[Iceberg Slim]

Originally Posted by Lubaolong

no need for anyone to get uppity.

Cuz that's your job, huh

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showth...6#post20530826

Originally Posted by Lubaolong

I doubt you've written a thesis/dissertation in graduate school, and maybe not even a research paper in college, so I can't blame you.

[Iceberg Slim]

Excellent Thread Mike, Thanks!

[Lubaolong]

Originally Posted by Iceberg Slim

Cuz that's your job, huh

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showth...6#post20530826

What's that about? Just saying most people have never had classes on doing/evaluating research, and that I can't blame them for that. I wasn't trying to say he was stupid, just that a statement from Canada's veterinarian association carried a little more weight than some guy's personal homepage or unsupported holistic barefoot doctors' claims.

[Lubaolong]

Btw, MikeMartial, I pmed u. I appreciate the time you took to make the thread. I'm sure it will be very helpful to a lot of people.

[MikeMartial]

Originally Posted by devilishstoner

thanks, very helpful.
question: my bottle of Spring Valley fish oil has a MEG-3 symbol and says that it's 99.99% purified, but no mention of molecular distillation. should i continue taking it?

It's odd you've asked this. As I was writing this up, I was looking through their website; they don't mention what process they use, either. The only thing I could find was:

"Additionally, the manufacturer of MEG-3® is the only producer of fish oil in the world to achieve the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) verification. USP is the body that establishes the standards for the F.D.A. USP verification means that MEG-3® brand fish oils have been prepared under accepted manufacturing practices to ensure consistent quality and the ingredients meet stringent purity requirements."

I believe for a fish oil supplement to achieve "pharmaceutical-grade" labeling, it has to be molecularly distilled. I actually just called their head office in Nova Scotia, and left a message with someone about this. I just find it odd that they don't actually have molecular distillation anywhere on the website.

But, for the record, the fish oil I buy at Costco has the Meg-3 labeling, and it does say molecularly distilled:

[spirez]

Thanks for this.

I was a little confused with how much should be ingested before this. I looked on the back of bottles but was a bit put off by the fact that they stated no more than 3 capsules per day.

but then i realised this is most likely for sedentary people, much like vitamin and kcal RDAs.

[MikeMartial]

Originally Posted by spirez

Thanks for this.

I was a little confused with how much should be ingested before this. I looked on the back of bottles but was a bit put off by the fact that they stated no more than 3 capsules per day.

but then i realised this is most likely for sedentary people, much like vitamin and kcal RDAs.

Plus, think of the manufacturers point of view; for legality reasons, they want to recommend the lowest effective dose, since it has the highest therapeutic index, with the least amount of side effects.

Total assumption on my part, but that's the reasoning I presume for low-dose recommendations.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Lubaolong

Btw, MikeMartial, I pmed u. I appreciate the time you took to make the thread. I'm sure it will be very helpful to a lot of people.

Why don't you start it? It could be linked in the FAQ along with this thread or whatever Mike sees fit.

[anaconda]

Dude, you're a mod. Why the hell isnt this stickied yet?

[AbdominalSnoman]

+1 on the sticky. Also take your multi with your fish oil so the fat soluble vits get absorbed.