| Size | 30 softgels |
|---|---|
| Natural Product Number | 80077450 |
Description
Suggested Use
Adults: Take 1 softgel daily with a meal or as directed by your health-care practitioner.
Cautions and warnings:
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Ingredients
| Each softgel contains: | |
|---|---|
| Fish oil | 1366 mg |
| Providing: | |
| Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) | 1000 mg |
| Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) | 100 mg |
| Other omega 3’s | 71 mg |
| Our wild omega‑3 oils are of pharmaceutical grade. | |
| Nonmedicinal ingredients: Natural vitamin E (mixed tocopherols from non-GMO sunflower) (3.35 mg AT [5 IU]) in a softgel of bovine gelatin, glycerin, and purified water. | |
| Contains no: Gluten, soy, wheat, corn, dairy, yeast, citrus, preservatives, artificial flavour or colour, starch, or sugar. | |
Overview of available clinical trials of fish oil in depressive illness
| EPA:DHA ratio | # of trials / # positive trials | Comment |
| 2:1 ratio EPA:DHA or greater | 20/18 | One “negative” trial was in rapid cycling bipolar disorder, a rare and serious variant of bipolar disorder, which perhaps does not respond to EPA. Also, EPA dose was larger than doses subsequently shown to be ideal in dose-ranging trials (6000 mg EPA per day was used). |
| 1.0 to 1.9:1 ratio EPA:DHA | 13/7 | Five of six “negative” trials showed significant benefit relative to baseline, but placebo group showed similar benefit, and therefore no difference of fish oil versus placebo. |
| More DHA than EPA | 13/2 | It appears oils with more DHA do not benefit symptoms of depression. |
