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Originally Posted by missjane
OK, call me math-challenged and fish-oil challenged. I've been sitting on the fence about fish oil for 2 years now and it's time to just finally get over my fear of it and JUST DO IT. I tried the Coromega and, while the test was OK, it's a bit pricey. So, with these goals in mind,
1. Minimize any repeat or burps
2. The prescription for my current nutrition is..direct quote..."6x1 gram capsules of fish oil per day"
3. Easy to swallow
...I think I've decided on these http://www.vitacost.com/Jarrow-Formulas-EPA-DHA-Balance
Now, here's where the math comes in. I look at this and think I need 6 per day to reach what I'm supposed to have; however, after reading some of the very confusing math equations in this thread, I am convinced I am wrong, somehow. 6X1 gram capsule should mean just that, shouldn't it????
So, can someone please break this down to me as if I were a first-grader and just tell me how many of these suckers a day to swallow? Or, I'm just going with six!! |
I'm not sure who said 6x1 caps a day. That's too vague, as caps vary. Those ones are pretty potent, though.
Each of those will give you 630mg of EPA/DHA (combined). So, with 6, that's 3780mg or 3.8g of EPA/DHA.
Did you get a recommendation on EPA/DHA, or just fish oil caps 6x1g per day? The typical, mainstream, decent quality fish oil cap has 320mg combined, but there are bad ones with less and some super-duper ones with more.
If I were recommending a dose to start, I would say say 2 to 3g per day of combined EPA/DHA. 3g for a guy who's 175-200? 2 or 2.5 for someone lighter. There's no magic number.
Remember that there are big benefits from reducing Omega-6s, too. You're trying to balance things out as much as possible, which takes reductions in soybean oil, corn oil, and 'vegetable oil' (usually made of corn and soy combined).
Also, there are all sorts of oils that claim to high in 3s (usually true), but fail to understand that the high amounts of 6s tends to mess up any benefits of the 3s. Check out your various oils, nuts, seeds, over at nutritiondate.com, where they lay out the fat breakdown very well.