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Omega-3 without fishy taste & burping
You've bought a good omega-3, you dutifully take it – and an hour later that unmistakable fishy aftertaste comes back, every single time. No wonder many people stop for exactly...
The omega-3 index explained simply
Imagine you could know not just what you ate yesterday, but how well supplied with omega-3 you've been over the past months – in a single percentage figure. That's exactly...
EPA and DHA: the ratio explained
Two letter abbreviations appear on almost every omega-3 product: EPA and DHA. One oil promotes a high DHA content, the next a high EPA content – and before long you're...
Omega-3: how long should you take it?
„Three days of omega-3 before the holiday, that'll do the trick“ – that's how many people think, and with omega-3 of all things they get it wrong. Because hardly any...
Omega-3: how much per day?
You turn two omega-3 tubs over in your hands: both advertise „1000 mg“ – and yet they could hardly be more different. Because the boldly printed amount of oil says...
Omega-3: when is the best time to take it?
Morning or evening? Before or after eating? Hardly any question comes up as often with omega-3 – and hardly any is as overrated. The reassuring news first: with omega-3, it...
Recognising Omega-3 Quality: Totox, EPA/DHA Content & Purity
Two fish oil capsules, both "1000 mg", the price almost the same – and yet worlds lie between them. One delivers you barely half the active fatty acids of the...
Flaxseed Oil or Fish Oil? Omega-3 Compared
The core difference: flaxseed oil delivers the plant-based omega-3 fatty acid ALA, fish oil brings the long-chain marine fatty acids EPA and DHA directly. The body can convert ALA into...
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