Fish oil/free range eggs

[mich24]

Hi Chris,

I have read the fish oil posts (which were very helpful - thank you!) and just want to clarify.

I am doubling up on fish oil since I have 40+ lbs to lose. As you note, that means 4800 mg of EPA + DHA per day total (which is so helpful, thank you again for this).

I purchased GNC Triple Strength Fish Oil softgels. One softgel has:

647 mg EPA
253 mg DHA

This totals 900 mg per pill. I can take 5 pills for 4500 mg (a little under 4800 mg) or 6 pills for 5400 mg (over 4800) per day. Any suggestions? Also, as I understand from the book, I should take them with meals that contain olive oil for maximum absorption.

Also, I wanted to check if it was ok to have "cage free" eggs (3 eggs per serving) instead of "free range." I have mostly cage free in my area.
The carton reads:

"Cage free hens, fed pure grains without the use of antibiotics, natural feed free of pesticides and herbicides."

Lastly, I contacted you with a bad headache yesterday and I am doing much better! Still a little bit of a light headache, but nothing like yesterday. Also, it's morning of day 5 for me and I am down 3 lbs! I felt lighter and couldn't resist weighing myself (though I am not an everyday weigher)!

One last thing, the person at GNC felt very confirmed that many of his recommendations for good supplements were recommended by you!

Thanks again!
Michelle

[Site Administrator]

Hi Michelle!

If you wanted to be really precise, you could always have five pills one day alternating with six pills the next. The EFAs in fish oil are compounds which reach a "threshhold concentration" in your tissues and it takes a long time before the amounts begin to diminish. You could theoretically take 11 or twelve pills every other day and your body wouldn't miss a beat. (But who would want to?)

As for eggs-- cage free is fine!

Have a terrific day,
Chris