Fish Oil vs. UDO's Choice

[delldell2]

What's a better choice?

 

[obiwan9962]

depends on what you are looking for

i take both

fish oil for my arthritis and allergies plus for benefits regarding heart, skin and hair

udo's is not perfect but is a great source of omega 3 and 6

 

[obiwan9962]

lots of posts on benefits
do a search

 

[chordz]

They feed fish oils to farmed salmon. They say it's not safe to eat salmon anymore. So this raises questions about taking fish oil ourselves.

 

[ZKaudio]

i prefer udos... namely for taste and the fact that it contains a proper ratio of oils so I don't have to do any guesswork...

 

[delldell2]

So if I just took Udo's I'd get most of the benefits?
What does fish oil have that Udo's doesn't?

 

[The Red Dragon]

DHA and EPA, but the sources for those acids is sorta contaminated with PCB's and such...not all though. You get em from cold water fish . Udo's didn't want to put DHA/EPA in the mixture because it's sensitive to processing and it tastes awful.

 

[ronmolina]

I use UDO's because I eat at least one can of sardines per day. I agree avoid farmed salomon. Recent studies suggest they are highly contaminated. Also most but not all fish oils are also very contaminated. Make sure what ever fish oil you take that it has been tested and is low in contaminants.

 

[bran987]

Damn it seems like all the shit we used to think was healthy now has something wrong with it nowadays :-\

Can't have albacore - mercury!
Milk - too much sugar!
Pasta - bad on the GI!
ANPB - uh oh alfatoxins or whatever
Salmon - looks like they fucked that up too
Fish Oil! - who knows!

*sigh*..

let's just remember that most of the stuff we choose is 100 times better than mcdonald's and BK..

at least that's what I try to keep in mind.. I'm already scared of the unhealthy stuff.. if I have to be scared of the healthy stuff too.. then I'm screwed!

 

[anthrax]

Both have their advantages

It depends on what you're looking for

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I started taking UDO's still take fish now and then big benifit of UDO is not fish burps that is just gross.

 

[danielson]

switch to mackrel

as far as i know its not farmed and is packed with EFA's


if i didnt hate fish so much i;d eat it more often

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Both have the uses. I don't see the use in Udo's blend. Its very easy to get a high intake of n-6 fats, so flax is a better choice if you are shooting for a 2:1 n-3 to n-6 ratio as Udo suggests. The reason for this is, if you eat ANYTHING else that has fat in it during the same day you eat the Udo's choice you'll change the balance in favor of higher n-6 intake. The greater majority of foods have far more n-6 than n-3, so loading up on flax seed oil wihich has a ration of about 2.7:1 one will make it easier to hit Udo's almost unobtainable 2:1 ratio.

 

[Griz1]

I don't have the info in front of me but if you are looking for EFAs and plant fats. The best is by far Hemp seed oil. After looking at the data, it beats everything by a very large margin. Unfortuneately if you live in the good ol' usa, you're screwed. The DEA in it's infinite and idiotic wisdom has decided that it's illegal to posses this stuff despite having less than .01% thc in it (which is about as much thc as I have in my underwear).

If you live in Canada, or Europe. I would suggest looking into it. If I get the chance, and remember, I'll post the data for people.

Cheers.