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Q: Omega 3 Questions And Concerns
asked by: Alazia on February 27th, 2007
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Hello, this would be my first post on these forums.
My question is, simply put - Should i be going for EPA or DHA in Omega 3 supplements?
I've read that one should go for a 2:1 ratio of EPA/DHA but would that be better than more DHA than EPA?

I've been looking around and i see some with 800MG EPA / 400MG DHA, 50MG EPA / 550MG DHA, 200MG EPA / 500MG DHA

They also have different amounts of purified fish oil and omega 3 fatty acids 2,126.00MG / 1,480.00MG, 1,000.00MG / 0, 1,000MG / 0

I'm just really confused, theres alot of choices one can make in buying an Omega 3 supplement, not to mention theres alot of different brands one can buy from too, can anyone recommend any good ones?

What started all this was my first Omega 3 supplement buy, I found out that when buying Omega 3 you should get the molecularly distilled kind, and the ones i bought from Sundown didn't have that described anywhere on the bottle or website, which got me alittle worried.

Then i started looking for other products and saw that they all had different amounts of EPA/DHA/Omega3/Fish oil.
Seems to me that there isn't any real solid answers out there to go by, which is what makes this such a hard decision.
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healthy-model
replied on February 27th, 2007
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i am currently taking a brand, and all of my clients and family is taking it. it helps them relieve constipation and maintain their cholesterol levels already in the normal range. i also did a few tests with other omega-3s in the market and found them to be impure. just throw them in the freezer and see if they freeze up. if it does, then i wouldn't be taking that fishoil any longer. DHA/EPA levels aren't something too concerned about, the important part is the origins of these fish-you might get too much mercury inside of you if these fishes came from an unclean area.
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Alazia
replied on March 3rd, 2007
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Thanks for the reply, much appreciated Smile
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