Best Fish Oil caps?

Any comments?  I want to start taking fish oil caps, but there are so many to choose from. What's the amount needed?

Some information. I take fish oil everyday and have noticed a real difference. Evening primrose is also good for women.

http://www.squidoo.com/fish_oil

http://ezinearticles.com/?Fish-Oil-Supplement s---How-to-Choose&id=414180

 

Are you after omega-3 supplements or cod liver oil and similar? Honestly, I think it's better to get your intake of omega-3s from oily fish themselves. ^^ But not everyone likes fish!

Cod liver oil is good, but contains vitamin A, and if you are getting a lot of vit A in your diet already one way or another too much can possibly eventually be damaging as far as I'm aware. Still, the links that littleshellys posted are very insightful. :D

I'm with lalabanana.... eat more fish.  There's actually some evidence that isolating Omega 3 and putting it in capsules or adding it to margarines does nothing useful.  It's the Omega 3 in conjunction with the hundreds of other elements/chemicals/nutrien ts going on in a fish that actually benefits the body.

If you don't like fish there are other excellent natural sources.  Good luck

I am on the same page when it comes to eating more fish. It has protein and omegas.  I love eating salmon, tuna or any kind of fish/shellfish for that matter! (for the record:  shrimp is bad for you :( blah!)  Fish isn't for every person though.  Lots of people can't stomach it!

Have you noticed when you enter it into your calorie counter that it tells you that its high in fat?  I already knew it was but it has lots of good fat in it doesn't it?  I think that the calorie counting engines need to be able to tell the difference between the two.  If you are eating something that helps balance out the bad fats its worthy of noting.  I realize that too much of a good thing still isn't what you want but doesn't it give you a little leeway if you are eating fats that are good for you?

I looked up sources other than fish to get your omegas and this is what I found.

http://www.active.com/nutrition/Articles/Migh ty_Omegas--The__Good_Fat_.htm

Don't worry about individual ratings for foods like oily fish.  The banana I just entered was A rating but had 'bad points high in sugar' :-)  It's the balance of everything in a day that counts....

I agree with lalabanana and gi-jane.  Have read articles over time which indicate that our bodies do not seems to absorb various supplements in pill form the same way these nutrients are absorbed from foods.

In addition to getting the omega3's from fatty fish, there are also eggs on the market which are high in omega3's (resulting from the feed they eat)

Unfortunately, those Omega-3 eggs were one of the foods that came out not to be particularly beneficial because they turn out to contain the 'wrong sort' of Omega-3.   So the poor old egg producers claiming their eggs offer 'heart health' were ordered to take the claims off the packs because the saturated fats in an egg more than offset any benefits.

The whole nutrient business is really interesting!

I would also go with eating your omega's naturally vs a supplement.  I like milled flax seed in my oatmeal or you can bake with it.  Also go to a healthfood store in the refrigerator section and pick up a bottle of flax seed oil.  You shouldn't cook the oil but you can add it to salad dressing or other foods too.  I prefer the milled flax seed though cuz its cheaper and less calories.

Thank you Dreas for posting that! I was going to look for an article this morning but needing to go to college was priority so I had no time. xD

Like Gi-jane said, calorie count is pretty bad at identifying good and bad sugars, good and bad fats, and then to a lesser degree dietary cholesterol and... bad cholesterol (I'm thinking eggs, here). It can't really differenciate between refined sugar in a pack of skittles and the healthy and nutritious goodness of a banana like jane said! It also loves to recommend brussel sprouts. ;] It is still an excellent resource for tracking overall intakes, but as long as you know what you are eating is of the right kind of fat and/or sugar, I wouldn't fret over the CC rating coming up.

For the OP and anyone else interested: Now I have a little more time, some suggestions to get more Omega-3's in your diet:

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=geor ge&dbid=75

:D I love WHfoods, haha. Still, try the natural way of including omega-3's in your diet! My mum likes pear, walnut and spinach salad (with other ingredients, obviously!) because she's not a huge fan of oily fish beyond salmon.

Aha! An update:

********** Omega-3's

http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/page /1/5908.html#34

The standard format of nutritional information at this point does not distinguish the omega 3 fatty acids from other sorts of fat, and as such we cannot programmatically account for that.

The FDA is, however, starting to endorse qualified health claims that EPA and DHA omega 3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. This is the first step towards including the omega 3s into the standard nutritional information format, and we are hoping that this will happen soon.

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I eat fish 3-4 times a week.  Maybe I'm getting plenty of Omega-3?  I had wanted to take it for my dry skin...heard it was good for that.  I also use extra virgin olive oil on my salads and cooking. 

I take Costco brand Omega-3 fish oil capsules.  They seem to be doing my good because my HDL cholesterol levels are right where they should be (44 with 40-60 being a healthy range).  My doctor said the fish oil could certainly be helping that.

For your dry skin try getting more Vitamin E....  It's a fat soluble vitamin and you find it in olive oil, sunflower oil, nuts, sunflower seeds, wheatgerm (wheatgerm oil is packed with the stuff!), kiwifruit, mango and dark green vegetables such as broccoli and  spinach.   If you use olive oil make sure that oil/fat represents a good 25-30% of your diet.  I have a dry skin and find if my diet gets too low in fat, it gets worse.  And the other thing that makes it worse is if I'm dehydrated.  Best of luck.

Is Vitamin E good in capsule form?  I'll try it, too.  I'm really anxious to help this skin!

You are really, really better off getting your nutrients from food sources like gi-jane listed before you go for the supplements. A general multivitamin IS a good idea, but beyond that look at foods before tablets!

If 'glamgran' means you're over 50 (?) sometimes supplements plus the food itself can be a 'belt and braces' solution.  I'd particularly recommend the kiwifruit! 

I take Fisol - they are enteric coated and smaller in size. They have brought my cholesterol down and helped with joint aches.