Fish Oil EPA Tablets

morningpeasant

Hello,

After reading about all the benifits of Fish Oil and EPAs I have been taking these supplements http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=1108&prodid=1071 but I see a lot of people saying that Holland and Barrett are not the best place to get supplements. Can anybody suggest a better product?

Cheers

Iristxo

We get the MorDHA ones (they also have MorEPA), they're more expensive but they're meant to be highly purified

http://www.nutriglow.com/section.php?xSec=525&gclid=CL6P0vK-26ECFQRslAodzkcAIw

They have them in boots

ginger28

krill oil is more easily digested source of epa dha and sustainable and clean, a lot of fish oils are rancid and use acetone and custic soda to clean oils.krill oil is natural occurring astaxanthin an antioxidant that prevents it from oxidising and going rancid

El_Dangeroso

Can't see the ingredients on that holland and barrett stuff but you should never buy fish oil that doesn't contain some kind of anti-oxidant like vitamin E. Omega 3 is highly unstable and goes rancid quite easily.

Give them a good sniff, if they smell strongly fishy, most if not all of the oil is rancid and will actually do you more harm than good.

Carlsons lemon fish oil seems to be quite good. I take Green Pastures fermented cod liver oil, it tastes awful though, I've been mixing it with tuna as suggested by EileenG and that makes it palatable.

Iristxo

I just ordered that Carlsons Fish Oil from iherb, works out way cheaper than MorDHA one, I am spending a fortune with that one for the 3 of us. Will give it a try and see how I get on, hopefully it will not give me indigestion and will not be too difficult to stomach (the ones we have now are quite good like that).

morningpeasant

Arg, I stocked up on those last time Holland and Barrott had a sale, so now I have four month's supply. Is it just a waste of my time finishing them?

Khannie

morningpeasant wrote: »

Arg, I stocked up on those last time Holland and Barrott had a sale, so now I have four month's supply. Is it just a waste of my time finishing them?

I doubts it! Check if they contain an antioxidant (they probably do) then it's game on.

morningpeasant

Khannie wrote: »

I doubts it! Check if they contain an antioxidant (they probably do) then it's game on.

Ingredients: Fish Oil Concentrate, Capsule Shell (Gelatine, Glycerine), Vitimin E (as Mixed Tocopherols), Soy Bean Oil.

Yay or nay?

El_Dangeroso

morningpeasant wrote: »

Ingredients: Fish Oil Concentrate, Capsule Shell (Gelatine, Glycerine), Vitimin E (as Mixed Tocopherols), Soy Bean Oil.

Yay or nay?

Nay, the soybean oil will have enough omega 6 to cancel some if not all the benefits of the omega 3.

Khannie

It's the last ingredient. Looks fine to me.

Latchy

I prefer to get my omega 3 from organic Golden Flax seed oil

morningpeasant

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Nay, the soybean oil will have enough omega 6 to cancel some if not all the benefits of the omega 3.

Sorry, I'm not the most nutritionally savvy individual, could you please expand on this?

Khannie

morningpeasant wrote: »

Sorry, I'm not the most nutritionally savvy individual, could you please expand on this?

The idea is to get a balance of omega 3 and 6's. Soy bean is about 50% omega 6 (which there is generally too much of in a western diet) but there's likely only a tiny tiny amount in the tablet. You can fire ahead with them. They actually seem like decent value to me.

El_Dangeroso

Ah sorry didn't realise you had already bought them, in that case you'll probably get some net benefit, just buy a different brand next time. The cheek of them bulking out the capsule with some frankenoil! Why didn't they just make a smaller capsule? Bizzare.

themacdaddy

What Fish Oils would ye recommend I get? and also where could I get them.
I was told by a physio that Holland & Barrett was the place to go but ye seems to think different.

Also any of ye take Glucosamine? Any products/brands I should stay away from?

Thanks.

El_Dangeroso

themacdaddy wrote: »

Also any of ye take Glucosamine? Any products/brands I should stay away from?

Don't buy glucosamine, just make stock from the carcass of the next chicken you roast, homemade stock is packed with glucosamine and other goodies.