Fish oil and bodyfat?

[Lee]

I started taking fish oil pills about 3 weeks ago, and since I started taking em, I look leaner and my muscles are getting smoother. Does fish oil always have an affect like this or could I just loosing bodyfat from all the training? Cuz before i wasnt gettin results like this.

 

[spatts]

Getting good fat in your diet will help you lose unwanted fats. It may have happened no matter what kind of good fat you added...may not be unique to fish. I take Fish oil and Udos, both, and I can really tell if I'm not taking them.

Glad it's helping you!

 

[collegiateLifter]

omega 3s definately can help you manage bodyfat better. fish oil is awesome imo.

 

[spatts]

Fish oils also provide the EPAs and DHAs that help your body use other fats more efficiently...that's why I use it in combonation with Udos now.

 

[Nonerz]

udos?

 

[spatts]

Yes, Dr. Udos Perfect Blend. Dr. Udo Erasmus is the GURU on fat.

www.udoerasmus.com

 

[Lee]

ill have to check out Udos

 

[gmanlax7]

what kind of fish oil you got?

I have this one called ' Fisol' it claims that they are uniquely coated to withstand stomach acid and dissolve in the small intestine to maximize absorption

i also have 'health from the sun' Total EFA oil and a big bag of ground flax that i like to mix in cottage cheese

 

[Lee]

somethin that can withstand stomach acid wont dissolve in yer intestines anymore, itll just come out in yer turds most likely. i have GNC Fish Body Oils 1000.

 

[collegiateLifter]

Yes, Dr. Udos Perfect Blend. Dr. Udo Erasmus is the GURU on fat.

www.udoerasmus.com

no real guru is after your money imo. i think he greatly underestimates the 6's in the average americans diet, on purpose.

 

[spatts]

Care to elaborate?

 

[Tony104104]

Care to elaborate?

I'm interested as well.....

 

[spatts]

FWIW, he did his homework and wrote his book long before he started marketing sups. I'd still like to know more about your statement regarding Omega-6, CL.

 

[wilson6]

I started to notice the same thing (more definition) a month or so after I started fish oil caps and Flax (10 g/d). Nothing else to explain it. Not that I'm getting ripped, but certainly a little leaner.

W6

 

[greddyspeed916]

can you take a multi vitamen and fish oil at the same time? OR should there be some time inbetween?

 

[Lee]

im curious on that too, cuz i take both at the same time right now

 

[gmanlax7]

i wouldnt take them at the same time, because the oil could coat your stomach and hurt the vitamin's absorption. just my thought though

 

[Lee]

but wouldnt the multivitamin still get fully absorbed? wouldnt it just take longer?

 

[gmanlax7]

not if the oil was all slippery and the vitamins just kinda slid on the oily surface, but thats just my theory

 

[Lee]

hmm, sorta sounds viable, i might have to look into this more

 

[collegiateLifter]

FWIW, he did his homework and wrote his book long before he started marketing sups. I'd still like to know more about your statement regarding Omega-6, CL.

ok i've read from a bunch of different 'gurus,' that yes have something to sell generally, but i try to find the truth somewhere in between. I like fish oil because it has the by product you want, epa and dha not ala.

As for omega 6, i believe generally berardi, serrano, possibly dipasquali, all generally want more o-3's in your diet because most all foods we eat are already high in o-6's. Like beef for instance is corn fed and high in o-6's (grass fed is not, but definately not your standard beef). Generally they also say total o'3s is important and so is o'3 to o'6 ratio. more o'3s leads to less inflamation, better glucose management, some blood thinning and a whole host of other things (including better health-- i recall on supertraining studies showing that just substituting polyunsaturates for saturates was not necessarily healthy-- they were o-6's in the substitution). Thats just a recap, i'd bet you know most if not all of that.

Anyway the point of view i'm coming from is one of skepticism. If the american diet, especially those who eat red meat and the like, is high in o'6's why would you want to pay to add more? i've seen recomendations of 1:3 to 1:1 ideal ratios of o-3-6 which means that you need to eat a bunch of o-3's and not go overboard on the 6's to keep the denominator in check. Also, flax oil is pretty cheap as is fish oil. Udo's however costs significantly more to get a given amount of net epa and dha. The pitch behind it just seems like product differentiation in order to create a semi monopoly so that Udos can charge more money.

 

[RxMan]

Spatts,

You say that you take both Udo's and fish oil. Do you take both at the labels recommended dose? I was thinking of taking a little less udo's along with some fish oil.

 

[silencer_]

is it okay to take fishoil, with protein shakes after your workout?

what will fish oil do for ya?

 

[spatts]

RxMan, I've been taking 1/2 TBS of Udos, (rather than 1 full tbs) and taking 2 fish oil caps instead.

Silencer...I don't think it matters when you take them. Not sure, really. I just take all my stuff twice a day for spacing.