Newbie question about Fish oil

[Nomoreflab]

I was wondering how most people get fish oil in their diet, recently I have seen many bits of information about the benefits of fish oil as far as Energy, and increasing Brain Power...

so, how do people get fish oil?

I suppose you could eat a lot of fish or should I look to capsules or liquied?

thanks

 

[anthrax]

in caps (more convenient) or liquid form (cheaper)

BTW if you take the caps you won't have to bear the fishy taste

 

[barnidge]

Is Cod Oil just as good as any?

 

[coolcolj]

The best sources are cold water fish with high fat percentage. Salmon, mackeral and tuna. The Salmon fish ol I take has 110mg of DHA to 130mg of EPA, which is good according to Charlie Poliquin see below

You want a high DHA to EPA ratio and low metal traces.


This is just one of the 10 or so benefits of fish oil! It even partitions fat away from your stores

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. It is not the straight fish oil that increases maximal strength but the DHA content of it. Most fish oil brands contain somewhere near a 2 :1 ratio of E.P.A. to D.H.A.. The brand I designed has 13 to 11 ratio for two main reasons :

D.H.A. is the most abundant fat in the brain. A high intake of D.H.A. has been shown to improve performance in cognitive task and concentration, which is a plus in the gym, which by itself can increase the load. But the main reason is that D.H.A. is found in the area of the brain where there is the highest electrical activity. DHA is a very long electrically active fatty acid whose unique shape favors binding of neurotransmitters with receptors, which is critical for optimal nerve conduction. Therefore, a deficiency of DHA will interfere with the recruitment of the high threshold motor units. These are the hard to recruit motor units which will the difference between bench pressing 400 lbs vs 350 lbs. That is why many of Dr. Serrano and my clients immediately breakthrough strength plateaus when they supplement their diet with DHA.

--Charles Poliquin

 

[playazdub]

I use both caps and a healthy supply of yellowfin tuna steaks.
I find it neccesary to keep my mental edge while on a ketogenic diet. Just keep your " breath aid" on you at all times ketonic diets and fish oil combined make for some serious stank breath

 

[anthrax]

salmon (and sardines) is a lot more beneficial than tuna for its omega 3s