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JawD · 17-06-2008, 09:57 AM

Just briefly then, at the moment I just look at fats and try to get my sources from Nuts (cashews mainly), salmon, peanut butter (natural), eggs, dairy. Ive not really looked at EPA/DHA to be honest. Reading up it seems that 2-3g per day is good (some state up to 5g).

I do take fish oil caps per day that have 180mg of EPA and 120mg of DHA. So, couple of questions:

If I want 3000mg per day, is that just EPA or EPA./DHA combined? So, is one cap 180mg or 300mg?

Secondly, I know EPA is an extract from Omega 3, but how much? For example if I eat 100g of smoked salmon, its 9g fat including 2g of Omega 3 but I dont know how much EPA/DHA? Is there a rule of thumb? Or am I as well just taking say 10 caps per day that would give me 1.8g of EPA for example?

Cheers.

17-06-2008, 09:57 AM	#32 (permalink)
JawD Still on the first step - its huge! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lanchester Posts: 717 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Supplements instead of fish Just briefly then, at the moment I just look at fats and try to get my sources from Nuts (cashews mainly), salmon, peanut butter (natural), eggs, dairy. Ive not really looked at EPA/DHA to be honest. Reading up it seems that 2-3g per day is good (some state up to 5g). I do take fish oil caps per day that have 180mg of EPA and 120mg of DHA. So, couple of questions: If I want 3000mg per day, is that just EPA or EPA./DHA combined? So, is one cap 180mg or 300mg? Secondly, I know EPA is an extract from Omega 3, but how much? For example if I eat 100g of smoked salmon, its 9g fat including 2g of Omega 3 but I dont know how much EPA/DHA? Is there a rule of thumb? Or am I as well just taking say 10 caps per day that would give me 1.8g of EPA for example? Cheers.