Tips To Finding The Highest Quality Fish Oil Supplements

You’ve decided to take Omega 3 supplements. You know how good they are for you, you know about the warnings over eating too much fish and you’ve decided the best way to get your Omega 3 fatty acids is daily capsules. But how to you find the highest quality fish oil supplements?

Omega 3 quality varies, not all supplements are high quality, so you need to spend some time comparing fish oil supplements. The following is what you look for:

1. Purity and cleanliness.

Fish is generally contaminated and the FDA tells us not to eat too much for this reason. Supplements can be too and some have been withdrawn for this reason. One of the biggest determinants of fish oil quality is it’s cleanliness.

Most marine oil is cleansed by a process of molecular distillation. This is effective, but there is one company that considers this insufficient and adds it’s own cleansing process in before molecular distillation, just to make sure. They also control the entire process of extracting the oil from the moment the fish is caught right through to making the capsules. Most companies buy in their oils from a wholesaler.

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 are you 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.

There’s various factors that affect how well the Omega 3 fats work. To work they have to absorb into your body from your stomach, and this isn’t guaranteed. It’s called “Bioavailability” and it can vary from one supplement to another. It get a little complicated, visit my website for more information on this.

Some brands of fish oil supplements work better than others. The major benefit of Omega 3 fatty acids is their anti inflammatory effects. And one Omega 3 supplement has been shown in studies to be around twice as effective as an anti inflammatory as others.

And of course price comes into it too, though isn’t the most important factor. But you still need to do a price and value comparison which isn’t easy.

That’s a very brief explanation of how to find the highest quality fish oil supplements. Remember, 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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