Fish Oil Liquid
Liquid fish oils are a great way to take this nutritional supplement. Fish oils are available in both soft gels and liquid. However, there are certain advantages to using the liquid form.
Why would you want to use this supplement in the liquid form?
Compared to tablets and soft gels, the liquid oils may provide a higher amount of omega 3 fatty acids per dose. This factor may play a large role in the type of benefits you hope to get from using this healthy oil. Studies have indicated that fish oils with higher concentrations of omega 3 fatty acids may lead to greater anti-inflammatory responses than a lower concentration oil.
How Strong is your Liquid Fish Oil?
One of the most important things to look at when buying a fish oil is finding out how ‘strong’ the oil is. This is determined by the amount of omega 3 fatty acids you get in every single dose.
Just like other nutritional supplements, you can get fish oils with different amounts of ingredients; the ingredients you want to look at is the omega 3 concentrations.
For example, below is a label from a popular liquid fish oil called Carlson fish oils. You can see one teaspoon yields 1600 mg. of omega 3′s (providing 800 mg. of EPA and 500 mg. of DHA).
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| Ingredient Label from Carlson Fish Oil |
If you want to calculate the omega 3 concentration you would get per dose, you would simply divide the total 1600 mg. tablespoon dose by the amount of EPA and DHA you get as indicated on the ingredient label.
In the example above, you can see that you’d get a 50% concentration of EPA and 31% concentration of DHA per dose. You can use this same type of calculation with any type of soft gel or tablet fish oil.
You may find that a lot of capsules and soft gels provide lower amounts of EPA and DHA per dose, so it pays to look at the label to see what you’re getting. The industry standard is about 30% omega 3 fatty acids per dose.
If you want a high potency product, I believe the liquid supplement is the superior choice to many soft gel fish oils. That being said, there are a few high concentration fish oil soft gels available if you would rather use this kind. Minami Nutrition has a fish oil soft gel called CardiO3 that provides a 90% concentration of omega 3′s per soft gel and Dr. Sears Zone Labs Omega 3 Concentrates also offer high concentration omega 3 fish oils.