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Tue May 29, 2007 9:37 am  |
I've read a lot about the benefit of fish oils/omega oils, but am confused over which to get. I prefer the Nordic Naturals brand. They sell: Omega 3 varieties (Omega 3, Ultimate Omeaga 3, DHA, EPA, EPAxtra), and Omega 3-6-9 varieties (Complete Omega, ProEFA, Omega Women). And so on.
Does anyone know what/how to choose?
Omega 3? Or Omega 3-6-9? Or what?
Thanks so. |
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Tue May 29, 2007 10:18 am |
| Hi jakee, I'm not a nutitionist or anything like that, but I prefer a complete EFA with Omega 3-6-9. Nordic Naturals is a fairly good line |
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Tue May 29, 2007 3:16 pm |
| Thanks. What brand do you take?? |
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Tue May 29, 2007 6:17 pm |
| athena123 wrote: |
| Hi jakee, I'm not a nutitionist or anything like that, but I prefer a complete EFA with Omega 3-6-9. Nordic Naturals is a fairly good line |
I'm currently taking the Cod Liver Oil from Nordic Naturals (recommended by my ND). |
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Tue May 29, 2007 7:26 pm |
| Yen wrote: |
| athena123 wrote: |
| Hi jakee, I'm not a nutitionist or anything like that, but I prefer a complete EFA with Omega 3-6-9. Nordic Naturals is a fairly good line |
I'm currently taking the Cod Liver Oil from Nordic Naturals (recommended by my ND). |
thanks. what's an ND? |
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Tue May 29, 2007 9:03 pm |
| ND stands for Naturopathic Doctor. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 3:12 pm |
| I think Nordic Naturals are the best brand too, for this reason alone: their fish oil capsules are flavored, even the adult ones. That means you don't get those horrible fishy-tasting burps/whiffs after the fact - that alone was reason enough to turn me off of fish oils, until I found this brand. They are regarded as one of the higher-quality brands by most NDs anyway, but the flavor is what hooked me! Adult = peach, kids = lemon or strawberry, I forget. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 3:39 pm |
I have been taking daily 2tbsp of Omega Nutrition organic flax oil for several years.
It is a very good quality flax oil, they also have capsules. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 4:18 pm |
| ginnielizz wrote: |
| I think Nordic Naturals are the best brand too, for this reason alone: their fish oil capsules are flavored, even the adult ones. That means you don't get those horrible fishy-tasting burps/whiffs after the fact - that alone was reason enough to turn me off of fish oils, until I found this brand. They are regarded as one of the higher-quality brands by most NDs anyway, but the flavor is what hooked me! Adult = peach, kids = lemon or strawberry, I forget. |
Which Nordic ones do you take and why?
Thanks. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 4:47 pm |
| I take the Cod Liver Oil (adult Peach flavored version), mainly for cholesterol lowering. However, it has a lot of other benefits, such as helping combat depression, making skin more elastic and hair and nails stronger, and general digestive and overall health benefits. I take these in conjunction with organic flaxseed oil capsules with lignans, or sometimes I just use ground flax seeds or flax oil in cooking. I also take a multivitamin and a calcium-magnesium effervescent supplement. Most of these are at my naturopath's suggestion, and I can be quite lazy/bad about taking them, so I always keep an extra bottle of each kind at work too. And until this past weekend I lived separately from my boyfriend so I kept a set of all my supps (and skincare!) at his place too. But we just moved in together so now I have a whole extra set of everything - maybe I'll keep them in my car?! |
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Wed May 30, 2007 5:07 pm |
| I forgot to mention, if you go with a different brand of fish oils just make sure they are "molecularly distilled" - that's the only way to make sure they don't contain the toxins that are often present in deep-swimming fish. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 5:20 pm |
| ginnielizz wrote: |
| I take the Cod Liver Oil (adult Peach flavored version) |
I tried the Peach flavoured one but didn't like it. I'm currently the orange flavoured one. I find that it has less "fishy" taste compared to the peach one. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 5:24 pm |
| I didn't realize they had multiple flavors for the Cod Liver Oil - I'll have to check that out, peach is not my favorite flavor! I would much prefer orange. Thanks, Yen! |
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32, fair hair/eyes/skin, always a mix of dry/oily/sensitive/acne/clogged pores. But I keep getting compliments on my skin, so something must be working! Beauty blog at http://heliotro.pe; online dating coaching at http://theheartographer.com |
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Wed May 30, 2007 5:28 pm |
| ginnielizz wrote: |
| I didn't realize they had multiple flavors for the Cod Liver Oil - I'll have to check that out, peach is not my favorite flavor! I would much prefer orange. Thanks, Yen! |
You are very welcome.  |
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Wed May 30, 2007 8:02 pm |
| whatz the purpose of taking Omega 3? |
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Wed May 30, 2007 9:02 pm |
| ginnielizz wrote: |
| I take the Cod Liver Oil (adult Peach flavored version), mainly for cholesterol lowering. However, it has a lot of other benefits, such as helping combat depression, making skin more elastic and hair and nails stronger, and general digestive and overall health benefits. I take these in conjunction with organic flaxseed oil capsules with lignans, or sometimes I just use ground flax seeds or flax oil in cooking. I also take a multivitamin and a calcium-magnesium effervescent supplement. Most of these are at my naturopath's suggestion, and I can be quite lazy/bad about taking them, so I always keep an extra bottle of each kind at work too. And until this past weekend I lived separately from my boyfriend so I kept a set of all my supps (and skincare!) at his place too. But we just moved in together so now I have a whole extra set of everything - maybe I'll keep them in my car?! |
Why cod liver over 3-6-9? Curious. Thanks. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 11:30 pm |
I'm not sure about the 3-6-9 part, I was always just told Omega 3s, and specifically flax and cod liver for my high cholesterol. Some people say a balance of the Omega 3s, 6s and 9s is important, but I've also seen literature that one of them (either 6 or 9, I forget which) is actually harmful. I don't know - I just know pure, molecularly distilled cod liver oil is supposed to be good for a host of reasons, so my research kinda stopped there.  |
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Thu May 31, 2007 6:30 am |
| nordic naturals is already very good but my son, who suffers from an autoimmune deficiency takes something called NKO, neptune krill oil which is supposed to be even better because in addition to providing the body with EPA and DHA, it also helps the body detox. |
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Thu May 31, 2007 12:54 pm |
| I just read somewhere, maybe Time magazine webiste, Andrew Weill suggests 2 grams fish oil (over 3-6-9), likes the Nordic brand, among others, but not cod liver oil, which he says, has too much A and can be toxic. Not that he knows everything. But it's a start. |
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Thu May 31, 2007 4:24 pm |
The vitamin A only becomes a problem if you are taking very large doses. I've just started taking fish oils for depression and I need at least 1000mg of EPA (one of the fatty acids in fish oil) I wouldn't be able to take cod liver oil at this dose because I would be getting to much vitamin A.
| jakee wrote: |
| I just read somewhere, maybe Time magazine webiste, Andrew Weill suggests 2 grams fish oil (over 3-6-9), likes the Nordic brand, among others, but not cod liver oil, which he says, has too much A and can be toxic. Not that he knows everything. But it's a start. |
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Thu May 31, 2007 4:42 pm |
Thanks for that there's lots of useful info on there on depression too.
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Thu May 31, 2007 4:44 pm |
Hmm off topic  but I've noticed that my post count is stuck at 39. Anyone else had this? |
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Thu May 31, 2007 4:52 pm |
| rebelgirl wrote: |
| Hmm off topic but I've noticed that my post count is stuck at 39. Anyone else had this? |
I think it's because of this thread.
http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=23749
Read Magda's post. |
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:26 am |
Thanks Yen,
I'm disappointed about this as I've been trying to build up my post count slowly.
It doesn't seem fair as everyone who posts contributes to the forums success. Obvious abuse can be reported to the mods. |
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