What Type of Fish Oil to Take?

Nutrition
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I was wondering, what type of fish oil should you take? I see so many types in the stores, omega 3, salom oil, cod fish oil, then there is flax seed oil, then there is some that combind a few, like omega 3, 6 and 9, etc…

Oh and a how much should you be taking?

Thanks.

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Flameout. From the nature of your post I am assuming you haven’t read about it in the T-Nation store and strongly recommend you do so. Follow the recommend dosing on the bottle.

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I was about to ask ‘do you know where you are?’ lol then noticed your five posts.
Flameout.

http://www.T-Nation.com/onlineStore.jsp

Enjoy. It makes me feel like a kid in a candy store.

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you should take fish oils that are first tested by a third party for purity and secondly well protected from oxidation. the latter being the wild card as a batch of oil can be in great shape when it was manufactured but poor handling/storage along the way can compromise freshness.

i try to use liquid fish oil because it’s easier to take in quantity, use on salads, in shakes etc., and because you can smell and taste exactly what you’re getting.

i do use capsules also and often cut them open to taste/smell them. fresh oil has little smell or taste. fishy-ness increases with oxidation. consuming rancid or even semi-rancid fish oil will not promote good health.

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Yeah, Flameout. If you are going to consume appropriate quantities you want to make sure you are getting something that doesn’t have mercury and so forth.

Also, I don’t know about other people, but I’m not a big fan of sucking down liquid fish oil. Flameout is pretty concentrated stuff so you don’t have to take too many pills in a day either.

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[quote]vroom wrote:
Yeah, Flameout. If you are going to consume appropriate quantities you want to make sure you are getting something that doesn’t have mercury and so forth.

Also, I don’t know about other people, but I’m not a big fan of sucking down liquid fish oil. Flameout is pretty concentrated stuff so you don’t have to take too many pills in a day either.[/quote]

trying it straight is kinda gross…but tha carlson’s lemon fish oil is killer on salad and vegetables. i use on on food everyday and girls ask me shit like " what kind of dressing do you use ? " then they get all confused when i say “fish oil”.

i’ve had a couple bottles of Flameout and thought it was good. my cat likes it also. thing is anything i get mail order sits on the porch all day and gets damn hot sitting there inside a box. when fall comes around i’ll be getting some more.

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Yeah Flameout seems to be popular around here. I am almost out of my second bottle. Since it is out of stock I ordered some Lemon Carson’s yesterday. What is everyone’s take on the Carson’s? What kind of dosage are you using? I was thinking a couple tablespoons per day along with my single serving of Flameout.

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I take Flameout and Carlson’s Liquid Fish Oil. Carlson’s has a lemon flavor so it tastes descent, I put it in salads or do it straight.

I am experimenting with higher doses of fish oil right now, 20 grams total 2 servings of Flameout and 7 servings of Carlson. Normally I would take 1 serving of Flameout and 2 servings of Carlson.

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I was listening to a Charles Poliquin interview( think it was on t-mag) he suggests switching brands everytime you finish a bottle.