A few weeks ago, I started a series on toxic fat that reviews the information in Barry Sears Latest book, while here is a continuation with the role fish oil can play:
High-dose fish oil can be used to reduce endocannabinoids (the hormones in the brain that cause hunger) and reduce the silent inflammation in fat cells.
How much do you need?
- No chronic disease-2.5grams EPA and DHA per day
- Overweight, obese, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, before starting weight loss program-5 grams EPA and DHA per day
- Chronic Pain-7.5 grams EPA and DHA per day
- Neurological disorders-10grams EPA&DHA per day
If you are planning to use liquid fish oil, always keep it in the freezer to prevent oxidation and to improve the taste. If is really good stuff, it wont freeze. Of course, if does become solid in the freezer, that’s a good indication that it may have lots of impurities that have not been removed.
Sears recommendations for EPA and DHA require taking a lot of fish oil. And here’s t he problem with natural products: they can work very effectively, but you have to take a lot to see a therapeutic benefit. If you take a small dose, then you get little, if any, positive effects. The second thing you should notice is my recommendations are based on the grams of EPA and DHA, not the amount of fishoil itself. People often don’t realize that most of the fatty acids in a typical fish oil supplement are not EPA and DHA. If fact, in most fish oil products, the levels of EPA and DHA constitute only a small proportion of the total fat content.
