Mark-Vn
09-06-2005, 06:13 AM
I told my doc I was given a chemistry lecture about how omega 3 breaks down under heat and light, and the omega 3 fish oil tablets I bought are useless... She went on to tell me, the only decent souce of O3 is direct from the fish, or from oils such as flax seed which have been refrigerated/kept from light since pressing.
Is this correct?
Is this correct?
Sponsor
DaVinci
09-06-2005, 09:37 AM
Yes, all the omegas break down under heat and light, which is why they are in dark bottles. Not sure why they don't say to refrigerate them?but as soon as I buy them they go in the frig. As for the fish, waters around the world are contaminated with many toxins such as mercury and therefore the fish get contaminated also. It's best to get your omegas from a reputable company that actually goes through the process of removing the contaminates.
Flaxseed oil is great too and if you get the liquid and not the capsules you'll be able to tell when it's gone rancid. :)
Flaxseed oil is great too and if you get the liquid and not the capsules you'll be able to tell when it's gone rancid. :)
Lenin
09-06-2005, 11:05 AM
Tablets? Do you mean capsules?
Capsules in a dark bottle have a fairly good shelf life because the delicate oil is isolated from air. Liquids should be refrigerated as DaVinci said, and if you choose the capsules could also be. I've found that a NEVER opened bottle of cod liver oil is fresh for as long as a year in a dark pantry but once opened it really needs to get in the fridge or it will "go off" in a couple weeks. Rancid oil is really easy to detect with nose or tastebuds.
Rancidty is enhanced by heat and oxidation.
Omega-3's directly from fish is a wonderful idea but not so easy in practice to get our daily supply. I eat as much fish as I can and take a gram and a quarter of supplemental DHA and EPA...AND I use Canola oil for almost everything so I get several grams of ALA daily. I feel covering all bases is wise with Omega-3's.
But NOTHING beats smoked salmon every morning...alas, I haven't won the lottery yet!
Capsules in a dark bottle have a fairly good shelf life because the delicate oil is isolated from air. Liquids should be refrigerated as DaVinci said, and if you choose the capsules could also be. I've found that a NEVER opened bottle of cod liver oil is fresh for as long as a year in a dark pantry but once opened it really needs to get in the fridge or it will "go off" in a couple weeks. Rancid oil is really easy to detect with nose or tastebuds.
Rancidty is enhanced by heat and oxidation.
Omega-3's directly from fish is a wonderful idea but not so easy in practice to get our daily supply. I eat as much fish as I can and take a gram and a quarter of supplemental DHA and EPA...AND I use Canola oil for almost everything so I get several grams of ALA daily. I feel covering all bases is wise with Omega-3's.
But NOTHING beats smoked salmon every morning...alas, I haven't won the lottery yet!
KannD86
09-14-2005, 12:25 AM
I have a bottle of Omega-3 Softgels in a kitchen cabinet right now (away from heat and light). Should I be storing them in the fridge?
jbbrocky
09-14-2005, 10:03 AM
its fine in the cabinet, that iswhere i keep them and all docs say that is fine.
drs
09-14-2005, 10:36 AM
I'm taking a new nano technology type of omegas, its called 'lypospheric vitamin c'...I get 1000mg of vit C and 3000mg of essential phospholipids (EPL)...It breaks down only in the liver. So that means I'm getting every bit of it and not just some, many times what we take we don't get it all because of how we digest it. This is suppose to only be broken down with the liver enzymes. Helps reduce colesterol levels too. I had to order it. You could do a search on your own to see what you find. I mix the packet in with my fiber in the mornings on an empty stomach.
I have been terribly constipated since having a hysterectomy 8yrs ago and did have problems in that area before the surgery but it was even worse after. I take a high fiber with 37different herbs in it, well I had to drink a tea that is pretty strong on the liver just to GO and ever since I started taking ' lipo spheric vit. C' I've been able to go most of the time on my own without the tea. Also I had high cholesterol with a low count in my omega's in the past, I've been on this stuff now about 3months and with get a new lipid panel done after being on it for 6mos. just to check and see what everything is at. Diana
I have been terribly constipated since having a hysterectomy 8yrs ago and did have problems in that area before the surgery but it was even worse after. I take a high fiber with 37different herbs in it, well I had to drink a tea that is pretty strong on the liver just to GO and ever since I started taking ' lipo spheric vit. C' I've been able to go most of the time on my own without the tea. Also I had high cholesterol with a low count in my omega's in the past, I've been on this stuff now about 3months and with get a new lipid panel done after being on it for 6mos. just to check and see what everything is at. Diana