Omega's and ZMA's

Nutrition
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i see that some omegas have safflower oil,(Flameout) some soybean oil(??) and some no oil, just from fish (usually mackrel-sardine-anchovies. (some even have wild salmon) what purpose does the soy or safflower oil have. is it a cost factor? i would think all fish is better but only guessing.

also, in whole foods and i see ALL the zinc-mag-products also have calcium. i thought that was a no-no, yet every manufacturer had that combo.
as i said from day 1, this is all so confusing.

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[quote]mike59 wrote:
i see that some omegas have safflower oil,(Flameout) some soybean oil(??) and some no oil, just from fish (usually mackrel-sardine-anchovies. (some even have wild salmon) what purpose does the soy or safflower oil have. is it a cost factor? i would think all fish is better but only guessing.

also, in whole foods and i see ALL the zinc-mag-products also have calcium. i thought that was a no-no, yet every manufacturer had that combo.
as i said from day 1, this is all so confusing.[/quote]

hey, 50+views and nobody has an opinion??

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I cant say much about the omegas, though i just use fish oil and i dont think they throw any other oils in there. but i have my bottle of ZMA right here and no calcium is listed. never seen any with calcium either.

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Drew,
if i remember correctly it was stated that Z and M should NOT be taken with calcium. did i misunderstand??

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One reason that nobody may be responding is that there have been a lot of threads devoted to ZMA and Omegas/Fish Oils. So you might want to use the search function and see what people have said in the past. I’m not an expert by any means but its my understanding that most of the commercial zinc and magnesium formulas at stores have calcium but it was the BALCO guy (don’t remember his name) who inventend ZMA and has independent studies that back him up, that calcium interefers with the positive effects of the zinc and mangesium somehow (don’t understand the science myslef)

All I know is tht Bill Romanowski swears by the stuff in his book “Romo” says it was one supp that he absolutely knew was helping the shit out of him. That’s a pretty good endorsement in my book.

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I’m pretty sure the safflower oil is for the CLA…