Costco fishoil equivalent to wild salmon oil?
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From: fresh~horses on 21 Oct 2005 23:41 Mike wrote: > I take 5 capsules of COSTCO fish oil a day. > Is it documented taking wild Salmon oil capsules is more helpful than > regular costco fish oil? > > Mike Regular fishoil is a mixture. You should certainly pay less for it than wild salmon oil. But whether or not it's better I can't say. The regulars at the groups I've thrown this to should be able to answer. > > > "fresh~horses" <fresh~horses(a)despammed.com> wrote in message > news:1129739068.031462.267960(a)g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > > Peabody wrote: > >> fresh~horses says... > >> > >> > The only 'supplement' I use consistently relevant to > >> > cholesterol is fishoil. > >> > >> I take Carlson's salmon oil, but only take one a day. > >> Should I take more? How much? > > > > > > Hmmm. I'm now at 4-6, 1,000 mg wild Salmon oil capsules per day. I may > > go up to 10 depending on Beluga Burps*. That scintillating feature is > > almost non-existent if you take the capsules mid-meal. It's those > > espresso only mornings that'll get ya. > > > > Do some research and talk to your physician. > > > > Google: SBHarris* + fishoil. > >
From: GMCarter on 22 Oct 2005 06:53 On 21 Oct 2005 20:41:08 -0700, "fresh~horses" <fresh~horses(a)despammed.com> wrote: >Mike wrote: >> I take 5 capsules of COSTCO fish oil a day. >> Is it documented taking wild Salmon oil capsules is more helpful than >> regular costco fish oil? >> >> Mike > >Regular fishoil is a mixture. You should certainly pay less for it than >wild salmon oil. But whether or not it's better I can't say. The >regulars at the groups I've thrown this to should be able to answer. The issues are: 1) is it good quality and not rancid (poking one open and sniffing can tell you that quickly); 2) what is the omega-3 fatty acid content? That's the important fraction. 3) how much do you take and why? just for general health? Manage a cholesterol or high triglyceride problem? 4) do you exercise, watch your diet/eat well and, if needed, stop smoking? George M. Carter
From: William Wagner on 22 Oct 2005 07:20 In article <dd6kl1tmksfgbfkctq73m4t33oqfn58n52(a)4ax.com>, GMCarter <fiar(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On 21 Oct 2005 20:41:08 -0700, "fresh~horses" > <fresh~horses(a)despammed.com> wrote: > > >Mike wrote: > >> I take 5 capsules of COSTCO fish oil a day. > >> Is it documented taking wild Salmon oil capsules is more helpful than > >> regular costco fish oil? > >> > >> Mike > > > >Regular fishoil is a mixture. You should certainly pay less for it than > >wild salmon oil. But whether or not it's better I can't say. The > >regulars at the groups I've thrown this to should be able to answer. > > The issues are: > 1) is it good quality and not rancid (poking one open and sniffing can > tell you that quickly); I store mine in the icebox and purchase small quantities often. Nuts and grains can go rancid too and I do the same precautions. Bill -- Garden Shade Zone 5 S Jersey USA in a Japanese Jungle Manner.39.6376 -75.0208 This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and is strictly for the educational and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit. Sam Adams-- "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds"
From: fresh~horses on 22 Oct 2005 11:27 GMCarter wrote: > On 21 Oct 2005 20:41:08 -0700, "fresh~horses" > <fresh~horses(a)despammed.com> wrote: > > >Mike wrote: > >> I take 5 capsules of COSTCO fish oil a day. > >> Is it documented taking wild Salmon oil capsules is more helpful than > >> regular costco fish oil? > >> > >> Mike > > > >Regular fishoil is a mixture. You should certainly pay less for it than > >wild salmon oil. But whether or not it's better I can't say. The > >regulars at the groups I've thrown this to should be able to answer. > > The issues are: > 1) is it good quality and not rancid (poking one open and sniffing can > tell you that quickly); > > 2) what is the omega-3 fatty acid content? That's the important > fraction. > > 3) how much do you take and why? just for general health? Manage a > cholesterol or high triglyceride problem? > > 4) do you exercise, watch your diet/eat well and, if needed, stop > smoking? > > George M. Carter Salut George! Good to see your sig. "2) what is the omega-3 fatty acid content? That's the important fraction" This could be hard to figure out. It's not on the bottle or the website for the one I use, bought on sale. When they're gone I'll shop around a bit more. What's ideal, do you know?
From: Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com on 22 Oct 2005 13:10
fresh~horses wrote: > "2) what is the omega-3 fatty acid content? That's the important > fraction" > > This could be hard to figure out. It's not on the bottle or the website > for the one I use, bought on sale. When they're gone I'll shop around a > bit more. What's ideal, do you know? Presumably there's no ideal, as the best clinical trials have been done with cold water fishoil (standardized to 30 to 35% EPA + DHA), mostly derived from menhaden, not the purified EPA/DHA. We presume the EFA or the DHA is the good stuff, but cold water fishoil is many dozens of fatty acid triglycerides, some of them very odd and rare ones. The other 70% may not be just junk. Recently we've seen some purified fishoil concentrates on the market with higher quantities of EPA/DHA (around 55%-60%). Whether these are any better for you is up for grabs. They aren't what the studies were done with it, so we can't be sure. Costco formerly had two brands-- a non-concentrated and a concentrated enteric. Contents are on the label. Costco fish oil had been analysed by Consumer Reports which gave it a superior rating for rancidity. Other than that, I can't advise. It is very inexpensive, and it's what I personally take. Red (sockeye) salmon has been recommended for eating because it can't be cultured, and cultured salmon has variable quantities of EPA and DHA (depending on what the fish were fed), as well as whatever contaminants happen to be in the feed. Cultured salmon can has as little has half the EPA nad DHA in it as wild cold water fish, which all seem to contain somewhere around 30% to 40% EPA+DHA in their tissues. Red salmon are red because of the high amounts of astaxanthin in their normal marine diet of krill, so they are red for precisely the same reason that flamingos are pink. This carotenoid might be good for you, too-- though you won't get any vitamin A from it. As for red salmon *oil,* I don't have any figures for precise EPA+DHA content, but it's no doubt about 35% as a natural source cold water fishoil. Nor do I know if the oil is red (which would mean it contains astaxantin). You can buy astaxanthin separately, and red salmon oil tends to be hard to find and expensive in the states. Whether it's worth the extra money, I cannot say. SBH |