Fish Oil

halcyonnwar · 07-05-2009, 12:40 PM

Hey,

Does anyone take fish oil? What is the best time of day to take it? I'm just getting used to eating fish again after being a vegetarian for 15 years and I'm thinking I can't get enough omega threes without supplementing.

*edit* just realized this should probably go in the supplements section, sorry!

healthierJ · 07-05-2009, 12:59 PM

I take 1000 mg 3x a day. Only fish I eat is tilapia and I don't eat a whole lot of other things with omega 3s in it

AUTiger13 · 07-06-2009, 01:57 PM

*most* everyone should be taking Fish oil

If you are using standard fish oils of 1,000mg with 180/120 eph/dha then it is between 6-10 caps a day.

soccersenior · 07-07-2009, 01:39 PM

i take cod liver oil daily (i take it every morning before breakfast)
i don't think there is any actual time of day that you should take it.

i woudl recommend NOT taking it before any workout. i did take it one morning before soccer practise, we did a bunch of running and all i could taste was fish in my mouth. i have an iron clad stomach but i was very close to vomitting (sorry if too much info).

also a side note: the capsules do not do anything for you. i jsut do not find that they work. i take the actual oil (1 tsp) if you mix it in a strong citrus juice and take it like a shot it really combats the fishy flavour.

my former teammate had knee problems/joint pain and she took the fish oil capsules daily. she missed out on our entire spring training season due to the immense pain that she was in, she coudlnt' run and she couldn;t wait train/do squats, lunges etc. i recommended to her the actual oil and it was almost an instant cure, she hasn't missed a single practice or game due to knee/joint pain since