fish oil?

junebride060306

which kind of fish oil do you take? looking for recommendations. TIA!!

jennyk213

I take this one from Nordic Naturals.  The taste is awful but their soft gel ones are so huge I cannot swallow them. 

I hope you get more responses - I'd love to find a high quality one in pill form that's small enough for me to swallow.  

ksdk

I think very highly of my DHA, a nice little softgel that is plant sourced from micro algae oil. The name is not short: Nature's Way, EfaGold, Neuromins, High Potency DHA, 200mg. Ask for micro algae DHA at your health food store. Been using it for about 5 years.

karochio

This may make me sounds dumb, but is there certain kinds of fish oil that are better than others? I take Nature Made, just chose one at random and have been taking it ever since.

Tambcat

I use nature made too. I take it because their gelatin is from non-bovine sources (I didn't eat beef for a long time because of mad cow, lol). Supposedly they use fish that's low in mercury or something too, but to be honest, the info about the gelatin was all I really cared about at the time. It's one of the things that's frustrating to me about finding vitamins.

With any brand, if you get fish burps, refrigerate and take at night. I don't have any problems. I don't take the burp-free kind - they freak me out, because they don't dissolve until they reach your intestine.

Durve2008

InviteHealth also has some that are made in veg caps. They also make the type that is extracted from algea...but I am not sure what it is called.

 

karochio

Tambcat:

I use nature made too. I take it because their gelatin is from non-bovine sources (I didn't eat beef for a long time because of mad cow, lol). Supposedly they use fish that's low in mercury or something too, but to be honest, the info about the gelatin was all I really cared about at the time. It's one of the things that's frustrating to me about finding vitamins.

With any brand, if you get fish burps, refrigerate and take at night. I don't have any problems. I don't take the burp-free kind - they freak me out, because they don't dissolve until they reach your intestine.

 

Thanks for the tip on fish burps! I don't get them too often but HATE when I do! Fish burps are the WORST!

karochio

Tambcat:

I use nature made too. I take it because their gelatin is from non-bovine sources (I didn't eat beef for a long time because of mad cow, lol). Supposedly they use fish that's low in mercury or something too, but to be honest, the info about the gelatin was all I really cared about at the time. It's one of the things that's frustrating to me about finding vitamins.

With any brand, if you get fish burps, refrigerate and take at night. I don't have any problems. I don't take the burp-free kind - they freak me out, because they don't dissolve until they reach your intestine.

 

Thanks for the tip on fish burps! I don't get them too often but HATE when I do! Fish burps are the WORST!

junebride060306

thanks everyone! since I am just starting out, I grabbed a bottle of nature made at target. it's their "odorless" fish oil. in case they are awful at least it didn't break the bank price wise.

Alirebco

My naturopath only recommends Nordic Naturals because of their strict testing standards.