How to Identify the Best Fish Oil Supplements – 4 Critical Guidelines

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The benefits of fish oil supplements are widely publicized, but not all are created equal. In this article I will give you 4 guidelines to finding the best fish oil supplements.

If you're going to buy these things anyway (and you should), get the best and reap the maximum possible benefits from it. You'll be pleased to know that better quality doesn't always cost more.

Here are 4 critical points to consider before you buy:

1. Purity

This is all about the levels of toxins present in the final product. The fish source should be in clean, pristine waters. Most fish these days come from heavily polluted oceans and are very prone to containing dangerous toxins like mercury, PCBs and certain heavy metals.

2. Freshness

The significance of freshness lies in oxidation. Fish oil that has been poorly handled, or that has been too long in transport before encapsulation can be severely oxidized and therefore loaded with harmful free radicals. It is important for the source of the fish to be as close to the manufacturer as possible.

3. Easy Absorption

If your body cannot effectively absorb the nutrients in your supplements, that product has failed you. This requires a fairly scientific explanation, but to make it as simple to understand as possible: some fish oils are available in a synthetic triglyceride form, which is hard for the body to absorb.

The best fish oil supplements will have the nutrients available as a natural triglyceride oil, converted to an ester form for extra safety and purity through a molecular distillation and concentration process.

It sounds a bit complicated, but basically you need to make sure that the product you use has been molecularly distilled.

4. DHA Content

The two most important omega-3 fatty acids present in fish oil are DHA and EPA. Your supplement needs to be particularly rich in DHA, and should contain more DHA than EPA. While there is no clear consensus on which of the two are the most important, the body can fairly easily convert DHA to EPA if needed, while the other way round is less effective.

When looking at price, you also want the most DHA for your money. For example, a bottle providing a total of 9,000mg DHA priced at $12 is not better value than a bottle providing 17,000mg DHA priced at $16. In the first example you get 750mg per dollar, in the second example over 1,000mg per dollar. Read the label and do the math!

Hopefully this article has left you a little better educated about finding the best fish oil supplements. Remember to always do your due diligence before investing in these products.

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Source by Thomas Wainwright

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