Amie

I have a couple questions about Omega 3 in the form of the fish oil pills.

I am currently taking one that has 1000mg of fish oil, 180mg EPAand 120mg of DHA. The vitamin E amount is 1.1 I.U. It directs us to take them 3 times a day.

What amounts should I be looking for in the pills?

What do you use? How many times a day do you take the fish oil pills?

Is there an RDA for Omega 3?

Also, these pills smell really bad. Do your pills stink too? I have to hold my breath while taking the pill out of the bottle.

I have noticed a difference in my skin since I began taking the fish pills. I have just noticed other brands directing users to only take the pills twice a day and I was wondering what amounts others are taking.

Thanks for your input!

Amie

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Here's some information for you from the Mercola web site.
I don't use the brand he recommends because I can't find it in Canada. The brand I'm using is as close as I can find to his recommendations.

And yes, they are suppose to smell like fish

I'm A Little Tea Pot

Look for pharmaceutical grade fish oil that has a high amount of EPA and DHA per capsule.

I would personnally look for 300-400 mg of EPA with 150-200 mg of DHA per capsule.

You might also want to give liquid fish oil a try. I recently bought a bottle of pharmaceutical grade liquid fish oil by Nordic Naturals. They use Norwegian fish oils of the highest quality. The one I use has almost 1700 mg of EPA and 1200mg of DHA per teaspoon. It's highly concentrated plus it tastes pretty good.

Carlson Labs and Sears Labs also have high quality fish oils. Just make sure you use pharmaceutical grade.

Pale Pink Aura

I eat 100g salmon or tuna every day and my holistic gp also wanted me to take 2x 1000mg fish oil caps twice daily. I'm not sure why she wanted me to take so much - maybe due to all of my clinical signs. I have noticed an improvement in my skin also, though it's too early to see what it has done to my cycle yet.

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