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torsdag 22 oktober 2009

So You Want To Know Which Are The Best Fish Oil Supplements.

By Peter Bertonach

Now that you've spent enough of your time researching you really must get out there and buy those omega 3 supplements that you should be taking every day. But once you start looking you'll find that there's so many brands of omega 3 supplements that it's confusing. How do you decide which are the best omega 3 supplements?

Here's 4 things for you to use to make a comparison between the different brands of fish oil supplements.

1. Must compare the supplements by the amount of DHA in each.

DHA and EPA are the 2 essential fatty acids known as Omega 3 fatty acids that result in all the health benefits from taking supplements. DHA is the most important of these 2.

Fish oil is not 100 percent DHA. Read the label on the bottle and you should see what percentage of the fish oil is made up of DHA. This is what you are buying. If the label says nothing you don't know what you'll be getting.

The amount of DHA in fish oil capsules ranges from well under 10 percent to almost 30 percent. Some well-known fish oil capsules have only 8 percent DHA whilst the best Omega 3 capsules have 28 percent DHA.

2. Don't compare fish oil capsules by price compare by value.

You can't compare fish oil capsules by price because what you're buying is that DHA in the capsules and there is widely differing amounts of DHA in different brands. It's impossible to compare an 8 percent DHA supplement with another supplement that has 28 percent DHA. You can only compare on a cost per gram of DHA basis.

3. Consider the freshness of the oil used in the supplements.

Fish oil can go off and it will go off. Once it does so it is rancid and it will smell bad and most likely you will experience that fishy burp sensation after you take the capsules. There are even manufacturers that mask the smell of rancid fish oil with masking fragrances. You must choose fish oil supplements that use the freshest oil.

Rancid fish oil is actually bad for your health.

4. The cleanliness of the fish oil is paramount.

Fish are contaminated with toxins like PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals and mercury. The most contaminated ocean is the north Atlantic and fish sourced from this ocean are the most contaminated fish. The cleanest ocean is the southern ocean between New Zealand and Antarctica. The best fish oil capsules use oil from fish caught in the southern ocean that have such low levels of contamination that it is undetectable. And they also have an independent certificate of analysis published on the website of the manufacturer clearly evidencing their cleanliness.

If you do a comparison on this basis you'll find that there is a brand of Omega 3 supplements that are the cheapest on a value comparison, have 28 percent DHA, use fish oil that is as fresh as it's possible to get and which publish a certificate of analysis on the website of the manufacturer to show their cleanliness.

These are the best fish oil supplements that it's possible to buy. To find out which ones these are visit my website.

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