Fish oil supplement benefits include decreasing triglyceride levels in the blood and reducing inflammation from arthritis. Learn about the potential benefit of fish oil decreasing blood pressure with information from a licensed dietitian in this free video on nutritional supplements.
Heart-healthy fish oil contains omega-3 fatty acids, the critically important polyunsaturated fats with powerful healing powers. Cold-water fish are exceptionally rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids—and the colder the water, the more omega-3 fatty acids there are in the fish. Salmon, sardines, sea bass, tuna, trout, mackerel, and anchovy contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA), the most potent forms of omega-3s. (Another form of omega-3 fatty acids, alpha lineolic acid, comes from plants.) Because omega-3 oils mostly come from cold-water fish and wild game—not often found in most American diets—most people don’t get enough of these essential fatty acids (EFAs). In addition, many food processors eliminate natural omega-3 oils, which have a tendency to spoil, to keep their products fresher. Scientific evidence for the benefits of fatty fish and fish oil has been building since the late 1970s when it was discovered that the native Inuits, who ate a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids, had surprisingly low heart attack rates. Since then, thousands of studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids promote cardiovascular health—and a host of other physiological and mental functions. Given the mounting evidence, the American Heart Association released new dietary recommendations in the fall of 2000 advising that everyone eat at least two 3-ounce servings of fatty fish every week. Others suggest three or more servings of fish per week.
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@loren6Q Hell yes!!
@steveshort4steven does fish oil make u smarter ?
i take two caps everyday
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High strength epa fishoil is very good for depression.May have to take it for a few weeks before it works
so fish oil can help with depression moods??
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very informative … thanks… non clinical presentation makes it easier t o understand thanks
Fish oil has helped reduce my triglycerides from dangerously high – over 250 – down to 114. Thanks for this video.
your smart..which makes you hot..thanks for the info..
so doc says that my cholesterol level is 238 and he recommends me taking fish oil. Is there anything else you as a dietician would recommend? I also drink about 480mL coffee/day x 5-7days/wk.
Thanks for the information
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;89(5). n-3 fatty acids receiving the most attention are derived from fish: EPA; 20:5n-3 and DHA; 22:6n-3. Limited data are available on plant n−3 ie ALA; 18:3n-3. Meta-analyses suggest EPA and DHA supplementation do not provide additive cardiovascular protection beyond standard care. No data exist on EPA, DHA or ALA supplement benefits for people already consuming vegetarian diets. There’s insufficient evidence to recommend n−3 supplements for cardiovascular protection
Take omega-3 for a happy health fish time.
I’m reading that omega-3 is amazing for the body! But i’m confused because some say you should take omega-3 softgel with high potency vitamins in the morning, then Im reading that fish oil (which is also omega-3) is required for good health.
So now im confused, do i take fish oil omega-3 fatty acids softgel or liquid, or do I take omega-3 fatty acids tablet/soft gel or do i take them both ?
fish oil is important, so just eat more fish!
Tests on commercially available fish oil show low contamination due to the source of the oil, fish low on the food chain. The process for removing the oil also purifies it. Many fish oil supplements, like the Zone, or Dr. Cooper’s are very safe to take, even in large amounts. Soy and corn oil are very pro-inflammatory, and likely are the causes of many diseases. Olive oil is monosaturated and has very little Omega 3s or 6s.
NO. Flax seed oil contains short chained Omega 3 only. Conversion to long chain is only 5%. It is also extremely difficult to handle flax oil as it easily goes rancid, tasting like linseed oil.
i hate these pills, they’re too damn big, i always feel like i’m going to choke on them
Wow why do you have so many thumbs downs for this. You’re only giving out information, if someone disagrees with you they should say why.
This is interesting.
I’m a vegetarian. I take flaxseed oil tablets and also get omega 3s from excellent sources such as walnuts, olive oil and soy oil.
Flaxseed oil contains ALA which is essential and enables our brains to make all other omega 3s, rather than fish oil which only contains EPA and DHA.
Fish is most often highly contaminated (mercury, cadmium etc.), so we shouldn’t have more than 2 servings a week.
For these reasons, I think flaxseed oil is a better supplement than fish oil.
As our professor of ‘Chemistry and Society’ stated you can eat as mutch Omega 3, Omega 6 (and all those other fats with ‘healing powers’) it doesn’t really make that mutch of a difference. As long as you eat enough different things the rest (taking extra vitamens eg) will just come out again,..
So don’t buy expensive fish products just for some extra omega 3 use you head.
Great! No problem, glad to hear that it helped!
Thank You Thank You, I upped my dosage, and I feel alot of differences, I used to take Flax seed oil, but never felt the differences like I do the fish oils, Wow, My skin is improving tremendously from inflamation, and I feel smarter, I am going to research for a better brand on my next bottle and will research your products as well, Thank you for responding.. I will keep watching
Our fish oil is made from Norwegian sardine, mackerel, anchovy, and salmon. It’s tested for heavy metals and contaminants, which the GNC brand might not be. You can ask them. In our Multi-Vitamin, Jigsaw Complete (we don’t carry bottles of our fish oil anymore), there’s 4000mg of Omega-3 Fish Oil. 300mg is better than nothing, but it’s a pretty small dose, and may not be therapeutic for your inflammation.
I bought the fish oil from GNC, What is this fish oil made of? Like what kind of fish? How many should I take? mine is 300mg softcaps. I really hope this works for me, I have inflamation on my skin, and i never eat fish!
Funny how his User name is “jigsaw Health”..Anyway, I agree wholeheartedly with this information..especially if you are pregnant or as he stated are depressed or have heart problems. It really does work!! So I would recommend anyone out there to take some. Keep in mind though that its important to get a good quality one!! So research, research, research. (I found lots at the website of the Omega 3 I’m taking from Neurovi. It’s better than GNC if you ask me
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Also, it was made to convert over in your body, just like protein is broken down into amino acids. Take the amino acid glutamine alone and it can have a excitotoxin-like effect( like MSG) because protein and all food was ment to be broken down by the human body.
Actually, Flax oil is BETTER than fish oil. Why? Fish oil is NOT cold pressed and is cooked before being pressed, unlike flaxseed oil. You want omega 3′s in it’s raw form, not processed, cooked form. Omega 3 fatty acids are very fragile and this is why raw omega 3′s are better for you from flax.
HAHAHAH! Someone smacked you with a trout before?
It is true.
If coldwater fish prevent inflammation, why do I turn black & blue and swell up when someone smacks me with a trout?
Your right! the problem is that we cannot wipe out the worlds fish stocks. Man, the oceans hurting all ready.
The Moore Foundation is the major source of funding for sea lice research by environmental organizations in British Columbia. SeaWeb publicized sea lice research by the David Suzuki Foundation during the time that SeaWeb was funded to “shift consumer and retailer demand away from farmed salmon.” Alexandra Morton and John Volpe are profiled at SeaWeb as photographers.
I agree to this part, but keep in mind. . The average yearly per capita intake of PCBs has been estimated to be about 30 nanograms from farmed salmon, 199 from pork, 306 from milk, 716 from poultry, and 2,401 from beef. When it comes to mercury, wild Alaskan halibut contains about 25 times as much as farmed salmon and tuna contains about 33 times as much! So if farmed salmon isn’t high in contaminants, why do environmental organizations say that it is?