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To: nikos1121

Yep. My pills come in 1000mg doses.


7 posted on 08/31/2009 11:27:09 AM PDT by irishtenor (Beer. God's way of making sure the Irish don't take over the world.)
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To: irishtenor
Yep. My pills come in 1000mg doses.

Mine are 1200mg with 360mg omega-3. DHA and EPA are listed but not as to amounts.

10 posted on 08/31/2009 11:32:11 AM PDT by decimon
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To: irishtenor

1000mg of fish oil only contains about 120 mg of DHA.


15 posted on 08/31/2009 11:37:04 AM PDT by csmusaret (If you like this economy, keep voting for Donkeys.)
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To: irishtenor

Then, according to this paper you and probably the majority of us who eat fish three or more times per week are over medicating or perhaps taking toxic doses.

If you google DHA dosages it’s common to recommend 2 to 3gms per day.

The case of aspirin may be similar. One would think that since heart disease seems to be a process of inflammation in the walls of the arteries, and since aspirin is a potent anti-inflammatory medicine, one would think that more is better, however researchers have found that there is a balance and that an 80mg is actually optimum, and there is no increased benefit the more you take.

(please see: http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/556309 )

So perhaps it’s the same with DHA. On the other hand, who the h*ll knows.

Also, I didn’t read the whole article, the DHA was given as a supplement or the equivalent in food? DHA is recommended together with Selenium, and Vit E. Was that brought up in the article?


23 posted on 08/31/2009 12:15:47 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Is it a coincidence that Obama's vacation of relaxation and meditation coincides with Ramadan?)
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To: irishtenor; nikos1121

“My pills come in 1000mg doses.”

In that 1000 mg, how much is DHA, how much is EPA? You might be getting only 200 mg DHA.


41 posted on 08/31/2009 7:50:38 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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