Posted by Larry Hoover on March 2, 2005, at 16:17:13
In reply to Re: ethyl-epa? » Larry Hoover, posted by carolineh on February 14, 2005, at 19:00:53
> actually, i'm not sure i can read past the cynicism, but i'll try. there's no patent on this product. each softgel has 300 mg of epa (ethyl ester) and 200 mg of dha (ethyl ester,) 1000 mg of marine lipids 5 iu of vitamin e, and some gelatin, glycerine and water.
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> so whether you're taking this or the regular drug store stuff, what do you think is the optimum amount for use as an antidepressant?
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> thanks.
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> carolineSorry if I was overly cynical. I'm in a lot of pain, and I am grumpy.
The proportions of DHA and EPA in the product you describe are identical to natural fish oil. The only difference is that rather than being part of a triglyceride (a three component ester with glycerol), the DHA and EPA are esterified with ethanol. The thing is, both turn into the same thing during digestion and uptake; free fatty acids, and free glycerol/ethanol. The liver recomposes triglycerides from free fatty acids after the fact, so I cannot see any particular benefit to using this product, when compared to plain old fish oil. Dose is as tolerated, which can be up to 12 grams per day. Different brains react differently.
The ethyl-EPA I mentioned is indeed a patented product. What sets it apart from what you describe here is that it is pure ethyl-EPA (a requirement for the patent to be in force).
Lar
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