Fish oil supplements

I eat mackerel, salmon and tuna when I feel like it, and also take a combined cod liver oil with evening primrose capsule daily. Have done for years, started when I read they could help with the menopause.
I'm well through it now and asked at my MOT should I stop with the Evening Primrose and just have a cod liver oil capsule, and was told if I feel ok on it still to continue so I have. Think it helps with 'mood' but not sure.
Usually have Boots 3 for 2, but have had Seven Seas brand and also Holland and Barrett if the combined ones are out of stock.

I would try to change your diet and save your money that you spend on these supplements.
Fry kippers ( not the bags) with baked beans, tomatoes and potatoes. Then there is salmon, fresh and tinned. Smoked salmon omelette, mackerel anchovies etc etc.

Bare Biology is a company I can recommend for very pure fish oil capsules, but not cheap..

Calendargirl

My DH and I have taken cod liver oil in liquid form for many years. He has it neat, I mix mine with orange juice, there’s no need to buy it with OJ, just mix your own.

The chap at our health food shop says the liquid is far better for you than the capsules, a teaspoon of liquid equates to several capsules, which have little oil and mostly the gel containing it.

I Remember taking the liquid when I was a little girl, it made me sick then I’m pretty sure it would have the same effect now 🤢

crazyH

They say you need any supplements if you have a varied diet. I have fresh fish regularly and have fairly good diet, so i don’t take vitamins and feel ok

I have to admit my diet is not good at all, very little fruit and practically no veg… (baked beans,jacket potatoes)but lots of cheese!…🫣

My DH and I have taken cod liver oil in liquid form for many years. He has it neat, I mix mine with orange juice, there’s no need to buy it with OJ, just mix your own.

The chap at our health food shop says the liquid is far better for you than the capsules, a teaspoon of liquid equates to several capsules, which have little oil and mostly the gel containing it.

They say you need any supplements if you have a varied diet. I have fresh fish regularly and have fairly good diet, so i don’t take vitamins and feel ok

I eat a lot of fish,sardines etc but I have never taken the oil. I have an irrational feeling it might make me fat. Fish is very,very expensive here now which is unfortunate. The cheapest meat is pork but I am going off that, hearing how the pigs are slaughtered.

Shinamae

Callistemon21

I like codliver oil with orange juice but it is more expensive.

Just to mention - codliver oil contains Vitamin D as well, so perhaps take one or the other, not both.

Thank you..
This is the one I have ordered will check vitamin D content when it arrives …

They look quite strong so might have a good Vit D content.

Blossoming

It’s not because I’m not your friend Shinamae, I didn’t answer because I eat oily fish , I love mackerel.

Blossom, I was only joking 😁
I absolutely love mackerel, but can’t get my hands on it at the moment..
Don’t like Salmon but I suppose I could start eating a bit of sardines on toast, my aunt May used to make that for me when I was a child….🤗

I’m not keen on fish so don’t eat it as often as I should but for extra Omega 3 I add milled flax seed to my meusli/yogurt etc.

It’s not because I’m not your friend Shinamae, I didn’t answer because I eat oily fish , I love mackerel.

Patsy70

*Shinamae*, you’re not friendless! 😂 I take cod liver oil in liquid form, also eat sardines, salmon a couple of times a week, in addition to Vitamin D.

Aww…thank you….(just being a bit of a drama queen!) 😂😂

I don’t find any aftertaste. Take with a cold drink, so no risk of the capsule melting though!

Ooh, this is interesting! I don’t like fish (used to but I’ve gone off it, for the most part). Do the CLO capsules taste fishy once you’ve swallowed them? They don’t repeat on you?

I felt Dh and I needed more Omega so I’ve been buying vegan capsules but they’re expensive compared to ordinary CLO capsules.

Shinamae, you’re not friendless! 😂 I take cod liver oil in liquid form, also eat sardines, salmon a couple of times a week, in addition to Vitamin D.

Callistemon21

I like codliver oil with orange juice but it is more expensive.

Just to mention - codliver oil contains Vitamin D as well, so perhaps take one or the other, not both.

Thank you..
This is the one I have ordered will check vitamin D content when it arrives …

I like codliver oil with orange juice but it is more expensive.

Just to mention - codliver oil contains Vitamin D as well, so perhaps take one or the other, not both.

Just Seven Seas cod liver oil here. My DF actually liked the taste and took it as a liquid!
It’s a familiar name, so I felt it trustworthy and safe and started to take the capsules a few years ago.

winterwhite

Well I will be your friend, Shinamae. Sometimes in the winter I take codliver oil capsules and sometimes all year round I eat sardines. Will that do for a start? 😀

Friend of the friendless…..thank you!…😂😂

Well I will be your friend, Shinamae. Sometimes in the winter I take codliver oil capsules and sometimes all year round I eat sardines. Will that do for a start? 😀

Apparently no online friends!!! 🫣😥
I have ordered some now from NU nutrition, and also some glucosamine because I do suffer with achy legs and pins and needles. Specially at night when I’m in bed…