Sunday, October 18, 2015

Customer Knowledge: Buying Fish Oil Supplements (part 1 of 2)

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Fish oil has many benefits to our overall health, whether it is for the heart or brain.  Research showed that fish oil can reduce the risk of heart attacks, cancers, mental and psychological disorders and other sicknesses.  The market is full of fish oil products, but how do we make sure that what we get are actually the ones that can benefit our health.

Not all fish contains Omega-3 oil or the essential fatty acids.  Fishes that have the highest number of fatty acids are salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines, and anchovies.

There are things that you would have to consider when buying fish oil.  Actually, health professionals would say that eating too much fish that contains fish oil and Omega-3 can cause mercury contamination.  This can happen if you do not exactly know where the fish are caught.  If the fish is caught in polluted waters, we can ingest mercury and other heavy metals.

To avoid toxins entering out body, we have to make sure that the fish oil that we are taking is molecularly distilled and pharmaceutical grade supplements.  These kinds of fish oil are removed of all toxins.  You would have to check at the label to make sure that they come from clean waters and properly refined.

When checking the label of a particular fish oil supplement, you check their websites and look for the “Certificate of Analysis.” This COA is an analysis performed by an independent laboratory to identify the freshness of the product.  Aside from checking the source of the fish and the freshness of the fish oil, you would also need to know what kind of fish the oil is from.

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