Carlson Laboratories – The Very Finest Fish Oil Lemon Flavor, 16.9 fl oz liquid
July 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Fish Oil Products
Product Description
Very Finest Fish Oil Lemon Flavor The Very Finest Fish Oil comes from deep, cold, ocean-water fish. It is processed and bottled in Norway to insure maximum freshness. Take by the teaspoonful, mix with foods, try it on salads! It has a refreshing lemon taste. THIS PRODUCT is regularly tested (using AOAC international protocols) for freshness, potency and purity by an independent, FDA-registered laboratory and has been determined to be fresh, fully potent and free of detectable levels of mercury, cadmium, lead, PCB’s and 28 other contaminants.
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Bottom Line: Fish Oil really works to prevent artery disease, namely heart disease and strokes. It’s not a bogus health food thing, it really works.
You need the EPA and the DHA from the fish. The other omega-3’s, 6’s etc. aren’t the same. Skip the flaxseed, etc. You want enough EPA and DHA, you don’t wanna be grossed out by the taste or get a fishy “repeat”, and you don’t wanna drink a bunch of unnecessary fat.
This stuff is good because: it has the right concentration of EPA/DHA: 1.3 g/teasp, which is high. And it tastes good. Even Nordic Naturals, a very respected company, has a similar EPA/DHA level, but tastes nasty.
Remember these supplements aren’t regulated. Go to consumerlabs.com, they test the supplements. This wasn’t tested, but Carlson capsules and cod liver oil were tested and passed, so i assume and hope this passes also.
That’s all you need to know. If you’re 30 or older, and you have high blood pressure and cholesterol like everyone else, take in at least 2 grams of EPA/DHA a day, your arteries will stay clean.
Americans consume a dangerously insufficient amount of Omega-3, which is a fat essential to good health but only found in fish oil and a few other foods. However, our intake of Omega-6, which is a fat found in corn, soy, sunflower and other oils, is too high. The ideal ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 should be 1:1, but the typical American’s ratio ranges greater than 20 to 1.
Omega-3 oils are essential to good glucose tolerance, and you need to remember that the worst fat of all is abundant in American diets – trans-fatty acids. Cells cannot get glucose or vitamin C inside when those cell walls are made by DuPont!
While Omega-3 can also be found in flaxseed, walnuts and a few other foods, the most beneficial form of Omega-3 – containing two fatty acids, DHA and EPA, that are essential to fighting and preventing both physical and mental disease – can only be found in fish. Unfortunately, fish often contains harmful mercury and other toxins, making it unsafe to consume in large quantities. Fish of all varieties from all water sources are now showing dangerously high levels of the tasteless but highly toxic metal, mercury.
Carlson’s fish oil is one of the few brands that includes extra vitamin E, so you don’t have to take extra vitamin E if you don’t want to. Finally, I really appreciate its lemony taste as opposed to the strong fish taste you get in other fish oils. I highly recommend it.
My wife began taking fish oil while she was pregnant. Pregnancy and lactation reduce the amount of DHA and EPA available to the mother as the body taps them for the baby’s brain development. This was implicated in things like post-natal depression and greater availability of these amino acids can also be beneficial to the baby. Fish oil may also help improve HDL/LDL ratios in people trying to improve their cholesterol, even when over-all cholesterol levels are low.
We started with another brand but switched to Carlson’s after my annual check-up and a conversation with my doctor. Carlson’s has more high quality DHA and EPA than other brands we researched and Carlson’s guarantees the screening of their fish oils for contaminants. It also tastes a lot better than any other brand we tried.