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Do You Know What Concentrated Fish Oil Is?

Posted Dec 30 2011 4:51am

If you're getting keen to take some Omega 3 capsules because you've read so much about their health giving properties then you've probably come across the term concentrated fish oil? But what is concentrated fish oil?

If you caught a fish and squeezed it (really hard) you'd get what is known as standard food grade fish oil out of it. And there would be DHA and EPA, the 2 most important Omega 3 fats in it.

But there wouldn't be enough for using in 1000 mg Omega 3 capsules.

So what manufacturers do to overcome this is to use a fish oil concentrate. Sometimes it's called super concentrated fish oil, sometimes highly concentrated fish oil, but it's pretty much the same thing.

By concentrating the oil you get more DHA and EPA in a small amount of fish oil. And this is good, so you can use it in small 1000 mg fish oil supplements and deliver enough Omega 3 fats.

When you take fish oil and concentrate it then it turns the Omega 3 fats from a triglyceride form into an ethyl ester form, which is ok. It is still good for you and is very "bioavailable" meaning that when you eat it it can still be absorbed into your system.

There are manufacturers who think that if the original Omega 3 fats were in a triglyceride form then they should convert it back into a triglyceride form. But doing this changes the molecular makeup and means that the new triglyceride form isn't as "bioavailable" as it was. But it's still good for you.

One manufacturer has now released a different formulation that includes both concentrated fish oil in it's ethyl ester form and unconcentrated oil in it's natural, not reconverted, triglyceride form.

And the studies have been interesting, showing up to 2 1/2 times more effectiveness than traditional Omega 3 using concentrated fish oil alone.

So most Omega 3 supplements have fish oil concentrate in them, but one has a mix of both concentrated and unconcentrated fish oil and the resultant product is a potent mix of your Omega 3 polyunsaturated fats.

You can find out where to source these more potent Omega 3 supplements by visiting my website.

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