Omega 3-if you don't like fish oil?

[ew1]

I am currently taking the Natrol Omega 3 fish oil capsule for inflammation but notice I burp it up and I'm on Prevacid so that's an indication of me not metabolising that stuff too well. Are there any non-fish alternatives? I am hypothyroid and need to stay away from flax becuiase it can bind the meds.
Thanks.

[LisaS]

You might try liquid fish oil like Carlson's - I get no "fish burps" with it but have gotten them (fish burps) from capsules.
You could try krill oil (see Dr. Mike's blog entry of yesterday http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/ )
Also see his prev blog entry about his anti-inflammatory regimen
You could eat more omega-3 rich fish - salmon, sardines, herring -
You could also switch to grass-fed beef, truly free range chickens, omega-3-rich eggs, etc.
Also - make sure to limit (or eliminate) your use of vegetable oils

[Relief]

I second lisa's reccomendation about the liquid carlson's--I have tried many many fish oil capsules and ALWAYS get nasty fish burbs all day. But with the carlson's lemon cod liver oil--I take a tablespoon a day and I'm fine no aftern=taste and no fish burbs. And it does not taste fishy or bad on the way down either. very light and almost tasteless. if is tastes bad, its rancid and you should take it back

[ew1]

Thank you both, will hit the health food store this weekend!:)

[cmcole]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/health/national/2006/08/29/fish-defibrillators.html?print

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Fish diet outweighs defibrillators for preventing deaths, model shows

Last Updated Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:34:36 EDT

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Heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids may prevent more sudden deaths than some defibrillators, according to a computer-modelling study.
People can raise their omega-3 fatty acids levels by eating salmon, mackerel and other fish or taking supplements.
Mammals cannot naturally produce omega-3 fatty acids and must get it from their diet. The fatty acids are thought to prevent blood platelets from clotting and sticking to artery walls, reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Researchers compared the prevention strategies for a computer-simulated community of 100,000 people.
Previous studies suggested both omega-3 fatty acids and defibrillators can prevent sudden cardiac deaths. Since it can be difficult to compare their effectiveness across a population, researchers turned to a computer model.
Prevention in healthy people
Raising omega-3 levels lowered overall death rates in the simulated population by 6.4 per cent, compared with 0.8 per cent for automated external defibrillators or AEDs and 3.3 per cent for implanted defibrillators, the researchers report in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
About three-quarters of the decline in deaths would come from raising omega-3 levels among healthy people, said study author Dr. Thomas Kottke, a cardiologist at the Heart Center Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.
"Despite the fact that AEDs do save lives, they are unlikely to ever have a substantial impact on rates of sudden death," Kottke said, since a whole chain of events needs to occur, such as speedy use of the device and survival in hospital.
Automated external defibrillators have a high safety record when used by emergency personnel, said Dr. Mary Ann Peberdy of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, noting more than 1,000 facilities and residences in Canada and the U.S. have the devices.
Kottke's team estimated that if the study population used omega-3 supplements daily, it would cost $5.8 million US a year, although the cost would be offset if more people substituted omega-3-rich fish for meat in their diets.
Putting an AED in every household would cost $201 million US, compared with $195,000 US for equipping paramedics and firefighters with the devices, the team found.
The computer model used realistic data on patient health and treatment, including how well patients comply with their doctors' orders, the researchers said.


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[banshee]

OK, this has to be one of the strangest "human" studies I've ever seen - claiming that something will cause fewer deaths based on a computer simulation? I mean, I know computers can do amazing things, but since even real human studies often give conflicting results, how can they presume that any computer simulation is at all true to real life?

Not that I don't think omega-3s are great, but I just don't see how anyone could take this seriously... I could see using the computer simulation as ammunition to get funding for a real study, but not making health claims based solely on the results.

Am I wrong here? Are computer simulations considered reliable in the research community?

[cmcole]

Maybe they had Sim-City and wanted to make it look like they were working!!??

It is strange. Why couldn't they have followed it up with "real" people. Give me fish, and I'll eat it and let them know how healthy I am.