| When it comes to buying Omega-3 fish oil | | | | Buying on price alone, I'd think I was saving |
| vitamins, a lot of people just buy the cheapest | | | | money at this point. But read on... |
| one they can find, which is not always the | | | | Now, I read my Big Box fish oil label, and find out |
| smartest way to go. Here's why. | | | | that there's a combined total of 200 mg EPA plus |
| Fish oils are rich in the Omega-3 fatty acids DHA | | | | DHA per softgel. That means I'll need to take five |
| and EPA. The most recent medical research | | | | of these per day, just to get to my goal of 1,000 |
| indicated that a daily combined total of 1,000 mg | | | | mg EPA%2BDHA, daily. That means that my 120 |
| EPA plus DHA is required to obtain health benefits | | | | fish oil softgel bottle will last me 24 days (120 |
| from fish oil. | | | | 5=24). |
| If you read the supplement labels, you'll find that | | | | Now, in order to have 60 days' worth of my Big |
| the amount of EPA and DHA in each fish oil | | | | Box Brand fish oil, I'll need to buy 2.5 bottles of |
| softgel can vary dramatically. This is true not only | | | | their brand, at $15.00 per bottle. So 2.5 multiplied |
| because softgels come in different sizes, but also | | | | by $15.00 will be exactly $45.00. |
| true because fish oil softgels of the same size | | | | That's $45.00 for the "cheaper" brand, versus |
| most often have different DHA plus EPA levels. | | | | $28.00 for the higher quality brand, based on a 60 |
| For example, I take a fish oil from Miley Labs, | | | | day supply, delivering 1,000 mg EPA%2BDHA |
| which is the brand I've used for a few years now. | | | | each day. |
| In their product, each fish oil softgel contains 500 | | | | Over the course of a year, you'd spend $270 on |
| mg combined DHA%2BEPA. So, a 120 count | | | | the cheaper brand, and $178 on the better quality |
| bottle lasts me two months. Pretty easy to | | | | brand! |
| calculate that. And the cost of their fish oil | | | | It pays to read labels and this is just another |
| supplements is someplace around $28.00 for a | | | | example of how looking at only one aspect of a |
| top quality supplement. | | | | product will often not tell a fraction of the true |
| Now, let's say I go to a Big Box retailer and buy | | | | story. |
| an Omega-3 fish oil. 120 softgels for $15.00. | | | | To your good health, always! |