Customers should consume 5,000 iu of Vitamin D3 and 3 capsules of EPA-DHA 300 daily or 3-4 cans of sardines each week. \u00a0So if you don’t or won’t eat sardines order our EPA-DHA 300 and Vitamin D3. This product contains fish oils that are rich in two long-chain fatty acids, DHA and EPA. Fatty acids of the omega-3 family stimulate production of the prostaglandin 3 series.<\/p>\n
Each capsule provides 1000 mg of marine lipid concentrate providing<\/strong><\/td>\n| Amount Per Serving<\/strong><\/td>\n | % Daily Value<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Calories<\/td>\n | 9.0<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Calories from Fat<\/td>\n | 9.0<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Total Fat<\/td>\n | 1 gram<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Saturated Fat<\/td>\n | 240 mg<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Monounsaturated Fat<\/td>\n | 200 mg<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Polyunsaturated Fat<\/td>\n | 400 mg<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid)<\/td>\n | 150 mg<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid)<\/td>\n | 90 mg<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Total Omega-3 Fatty Acids (From menhaden cold water fish)<\/td>\n | 240 mg<\/td>\n | \u2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | Other Ingredients:<\/strong> Gelatin (beef)<\/p>\n This product is free of:<\/strong> casein, corn, dairy, egg, gluten, lactose, soy, wheat, whey and yeast.<\/p>\n Suggested Use:<\/strong> One capsule with each meal, or as directed by a physician. Percent Daily Values are based on a U.S. 2,000 calorie daily diet. Note:<\/strong> Italicized items are coating ingredients.<\/p>\n Allergy Information:<\/strong> A person may develop an allergy to any food or supplement, including fish oil. People with fish or shellfish allergies may be more vulnerable to allergic reactions to fish oil.<\/p>\n All information in this article is for educational purposes only.\u00a0 It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.<\/i><\/p>\n The omega-3 fatty acids are very important nutritional factors that are deficient in almost everyone\u2019s daily diet.\u00a0 The most important of these are EPA or eicosapentaenoic<\/span> acid and DHA<\/span> or docosahexaenoic<\/span><\/span> acid<\/span>.<\/p>\n There are other fatty acids, such as the omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids.\u00a0 However, most people get plenty of these from their diets \u2013 too many, in fact, in relation to the omega-3 fatty acids.\u00a0 For that reason, I do not ever recommend a supplement of omega 3-6-9. I only suggest a supplement of omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n WHY ARE THE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS SO IMPORTANT?<\/b><\/p>\n Fatty acids are used in our bodies for many purposes.\u00a0 Among the most important are as lubricants for the joints, to keep the cell membranes flexible, and as general anti-inflammatory substances that are essential for health.\u00a0 Fatty acids are extremely important for the nervous system, as well, especially the developing nervous system of babies before and after they are born.<\/p>\n If the omega-3 fatty acids are low, which is very common, the nervous system of a human being does not develop correctly.\u00a0 This contributes to cases of attention deficit disorder (ADD and ADHD), autism, learning disabilities, delayed development, and many other common mental and emotional problems of children and adults.\u00a0 Most of these would not occur, or would occur far less often, if everyone took a supplement of fish oil, for example, or flaxseed oil every day.<\/p>\n WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DEFICIENT IN OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS TODAY, BUT NOT IN THE PAST?<\/b><\/p>\n This has to do with modern agriculture and modern feeding of livestock.\u00a0 In the past, people obtained enough omega-3 fatty acids from eating pasture-raised meats, and dairy products and eggs from pastured cows and chickens.<\/p>\n Today, however, most cows, chickens and pigs are not fed mainly pasture, which contains the omega-3 fatty acids.\u00a0 Instead, they are fed corn or other grains, which contain much less of the omega-3 fatty acids.\u00a0 As a result, their meat, milk and eggs contain much less of these fatty acids.<\/p>\n Grain fattens the cows, so the farmers are happy, and the meat tastes sweeter, which satisfies most consumers, even if the meat and dairy products are less healthful.<\/p>\n Another important change has been a switch in the people\u2019s diets away from eating butter, lard and tallow, which contain some omega 3 fatty acids.\u00a0 Instead, we eat much more vegetable oils such as corn oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, canola oil and others, which are lower in omega-3s, but which are less expensive.\u00a0 As a result of the changes in feeding livestock and the changes in human diets, our consumption of omega-3 fatty acids has decreased sharply.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n WHAT IS THE BEST SOURCE OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS?<\/b><\/p>\n I would say that food sources are best, provided the source is sardines.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 This is because food is more yang, in general, and provides many other nutrients.\u00a0 It is also less expensive.<\/p>\n OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n If a child over age 5 or an adult does not want to eat sardines, I always suggest taking an omega-3 supplement that contains a mixture of EPA and DHA<\/span>.\u00a0 This is very important today for optimum health.\u00a0 Let us discuss these supplements in some detail.<\/p>\n The best food sources or omega-3 fatty acids are a few cold water fish, such as sardines, tunafish<\/span> and salmon.\u00a0 Other fish are not a good source of omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n Sardines<\/i> are by far the best because of their low mercury content and other nutrient content. \u00a0I do not recommend ANY tuna or salmon because of their high mercury content.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Cod liver oil has a little omega-3 fatty acids, but not enough.<\/p>\n I heartily recommend eating 3-4 cans of sardines for adults each week as an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids.\u00a0 Children need proportionately less. \u00a0Please do not eat more than four cans per week, as there is some mercury even in small fish such as sardines.<\/i>\u00a0 If you don\u2019t like sardines, they can be mashed and mixed into other foods.<\/p>\n Other food sources are not as good.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 There are some omega-3 fatty acids in raw pasture-fed dairy products, especially cream and butter.\u00a0 Cheese and milk from pasture-raised animals also have a little omega-3, but not as much.<\/p>\n Another source is wild game, pasture-fed lamb, or other pasture-fed meats and eggs. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 However, these food sources do not provide enough omega-3s.\u00a0 One reason is that one cannot be sure that meats are really pasture-fed.\u00a0 Many are a combination of pasture-fed and grain-fed.\u00a0 As a result, dairy, lamb and wild game are not reliable enough sources.<\/p>\n General comments:<\/b><\/p>\n 1. Be very careful.<\/b>\u00a0 Two large companies that sell omega-3 supplements no longer produce a good product, in my experience.\u00a0These are Nordic Naturals and Carlson.\u00a0 I would avoid these!<\/p>\n 2. Capsules are much better than buying the oil.<\/b>\u00a0 The reason is the oil goes rancid quickly.\u00a0 The capsules seal out the air so they do not go rancid or oxidize nearly as fast.<\/p>\n 3. If you must buy the oil for some reason, do not buy the flavored kind.<\/b>\u00a0 The flavoring is quite yin, which is harmful.<\/p>\n 4.<\/b> I prefer fish oil to krill or flaxseed oil. <\/b><\/p>\n 5. Do not buy omega 3-6-9 products.<\/b>\u00a0 They are not nearly as good because the omega 6 and 9 compete with the omega-3, which is the one most people need the most.<\/p>\n Fish oil supplements.<\/b>\u00a0 These are made from sardine oil or salmon oil.\u00a0 The mercury in these products is removed, so toxic metal poisoning from them is not a problem, in my experience.\u00a0 However, as noted in paragraph #1 above, some brands work much better than others.\u00a0 Avoid Nordic Naturals and Carlson, at this time.<\/p>\n What about cod liver oil?<\/b>\u00a0 Cod liver oil does not provide enough omega-3 fatty acids unless you take a lot of it, which I do not recommend.\u00a0 So please do not use cod liver oil to obtain omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n Flax, hemp and krill oil supplements.<\/b>\u00a0 None of these are as good as the fish oil, in my view.\u00a0 The fish oil is more yang, and the krill oil is slightly toxic, it seems.<\/p>\n What about eating flax seeds or hemp seeds? <\/b>These do not provide nearly enough omega-3.\u00a0 Also, I do not recommend eating seeds, as a general principle.<\/p>\n What about \u201csource versus derivative\u201d supplements?<\/b> Recently, some doctors and others are suggesting that flaxseed oil or other vegetable oils are better sources of omega-3 than fish oil because they are the \u201csource\u201d essential fatty acids.\u00a0 This means that they contain the linolenic<\/span> acid or a linoleic<\/span> acid that can be converted to EPA and DHA<\/span>.\u00a0 In conrast<\/span>, fish oil is a \u201cderivative\u201d oil because it only contains EPA and DHA<\/span>.<\/p>\n I disagree strongly with this perspective for the following reasons:<\/p>\n 1. The fatty acids that are needed are EPA and DHA<\/span> .\u00a0 Most people do not need the others.\u00a0 In fact, they have too much.\u00a0 So there is no good reason to use the \u201csource\u201d oils.<\/p>\n 2. Flaxseed, hempseed, and other vegetable sources are much more yin in Chinese medical terminology.\u00a0 While this may seem esoteric, it is not that esoteric.\u00a0 All vegetable source products are more yin than animal source products.<\/p>\n Today the bodies are very yin, and adding more yin products is not good at all.\u00a0 This is why vegetarian diets are not healthful, either, no matter how \u201cbalanced\u201d or properly set up they are.<\/p>\n 3. One does not know if the body will convert the source oils properly, in all cases.\u00a0 Why take a chance they will be converted to omega-3 improperly?<\/p>\n SUPPLEMENT DOSAGES<\/b><\/p>\n Adults.<\/b>\u00a0 The usual dose for adults is 900-1000 mg total fatty acids per day.\u00a0 More is rarely needed.\u00a0 If you eat some sardines, then take less of the supplement.\u00a0 You can overdo on omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n Babies.<\/b>\u00a0 Omega-3 fatty acids are critical for a baby\u2019s brain and nervous system development, among other things.<\/p>\n Baby formula vs. breast milk.<\/b>\u00a0 Breast milk contains some omega-3 fatty acids.\u00a0 Ideally, the mother should supplement her omega-3 with sardines or another supplement.\u00a0 Then her breast-feeding baby will get plenty of omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n A problem with many commercial baby formulas is they do not contain enough omega-3 fatty acids.\u00a0 Some baby formula now contains EPA and DHA<\/span>, which is an improvement as these are so critical for a child\u2019s brain development.<\/p>\n Children.<\/b>\u00a0 Children under age 5 usually do not need a supplement.\u00a0 Children age 5 and above need an amount proportional to their size, but less than adults.\u00a0 Children can eat some sardines or they can take supplement capsules.\u00a0 Sardines are superior because they contain many other vital nutrients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Endo-Met EPA-DHA\u00a0Caps by\u00a0Endomet Labs Customers should consume 5,000 iu of Vitamin D3 and 3 capsules of EPA-DHA 300 daily or 3-4 cans of sardines each week. 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