During the challenge, you can earn one point a day by taking your recommended dose of fish oil. Small people should consume around 2 grams of omega-3s and larger people should consume around 3 grams. Just a short conversion review for everyone, 1000 mg= 1 gram. For instance, the fish oil at my house has 300 mg of omega-3s per pill. In a day I would need to take 6-7 fish oil pills. Cheaper brands have a lower percent of omega-3s which require you to take more pills Some of the better brands would only require you to take 2 or 3 pills. The cost difference of taking more cheaper pills or less more expensive pills is pretty small. It's a personal preference and what's on sale that week. ( I think Tom just feels cool popping 10 fish oils a day) When you are figuring out how many pills to take, make sure you read the back of the label where it tells you how many omega-3s are in each pill. Most of the time the front will say something like "1000 mg fish oil pills". This is not the amount of omega-3s, just an annoying marketing ploy. Once you figure out your does, taking fish oil will become an easy part of your daily routine. Fish oil supplements contribute to heart health and joint health. So go buy some bottles of supplements, open them up and breathe in that wonderful fishy smell.
Any brand recommendations? Hate to burp fish oil
ReplyDeleteWe buy Nature's Bounty. Its in a dark green bottle. It's only 300 mg, so you can to take about 6-7, but usually you can find them at CVS for buy one bottle get one free.
DeleteAre there any fishy side effects
ReplyDeleteNature's made seems to hard a fish burp=less formula that works for most people
ReplyDeleteNo fishy side effects, all bad side effects are found in people taking extreme amounts of omega-3s in through fish (such as eskimoes) the FDA even says 3 grams of fish oil has shown no negative effects
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