It really is time. Time to start taking daily fish oil supplements, the evidence for their health benefits is overwhelming. But how do you decide which are the highest quality fish oil supplements?
Not all Omega 3 supplements are high quality, and you do need to do some comparisons. Here’s what to look for:
1. Purity as well as cleanliness.
Fish can be contaminated with toxins and the FDA tell us not to eat a lot because of this. Fish oil supplements can be too and in the past some have been withdrawn. You need to know that the fishoil supplements are clean and free of toxins.
Most oil from fish used for supplements is cleaned by a process called molecular distillation. This works, but there is at least one company that doesn’t think this is sufficient and adds a second cleansing process as well as molecular distillation. And this company also believes you need to know the quality if your fish right from the beginning and so they control the entire catching process right from fisherman to oil processing.
2. Oil freshness.
Fish can go rancid, or go off. When this happens it has oxidized. You get that “fishy” taste and smell. Some manufacturers even add masking scents so you can’t notice it as much. You need to choose the highest quality fish oil supplements that have only fresh oils that aren’t oxidized.
3. How much DHA you’re getting.
The most important Omega 3 fatty acid is DHA. Most Omega 3 capsules contain 18% EPA and 12% DHA, so for a 1000 mg capsule you’re getting 120 mg of DHA. The rest, apart from 180 mg of EPA, isn’t that important.
The highest quality Omega 3 supplements give you 28% DHA, so you’re getting 280 mg per 1000 mg capsule. That’s almost 2 1/2 times more than most.
4. The effectiveness of the Omega 3 fats.
And when you take your Omega 3 supplements they fish oil needs to be absorbed into your body from your stomach. Not all absorb the same. It’s called “Bioavailability” and it gets complicated, visit my website if you want to find out more.
Not all fish oil brands work the same, the quality fish oil supplements do work better. The major benefits of Omega 3 fatty acids are their anti inflammatory effects. And one brand of fish oil supplements has been shown to work over twice as well as an anti inflammatory.
Of course price also comes into any discussion about fish oil quality, that can’t be ignored. But it isn’t easy to do a price value comparison.
That’s a simple summary of what to look for in a quality fish oil supplements. Because fish oil quality does matter.
I write much more extensively about this on my website and also do a price/value comparison there as well if you’re interested.
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