Fish oil & caffeine

[anthrax]

I have found this interesting article on EFAS, especially the effect of caffeine on the conversion a-linoleic acid to EPA & DHA :
(from Muscle Monthly Magazine)

For bodybuilders EPA and DHA either from flax oil or fish oil can increase insulin sensitivity as well as decrease inflammation. These are both very desirable. For flax I would simply recommend the dose on the label, 1 tablespoon per 100 pounds body weight. For fish oil you should get 4-5 grams per day.

One thing you need to keep in mind is that caffeine can prevent one of the enzymes (delta6-desaturase) required to convert a-linolenic acid into EPA and DHA. This being the case, you will need to use fish oil while using ephedrine and caffeine on a diet.

 

[muskate]

There is a small mistake in what you wrote.

Animal sources of omega 3, such as flax seed, contain ala. Only animal sources of omega 3 like wild caught fish, grass fed beef etc contain epa and dha.

The body can convert ala to epa and dha, but the conversion rate isn't great. Especially if the person is using caffeine as the article outlines.

That's why you want to be supplementing with a fish or krill oil and not a flax oil. I personally use krill from n2bm.com