Monday, March 8, 2010

Fish Oil Supplementation

I highly recommend you look into fish oil as there no other convenient way to shift the balance in your intake of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids. Best I can gather, we need a 1-3 ratio of 3 to 6 - but many of us and our peers in the US are getting about 20 omega 6 to 1 of omega 3. This imbalance sets us up for chronic inflammation, which you may find manifested as aches/pains, slow healing, chronic tendonitis (tennis elbow, for example), or hand pain from too much computer time. Annecdotally, many folks get relief through a dietary change - first step of which is omega 3 supplementation via fish oil. Start with one and work your way up to 3-4000mg. If you experience any unusual swelling in joints - small bump big bruise - cut back. If they make you have 'fish burps' - you're not alone. It gets better over time - short term, freeze the pills.

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  1. Can get dicey trying to figure out which supplement to use. There's apparently an ongoing lawsuit against several companies who make fish oil supplements and allegedly do NOT remove the PCB's. There are some ratings of different fish oil options here: http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=16536.

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