Posted by BarbaraCat on July 12, 2002, at 14:16:58
In reply to Is Sears' rec only OmegaBrite? » BarbaraCat, posted by Leighwit on July 10, 2002, at 15:52:57
Hi Laurie, and thanks for the Welcome back. Made me feel good. Dr. Sears recommends two brands as being of 'pharmaceutical grade', i.e., highly distilled and absent of toxic levels of pollutants. The two brands are OmegaBrite, and his own brand that he sells at his drsears.com website. Most likely there are others that are comparable. I don't know about the Eskimo brand, but I've tried others. Some (Costco brand) made me burp fishy. I've also tried Carlson's lemon flavored cod liver oil and I think it's a good one. It costs about $9 a bottle vs. $70 for Dr. Sears. You need twice as much to get the same amount of DHA/EPA, but for the money, what the heck. My preference is the liquid oil rather than pills. About dosage: what you're looking for is the combined amount of EPA and DHA (usually 2:1 ratio). Many oils also have other things in them, like Omega-6's, so a gram of oil may only result in a half gram's worth of EPA/DHA. That's another reason to stick with 'pharmaceutical grade' - it generally has only EPA/DHA and not other not so good oils.
I'm combining the two brands - Dr. Sears and Carlson's and taking 1 tablespoon twice a day, which is about 12 grams a day.
www.iherb.com sells Carlson's for cheap. It also sells alot of other Omega-3 oils (I think your Eskimo is there too). Definitely check it out.
Regarding Diabetes, Dr. Sears devotes a chapter to it. His bottom line is that in order to control diabetes (mainly type II), you have to follow an insulin controlling diet - the oil alone makes no difference. But the two combined have had very positive results. His recommendations are 2.5 to 5 grams EPA/DHA daily. You might just want to spring for the book (Costco has it for $14.79). Aside from some blatant ego-ism from Dr. Sears, it makes good sense all around.
> Hi BarbaraCat,
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> So great to have you back, by the way!
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> Does Barry Sears' book (yes, I'm too cheap right now to buy it) recommend only Omegabrite? Ed O'Flaherty has posted here that Omegabrite might elevate diabetics' glucose levels, whereas Eskimo 3 will not, which is my reason for using the Eskimo 3 product. It's very expensive. Does Barry Sears talk about this at all in his book as you recall? What exactly is pharmaceutical grade anyway, do you know? I'm wondering if Eskimo 3 is pharmaceutical grade or not. I didn't notice a difference at first, but now I'm taking more (9grams/day) and I am noticing that I feel better.
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> Thanks much,
> Laurie
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> > Hi Everyone,
> > I've been taking Omega-3 fish oil for a while now, but only 1-2 capsules twice a day. I recently read Barry Sears' 'The Omega Zone' and decided to give the pharmaceutical grade high-dose fish oil a try. I can definitely feel it. The best I can relate it to is when I was transferring off Paxil to Remeron and had a few days of extra serotonin power or whatever it was going on. A little giddy, colors brighter, mucho enhanced mood, calmer. The fish oil purportedly enhances serotonin and dopamine production and I can believe it.
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> > I'm taking the brand Dr. Sears' plugs in his book, which is rather ridiculously expensive at $70 a pop, however, it does seem to be remarkably good quality. I'm mixing it with Carlson's lemon flavored high quality cod-liver oil as an extender and flavour enhancer (yes, you read that right; Carlson's cod-liver oil actually tastes good). Together, I'm taking a little less than one tablespoons twice a day, which is a moderately high dose of this oil. Considering how it's helped with my anxiety and depression is impressive enough, but my fibromyalgia seems to be much improved. I'm reminded of the Tin Man receiving a well-needed oiling of his parts. I believe I'm a believer. I'll keep you informed. - BarbaraCat
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