<p>Last week my eye doctor recommended that I take fish oil supplements. Someone in another thread recommended fish oil supplements for ADD kids.</p>
<p>The idea of taking fish oil-even pills-grosses me out. Do you start smelling like fish? Do you taste fish?</p>
<p>I googled the subject and found articles that said don’t take too much, yet they didn’t say how much too much is. Any ideas or comments?</p>
<p>I tried them a couple years ago. They made me burp all day, so I stopped.</p>
<p>That’s one of my fears. Ick.</p>
<p>I had the same burp problem when I tried them. My spouse religiously takes them daily at the advice of his heart Dr.
He puts them in the freezer and he feels that takes away the odor and reduces the burping. I haven’t tried them since my first initial trial period. Though I should.
You can also buy one’s that the odor has been removed.
Someone told me you can use flax seed oil to get the same benefits.</p>
<p>You do not have to take fish oil to get the benefits. Flaxseed oil has similar composition without any “fishy” aftertaste. My D’s ophthalmologist recommended fish or flaxseed oil supplement for her dry eyes problem. I started taking it too, and after several weeks, I can really say it does something - my hair became shinier and silkier.</p>
<p>Add: cross-posted with mom60.</p>
<p>A little different spin on the fish oil. Anyone know if there are any studies that would indicate that that the reason that Asian kids are such bright students is that many have grown up traditional seafood diets, thus giving the maturing brain heavy doses of Omega-3?</p>
<p>Can you buy flax seed oil in pill form, or do you have to drink the stuff?</p>
<p>missypie, yes, it comes in capsules! I just bought a huge jar of flaxseed oil gelcaps at Costco. No burping or nasty taste.</p>
<p>Even with fish oil, I found that if I take it early in the morning right before breakfast, there is no aftertaste (or burps).</p>
<p>I just read this on a med school website:</p>
<p>“Although studies have found that regular consumption of fish (which includes the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA) may reduce the risk of macular degeneration, a recent study including two large groups of men and women found that diets rich in ALA [Flaxseed oil] may substantially increase the risk of this disease. More research is needed in this area. Until this information becomes available, it is best for people with macular degeneration to obtain omega-3 fatty acids from sources of EPA and DHA [fish oil], rather than ALA [flaxseed oil].”</p>
<p>My eye doctor wanted me to take fish oil for dry eyes. Macular degeneration runs in my family. (Grandmother had it, mom has it, uncle is almost blind from it.) I’ve no signs of it, but perhaps should do fish rather than flax. Darn.</p>
<p>Oaksmom, if you go to Asia, you’ll see many Asians on such diets who are not such bright achievers. There is something about making the move, taking the risk to come to the US that includes a lot of bright achievers with plans for thier kids. That is why you get so many bright Asian achievers.</p>
<p>missypie, if you absolutely have to take fish oil, you might want to look at the supplement isle at your local Whole Foods - I heard that they have lemon-flavored fish oil softgels which do not taste or smell fishy.</p>
<p>My sister says the fish oil capsules she gets at Sam’s do not have the aftertaste/burping problem. I tried some (not from Sam’s) that were supposedly lemon-flavored and still had the fishy aftertaste. Doctors are pretty split on whether fish oil in those dosages really does much. I should probably try it again.</p>
<p>I buy mine at CVS (store brand) and never noticed a fishy odor. They never made me burp, either. I take one with breakfast and another with dinner. Never noticed a problem…</p>
<p>I take supplements sold by my grocery ( combo pill)
1668 mg fish oil
120mg ginkgo
100mg phosphatidylserine
100mg phosphatidylcholine
30mg Rosmarinus
10mg insitol</p>
<p>I have noticed a sig difference.
BTW no burp</p>
<p>You can try Coromega, which comes in small packets. It comes different flavors - orange, orange chocolate and lemon-lime. I put it in the refrigerator and it tastes like a creamsicle. No after effects either. </p>
<p>You may be able to purchase it at Whole Foods, but I purchase it at Vitamin Shoppe.</p>
<p>My daughter takes the enteric coated ones daily(they dissolve in your intestines, not in your stomach so no fishy burps). The brand she uses is called FISOL and she uses the Super Fisol, it has over 70% concentration of Omega 3’s. They, coupled with probiotics, have been a miracle cure for her ulcerative colitis. We buy them at a local health food store (Tunies). But you can buy them online anywhere including amazon:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Super Fisol - Fish Oil: Health & Personal Care](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Super-Fisol-Fish/dp/B000JWOFCS]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Super-Fisol-Fish/dp/B000JWOFCS)</p>
<p>Orange chocolate flavored fish oil pops? Am I understanding this correctly?</p>
<p>seiclan
offtopic but H & I just participated in a fundraiser for CCFA) (crohns and colitis foundation) this past weekend raised lots of money for kids to attend camp ( at one of the hole in wall camps)but also soon they will have their own camp in Wa state
[Seattlest:</a> Mike McCready’s Flight to Mars Rocks the Showbox This Saturday](<a href=“http://seattlest.com/2008/04/28/draft_mike_mccr.php]Seattlest:”>http://seattlest.com/2008/04/28/draft_mike_mccr.php)</p>
<p>Been taking them for a few years, and no porblems. In this case, my heart doc said I should in order to increase good cholesterol. There has been a marked increase!</p>
<p>emeraldkity4 - thanks for the link. We are also members of the CCFA. I am glad to know that others across the country are also involved. D’s been on the regimen of morning Fisol, probiotics and vitamens and evening Fisol and probiotics for two years now. This miracle combo. has enabled her to finally ween off of prednisone and all other meds (she was on just about everything). I am a BIG FAN of both fish oil capsules and probiotics. :)</p>