Comments on: Why Fish Oil?

By: Victor Vega

Victor Vega — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:16:35 +0000

Wooooow!!!!!!! My mom was right!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:19:02 +0000

There is a difference between fish oil and cod liver oil. All cod liver oil is fish oil, not all fish oil is cod liver oil.

By: Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:37:54 +0000

Patrick, I had a small hiatal hernia about a year ago. I’m not sure if it persists, but my symptoms went away. Good advice on the burps.

By: Patrick Baldwin

Patrick Baldwin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:14:24 +0000

Hiatal hernias can make fish burps a bit annoying. Storing the capsules in the freezer didn’t make much of a difference for me, you’re experience may be different. I’ve found that taking the capsule before eating helps and never wash them down with coffee. Big mistake. I take mine all at once, no way I’ll remember to take them multiple times a day.

By: Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:23:42 +0000

Adam, my research concluded that any readily available fish oil in a popular super market is going to be of acceptable quality. I haven’t compared the potency of EPA/DHA doses by brand. We get what is available at our supermarket and I don’t worry about it. I am also unconcerned with burps. Sometimes I burp and can taste fish, but to me this is analogous to driving past roadkill: mildly unpleasant, but not so bothersome that it’s going to change the way I operate.

I spread my intake over the course of the day. I do not know if loading up is better.

By: Adam West

Adam West — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:25:15 +0000

Yeah, but is it as good as Centrum Silver or those little packets of horse feed that they sell at GNC? Ha ha!

I take about 3g a day right now. Luckily, I’ve avoided the legendary fish burps that I’ve heard so much about. I’ve heard that storing them in the freezer gets rid of the burps, though.

Any thoughts on good brands (both quality-wise and cost-wise)? I get the double or triple strength purity capsules from Sam’s right now (Member’s Mark brand), depending on what’s available. Concerning EPA/DHA content, they’re only about 15 cents/gram as opposed to 10 cents/gram (after tax) for the single strength capsules. This allows me to take fewer pills and consume much less useless filler. That’s worth an extra 15-20 cents a day to me.

Also, is it recommended to spread the intake over the day, or is it acceptable to take all of it at once? I generally take half in the morning and half at night.

Good video. Great post!