters too much. Liquid is preferable over caps, just make sure your getting a high eph/dha content. Always keep the fish oil liquid/tabs in the fridge. I take 1 tablespoon of high strength fish oil everyday , out of all of the supplements that I take I rate fish oil and avc the highest. You can see and feel the differences they make to your health and body.

[txtraveler]

(01-31-2013 10:35 AM)IRTdenialist Wrote:  

I don't think that brand really matters too much. Liquid is preferable over caps, just make sure your getting a high eph/dha content. Always keep the fish oil liquid/tabs in the fridge. I take 1 tablespoon of high strength fish oil everyday , out of all of the supplements that I take I rate fish oil and avc the highest. You can see and feel the differences they make to your health and body.

I think the only thing that REALLY matters are the fish burps/breath.
Some brands use more lemon than others to offset the nastiness of the fish oil breath.

[IRTdenialist]

(01-31-2013 11:03 AM)txtraveler Wrote:  

(01-31-2013 10:35 AM)IRTdenialist Wrote:  

I don't think that brand really matters too much. Liquid is preferable over caps, just make sure your getting a high eph/dha content. Always keep the fish oil liquid/tabs in the fridge. I take 1 tablespoon of high strength fish oil everyday , out of all of the supplements that I take I rate fish oil and avc the highest. You can see and feel the differences they make to your health and body.

I think the only thing that REALLY matters are the fish burps/breath.
Some brands use more lemon than others to offset the nastiness of the fish oil breath.

Yep, the stuff that I get comes in orange or strawberry flavour. It does help it go down easier. For the bro's from the UK I recommend myprotein.com, they have the best quality fish oil for the price.

[Duke Castile]

SFH

http://www.strongerfasterhealthier.com/

[thegmanifesto]

Cod Liver Oil VS Fish Oil, which one do you guys like more?

I looked on the labels and they are similar except Cod Liver Oil has Vitamin D and Vitamin A.

I live in sunny climates so I have no issues with Vitamin D and I heard Vitamin A is harmful in high doses.

I just bought another bottle of Fish Oil (Carlson's) but I was wonder your guys take.

MikeCF?

[Enigma]

I've been using NOW Foods Ultra Omega 3 Soft Gels for a while. They're 1000mgs per pill and NOW Foods usually provides quality product for a good price.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000SE5SY6...-1&pi=SL75

[Nascimento]

(09-02-2013 08:01 PM)Enigma Wrote:  

I've been using NOW Foods Ultra Omega 3 Soft Gels for a while. They're 1000mgs per pill and NOW Foods usually provides quality product for a good price.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000SE5SY6...-1&pi=SL75

I've ordered the same ones, should be coming in this week.

How many do you take a day for good benefits?

It's a matter of lasting me 6 vs 3 months.

[007]

If you are in the uk try out thw myprotein.com brand. I use it myself and it's the highest strength I have found, also the cheapest. At 1 tbsp per day you'll be able to feel and see the difference.

(07-19-2012 11:39 AM)Caligula Wrote:  

Many of you must take fish oil. My question is, which brand do you prefer and why? What's the cheapest source for that brand?

I've taken various types my whole life. I don't mind the taste so I usually go for the liquid stuff and take it by the spoonful. Thinking of switching to fermented, cold filtered cod liver oil since it's supposed to be better than the more processed stuff. This looks good - http://www.greenpasture.org/public/Produ.../index.cfm

Is the premium worth it or is the basic non-fermented stuff equally good?

[The Lizard of Oz]

Eskimo-3 Liquid Fish Oil

This is by far the best fish oil out there.

What happens to lower quality fish oils that are unstable is that the fats get rancid. This is why bad fish oils "repeat" and have a fishy aftertaste. Not so with Eskimo-3, which is incredibly stable (that's why they use it in clinical studies). Also, the liquid form is much, much better than softgels.

1 teaspoon of this a day is all you need.

[thegmanifesto]

(09-03-2013 10:46 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:  

Eskimo-3 Liquid Fish Oil

This is by far the best fish oil out there.

What happens to lower quality fish oils that are unstable is that the fats get rancid. This is why bad fish oils "repeat" and have a fishy aftertaste. Not so with Eskimo-3, which is incredibly stable (that's why they use it in clinical studies). Also, the liquid form is much, much better than softgels.

1 teaspoon of this a day is all you need.

Is it better than this one? http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-Laboratori...n+fish+oil Carlsons?

I should have bought it online.

It was more expensive at Whole Foods.

[Acute Angle]

(09-02-2013 07:06 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

Cod Liver Oil VS Fish Oil, which one do you guys like more?

I looked on the labels and they are similar except Cod Liver Oil has Vitamin D and Vitamin A.

I live in sunny climates so I have no issues with Vitamin D and I heard Vitamin A is harmful in high doses.

Definitely limit/eliminate any supplementary Vitamin A (retinol) intake:

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/wp-conten...he-FNB.pdf

"... high retinol intake from food and supplements has been significantly
associated with hip fracture. In a meta-analysis, adverse effects on bone mineral density and fracture risk were found to occur at a level of retinol intake that was only about twice the current RDA for women. The finding of harm at only twice the RDA seems to imply that either the RDA for vitamin A is too high or the therapeutic index of vitamin A is very low.

Despite having the highest serum 25(OH) vitamin D concentrations in Europe, the incidence of osteoporotic fractures in women in Scandinavian countries, where cod liver
oil consumption is common, is the highest in the world.12 However, the incidence of fractures in Norway has decreased over time since the vitamin A content of cod liver oil was decreased by 75% in 1999. The above studies seem to imply that subclinical vitamin A toxicity may be an under-recognized cause of metabolic bone disease in developed countries.

Subclinical vitamin A toxicity may extend beyond bone health. For example, insulin resistance and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome were higher in adolescents with higher vitamin A levels. Likewise, daily consumption of cod liver oil (high in preformed retinol) is associated with the risk of adult-onset asthma. The odds ratio for developing hypertensive disorders in pregnancy for women consuming liquid cod-liver
oil was 4.7 after adjusting for confounding factors. Another Cochrane meta-analysis found that vitamin A significantly increased mortality in gastrointestinal cancers."

[The Lizard of Oz]

Yes, definitely. The stability properties of Eskimo-3 are an order of magnitude better than other fish oils, including Carlson. It's not cheap but it's more than worth it. With fats/oils, stability is what makes all the difference.

Yeah, you're more often than not better off buying this stuff online.

(09-04-2013 07:57 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(09-03-2013 10:46 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:  

Eskimo-3 Liquid Fish Oil

This is by far the best fish oil out there.

What happens to lower quality fish oils that are unstable is that the fats get rancid. This is why bad fish oils "repeat" and have a fishy aftertaste. Not so with Eskimo-3, which is incredibly stable (that's why they use it in clinical studies). Also, the liquid form is much, much better than softgels.

1 teaspoon of this a day is all you need.

Is it better than this one? http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-Laboratori...n+fish+oil Carlsons?

I should have bought it online.

It was more expensive at Whole Foods.

[JayJuanGee]

(07-19-2012 02:28 PM)Kona Wrote:  

(07-19-2012 12:34 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:  

From what I hear some types of fish are higher in Omega-3's, the best being wild Alaskan salmon. Another concern with eating a lot of fish vs. fish oil, might be the amount of toxins and mercury in straight up eating fish.

There is no mercury risk to you whatsoever from eating fish, unless for some reason the factory that processes your fish actually dips it in mercury.
...................

I've been seriously considering putting money behind some type of low budget study about this. It drives me crazy when people say this. I'm also dealing with the neighbor bitch who's kid has autism. She still claims it's from mercury. The autism kid got my little nephew thrown out of summer camp. This mercury-causes-autism charge is mainly related to vaccines, but is led by celebrity Jenny McCarthy who should shut the hell up. It's also bullshit.

OGNORCAL, eat fish, it's ok.

@ Kona, I realize you wrote the above snip-its over a year ago (and I had not even heard of RVF, then... he he he), and I largely agree with a lot of your overall conclusion, except for maybe slightly different reasons.

1) I think Mercury is a concern - except most of the time the selenium value in the fish off-sets the mercury - so in many instance the mercury is not a big deal.

This linked website talks about how selenium offsets negative effects of mercury.

http://www.naturalnews.com/026729_seleni..._fish.html

2) I think that there are a lot of problems with mercury and aluminum in vaccines - I do not think those claims about autism from immunizations are off base, but that is a separate discussion and separate issue from whether or not one should eat fish.

@ Kona : I agree with your overall conclusion to eat fish and don't need to pay that much attention to mercury, unless the fish is low in selenium and if you eat a lot of the fish without somehow getting selenium in your system. Ultimately the benefits of eating fish outweigh the negatives of the mercury.

(09-02-2013 07:06 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

Cod Liver Oil VS Fish Oil, which one do you guys like more?

I looked on the labels and they are similar except Cod Liver Oil has Vitamin D and Vitamin A.

I live in sunny climates so I have no issues with Vitamin D and I heard Vitamin A is harmful in high doses.

I just bought another bottle of Fish Oil (Carlson's) but I was wonder your guys take.

MikeCF?

@ GMan: IMHO: The jury does not seem to be in, exactly, regarding whether supplementing with fish oil, versus actually eating fish, is actually beneficial or not, and part of the debates about the benefits have to do with questions of oxidation (how long these things may sit on the shelf and also oxidation in our bodies), which I have seen some discussion that there are greater potentials for oxidation with tablet forms of fish oil as compared with the kinds of oils in the liquid in the bottle.

http://www.baltimorehealthpc.com/49-is-l...n-capsules


Questions concerning keeping fish oils from going rancid:
http://paleohacks.com/questions/35482/ho...z2e6VVGhv9



Chris Kresser wrote an extensive article on considerations in buying fish oils in May 2010:

http://chriskresser.com/the-definitive-f...yers-guide


Even though Kresser has studied the fish oil topic a lot, he does not seem to land exactly in the camp that recommends supplements - except in late 2010, he says that he supplements with cod liver oil. He provides several articles and links:

The selenium/mercury issue here:
http://chriskresser.com/is-eating-fish-s...ating-fish

The overview of fish fat issues, here:
http://chriskresser.com/essentialfattyacids

and

The latest article about oxidation in October 2010 here - and he also talks about Vitamin A and Vitamin D issues:
http://chriskresser.com/when-it-comes-to...not-better


In essence, I personally attempt to eat fish on a regular basis in order to increase my omega 3 to 6 ratio (which also can be helpful by cutting out certain vegetable and industrial oils - so we may not need as much Omega 3 if we cut out some of the omega 6s) and I supplement by taking flavored (lemon and cherry) cod liver oil in a bottle b/c i am more worried about how long the tablet forms of fish oil may have been in the tablets and possibly exposed to light.

[JayJuanGee]

(01-30-2013 01:18 PM)Katatonic Wrote:  

(07-19-2012 08:34 PM)Zeus Wrote:  

Krill seems to be the best, but it is very expensive. I stick with Carlsons cod liver. You get a boost of vitamin D also.

I've switched to krill oil myself. Dave Asprey mentioned the benefits of krill oil, specifically in evening out the ratio's of omega 6's to omega 3's in our bodies.

Cod liver oil was a staple of mine while boxing. I never ended up having the joint pain that a lot of the other fighters suffered through at times.

I would prefer to be using seal oil, but the assholes in this country refuse to let it be sold.

This is the Joe Rogan interview with Dave Asprey. One of the greatest podcasts on diet and nutrition I've ever watched/listened to. Do yourselves a favor and watch it:

There's a lot of footage here in this video, and I would not recommend the first 20 minutes b/c it seems like a lot of advertising; however, when you get to about minute 25 and thereafter, they begin to get into an interesting nutrition discussion - which has a lot of good ideas - whether you agree or not, Asprey seems to know quite a bit about what he is talking, especially he seems to be in some regards of the paleo inclination.

Also, I would not say there is a lot of bang for the buck in the video regarding nutrition b/c the information is somewhat scattered throughout the more than 2 hours of video, and I became a little sceptical at approximately 1hour 34 minutes, when Asprey indicated that he takes about 40 pills per day, but he used to take take 187 pills a day. I become a lot more sceptical when people begin to believe that in order to get nutrition and health that we should take pills rather than finding natural food sources to achieve such.. .....

if you read Asprey's bio, he spent $250,000 to bio engineer himself and/or to study various ways to improve himself and to take supplements.

http://about.me/asprey

In any event, Asprey may be a little bit of an outlier regarding prescribing normal and natural methods.. in terms of whether what he has done will work for you... or whether he is trying to sell you something that may be a little much.. or not quite right.

I do agree with Katatonic that there is quite a bit of good information scattered through the video... but my inclinations would be figuring out ways to achieve nutrition as naturally as possible... and accordingly, consider the various recommendations within the video with a grain of salt.

[Enigma]

(09-02-2013 08:07 PM)Nascimento Wrote:  

(09-02-2013 08:01 PM)Enigma Wrote:  

I've been using NOW Foods Ultra Omega 3 Soft Gels for a while. They're 1000mgs per pill and NOW Foods usually provides quality product for a good price.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000SE5SY6...-1&pi=SL75

I've ordered the same ones, should be coming in this week.

How many do you take a day for good benefits?

It's a matter of lasting me 6 vs 3 months.

I only take one. They are more concentrated than many fish oil supplements with 750mg Omega 3 per 1000mg capsule.

[The Reactionary Tree]

If you are concerned about quality, one thing I always recommend to my patients when purchasing supplements is to look for the label that says "USP Verified."

USP = United States Pharmacopeia

When you see this:



It means that the USP has verified that this particular dietary supplement contains the amount of ingredient that it says it has, that it has no contaminants, and that it will actually breakdown and be absorbed by the body. So if it says 1000mg of fish oil, you know that you are getting 1000mg of fish oil without any contaminants.

[Brian Shima]

An old fart recommended this to me, it's not fish oil but I believe it falls in the same boat with the same benefits. It took about a week and half before I felt the benefits, it sort of feels like a clear headed high you would get from drugs but without the disadvantages I wish it was offered in pill form because the taste is pretty rough!

http://www.amazon.com/Udos-Choice-3-6-9-...B0010ED3DQ

[Cyclone]

I can't believe no one has mentioned LabDoor yet. this solved all my problems. I usually can't afford their #1 choices, as prices tend to spike pretty quickly up there, but it's a scientific way to figuring out the best quality fish oil. There's a few articles on the site so i'm pretty sure it's legit

https://labdoor.com/rankings/fish-oil
.

[musicsoundsbetteratnight]

Swisse High Strength Deep Sea Krill Oil. Not sure if available outside Australia.

[FretDancer]

I have experimented with this brand:

It was pretty good. I think they are from Australia. Someone helped me order it online.

Now however I am taking this one because I can get it at Costco for around the same price:

[mistertruc]

I found this website which compare all brand of fish oils available in the market and rank them:
https://labdoor.com/rankings/fish-oil

Apparently the best one is:
https://labdoor.com/review/whc-unocardio...min-d-1000