[slanker]

I recently have started taking omega 3's since this is an important and valuable supplement in the long term. I was wandering if we could up the dose and what affect it would have. I have two kinds, one is just omega 3 fish oil and the other is cod liver oil. Both are high strength. However the cod liver oil has vitamin A,E and D with 100% RDA. So if I upped the dose on this one is that ok if i go over the RDA of vit A, D and E?

The cod liver oil has 100mg, 110mg of DHA,EPA respectively. And the Omega 3 fish oil has 330mg and 220mg respectively with no vitamins.

So can I up the dose? I heard the cod liver oil increases cholesterol. I just have some left when its finished I'm going to stick to the fish oil O3's

[frb3]

Be careful with the Cod Liver Oil, it is rich in Vit A. and there is such a thing as Vit A poisoning.

frb

[slanker]

Originally Posted by frb3

Be careful with the Cod Liver Oil, it is rich in Vit A. and there is such a thing as Vit A poisoning.

frb

Thats what I am afraid of as I thought there would be a problem their.

[JonPop]

If you give yourself 2 full days of detox, your body will slough off any build up of Vitamin A in your fatty tissue.

[slanker]

Thanks JP but I haven't OD'd yet. I thought I'd ask first and make sure as I had a feeling. Gonna keep it to the standard dose.

[going411by7]

You DO have to be careful with the vitamin A. As far as the omega 3 is concerned, it should LOWER your cholesterol. It did mine.

[kingpole]

i take cod liver oil about4 per day and cycle off a couple days per week.

[Pegasus]

I was taking 30 g of fish oil a day at one point(and other supplements) in an effort to lower my cholestrol. Sadly it had little effect on my blood fats and I am now on a statin. It did help my joints and possibly my skin, so I have continued to take 4-6 gram a day. The doc encouraged me to keep going with the lower dose.

[kingpole]

Originally Posted by Pegasus

I was taking 30 g of fish oil a day at one point(and other supplements) in an effort to lower my cholestrol. Sadly it had little effect on my blood fats and I am now on a statin. It did help my joints and possibly my skin, so I have continued to take 4-6 gram a day. The doc encouraged me to keep going with the lower dose.

May be that a low carb diet may help with this. When you eat starchy food lke bread your insulin goes upand your liver produces lots of cholesterol. Sounds like a homocystiene issue. Have you tried, 500mcg of "B12, 100mg of Niacin, !00mg of "B6" 400mcg of folic Acid. This brings your homocysteine levels down.

[Pegasus]

My insulin response is good, have had it tested. Can't remember if homocystine was one of the many things they tested for.
No I didn't try that exact supplement stack, but I did put a great deal of effort, time (years) and money into diet,supplements etc.
I feel that it got more than a fair trial. Of course I could have gone on endlessly trying different things: till I died of a heart attack.
But the statin is very effective and has minimal side effects in my case.
Now if someone else has success with fish oil; more power to them. I like to see natual methods work ,but I am not going to do wishfull thinking to a dangerous point.