Questions about Fish Oil…how much to take, which brand, etc.? No worries, read on. There are a number of Fish Oils on the market and they come in all kinds of forms from liquid to capsules and tablets. The form doesn’t necessarily matter too much. The first thing you will want to look for is the PURITY of the fish oil.
The purity of the fish oil depends on whether it was detoxified in the manufacturing process. This is fairly important because after all that is the reason for taking the Fish oil capsules rather than just eating more fish. The purification process takes out mercury, PCBs, and dioxins (to acceptable safe limits). The best way to choose a product based on purity is to find a product that has been USP (U.S. Pharmacopeia) certified.
Look for this on Fish Oil Products
According to my professional pharmacy resources I could find 15 brands that hold this certification. Here they are:
Berkley & Jensen Fish Oil 1000 mg with Omega 3 Fatty Acids by Pharmavite, LLC…
Enteric Coated Omega 3 Fish Oil 1000 mg by Sunmark…
Fish Oil 1000 mg with Omega 3 Fatty Acids by Berkley & Jensen…
Fish Oil 1000 mg with Omega 3 Fatty Acids by Equaline…
Fish Oil 1000 mg by Nutri Plus…
Fish Oil 1200 mg by Nature Made…
Fish Oil Concentrate 1000 mg by Kirkland Signature…
Fish Oil Double Strength by Nature Made…
Fish Oil Omega 3 Concentrate 1000 mg by Kirkland Signature
Fish Oil Omega 3 One Per Day by Kirkland Signature…
Kirkland Signature Fish Oil Concentrate 1000 mg by Pharmavite, LLC…
Kirkland Signature Fish Oil Omega 3 Concentrate 1000 mg by Pharmavite, LLC…
Kirkland Signature Fish Oil Omega 3 One Per Day by Pharmavite, LLC…
Natural Extra Strength Fish Oil 1200 mg by Berkley & Jensen…
Nutri Plus Fish Oil 1000 mg by Pharmavite, LLC…
Personally, I take nature made brand (I do NOT hold stock in this company nor am I affiliated with them in any way shape or form – just throwing that out there) 
Next, the dose. So how do you figure out how much you should take? Well, courtesy of Robb Wolf and Whole 9 there is a handy dandy Fish Oil Calculator that can be found here. To give a quick rundown though, the dose really depends on what you are trying to achieve and how healthy you consider yourself at the present time. If you are not in tip-top shape and have high cholesterol levels, you’ll want to be taking a higher dose (up to 8 grams/day – divided with each meal) or if you are trying to maintain health and you’re in decent shape, you’ll be closer to 2 grams/day.
For anyone that is interested I do have a handout that goes into a little bit more detailed explanation of everything I presented here; contact me and I can email that to you.
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