Posted by stan on February 11, 2006, at 12:12:12
i recently bought some "spring valley" brand enteric coated fish oil from walmart -- these have 180 mg EPA & 120 mg DHA per softgel and three per day are recommended on the label. they have a pleasant vanilla smell and are no "aftertaste" -- they cost about $7.00 for a quantity of 120. they also carried a higher potency version (same brand) that had about 50% more EPA & DHA but the price was considerably more than 50% higher (i guess you have to pay up for the convenience of gobbling fewer pills per day). my questions:
should i stick to the spring valley brand, or has someone here found a better deal that would cost me less for the same amount of EPA/DHA? i wouldn't mind buying a lot at one time (it didn't seem that wal-mart had the enteric type in quantites greater than 120). please provide brand names and places to buy them, either online or in-store. ideally i'd like the softgels to be higher potency than what i have now to reduce the # i have to take each day, but i'm primarily interested in lowering costs.
is 540 mg EPA & 360 mg DHA an adequate amount to take each day? can i get away with less, or conversely, should i take more? thanks for any advice,
stan
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