Fish Oil Daily Intake?

[Trusttee]

Just read an article on BB.com...It said to take 2-3g of fish oil at breakfast, lunch, and bedtime; that totals to 6-9g of fish oil daily. However, my GNC Triple Strength Fish Oil Sport says to only consume 2 pills daily - and that doesn't even get me a gram total. These amounts correlate to both EPA and DHA each.

I've done a little research but I'm now confused because the consensus says to consume more. But why does the directions limit it to so little? Should I disregard the directions altogether? I'm not one to ignore directions so I want to make sure this is safe. Thanks to anyone who can help.

[Diesel0022]

1-2g combined EPA/DHA daily is recommended.

[naturalguy]

It all depends on your diet, you may not need any supplementation or very little.

[zwyxel]

Stick with ANIMAL omega, and ur good.

Alot of different Fishes inside.

Im using it too on off-season.

[Diesel0022]

Stick with ANIMAL omega, and ur good.

Or Controlled Labs Oximega, or Axis Labs Citrus Omega, or NOW, or......

List goes on of solid Fish Oil products.

[Heluva]

1-2g combined EPA/DHA daily is recommended.

Hmmmmmmmm, i keep seeing 2-3g pop up quite ofter on this forum (never saw 1-2g)
So which one is it ?

I take 3 CL oximega softgels/day, that 1.8g. Was thinking to add 1 more, to make 2.4g/day

[_NimbusTim_]

Personally I take 3-3.5g of EPA/DHA daily depending on the brand. Currently I'm take NOW Ultra Omega 3. I dose this at 2 gel caps in the morning and 2 gel caps at night for a total of 3g of EPA/DHA. If you consumer a healthy amount of fish weekly, you might not need as much. If not, studies show that a heavy dose of EPA/DHA daily has tons of great health benefits.

Get your fish oil in!

I personally recommend NOW Ultra Omega 3, SAN Triple Fish Fats, & Controlled Labs Oximega.

[Diesel0022]

Personal needs really. I find 1-2 more than sufficient.

[naturalguy]

Stick with ANIMAL omega, and ur good.

Alot of different Fishes inside.

Im using it too on off-season.

Animal Omega is a great, high quality fish oil with high EPA/DHA but it is also a complete, full spectrum EFA supplement. It's designed for the specific needs of bodybuilder's diets.

[deejelkins]

Animal Omega is a great, high quality fish oil with high EPA/DHA but it is also a complete, full spectrum EFA supplement. It's designed for the specific needs of bodybuilder's diets.

Yep animal omegas are my go to

[deejelkins]

Also Naturalguy your pms are full bro!!!!

[Hansolo261]

I like around 4 to 6 grams of epa dha per day.

[naturalguy]

Also Naturalguy your pms are full bro!!!!

Just cleared them, thanks

[deejelkins]

Just cleared them, thanks

It's still saying full I will try to send later thanks man

[CONTROLLED LABS]

depends highly on your diet that day

[m323]

I take 2 1000mg fish oil capsules from costco 3x daily.

[Trusttee]

Wow - thanks to everyone that posted. I didn't expect such quick responses - that's awesome. I will seek out an alternative that is designed to get me 6-9g of EPA and DHA daily. I can't believe I've been wasting my fish oil supplements this entire time; crazy.

[newjeep75]

Hmmmmmmmm, i keep seeing 2-3g pop up quite ofter on this forum (never saw 1-2g)
So which one is it ?

I take 3 CL oximega softgels/day, that 1.8g. Was thinking to add 1 more, to make 2.4g/day

Bingo. 2.4g/day is perfect. 2 CL Oximega am & 2 pm.

[D3Baseball]

Personally I take 3-3.5g of EPA/DHA daily depending on the brand. Currently I'm take NOW Ultra Omega 3. I dose this at 2 gel caps in the morning and 2 gel caps at night for a total of 3g of EPA/DHA. If you consumer a healthy amount of fish weekly, you might not need as much. If not, studies show that a heavy dose of EPA/DHA daily has tons of great health benefits.

Get your fish oil in!

I personally recommend NOW Ultra Omega 3, SAN Triple Fish Fats, & Controlled Labs Oximega.

[Hansolo261]

Wow - thanks to everyone that posted. I didn't expect such quick responses - that's awesome. I will seek out an alternative that is designed to get me 6-9g of EPA and DHA daily. I can't believe I've been wasting my fish oil supplements this entire time; crazy.

yeah man a lot of store brought brands may say 2000mg on the bottle but only have a total of 300mg of epa/dha combined. so the rest of that is marine product or just misc fatty acids

[_NimbusTim_]

Excellent product.....I stock up everytime I see a sale!

[Heluva]

I will seek out an alternative that is designed to get me 6-9g of EPA and DHA daily.

Do you REALLY need 6-9g a day ?

[robwein83]

Stick with ANIMAL omega, and ur good.

Alot of different Fishes inside.

Im using it too on off-season.

He's asking about the grams of fish oil needed per day. More specifically EPA and and DHA. He wasn't asking for a brand.

I don't know the exact answer, but there is s threshold requirement needed in order to benefit from the effects, and specifically a higher amount which is needed that will increase protein synthesis.

[D3Baseball]

Do you REALLY need 6-9g a day ?

No. There's even some suggestions that there could be negative side effects with that high of a dose -- not likely, but possible. I believe it is related to excessive bleeding.