Why Would You Want Omega 3 Capsules With Concentrated Fish Oil?
If you've been reading about the benefits of Omega 3 capsules there's a good chance you've read about concentrated fish oil found in them. But what is concentrated fish oil?
If you caught a fish and squeezed it (really hard) you'd get what is known as standard food grade fish oil out of it. And there would be DHA and EPA, the 2 most important Omega 3 fats in it.
But you wouldn't get stacks of those good fats. Enough to be useful if you ate the fish, but not a lot for a simple 1000 mg capsule.
So what do manufacturers do to overcome this? The use concentrated fish oil. It can be called super concentrated fish oil or highly concentrated fish oil, but it's all the same.
By putting the oil through a concentration process it is ensuring that there are much higher levels of DHA and EPA in the oil. This is good because it means that you can get a significant amount of good fats from taking a few Omega 3 capsules. Otherwise you'd probably need to take handfuls.
When a fish oil is concentrated the process used to do this turns the natural triglyceride form of the oil into an ethyl ester form. This is ok, the ethyl ester form of the fat is perfectly good, and can be absorbed into the body when eaten. This is known as "bioavailability".
Some manufacturers turn the ethyl ester form back into a triglyceride form believing that if the oil is in the same form as it came out of the fish then it must be more "natural". But the result is that the triglyceride form resulting has a different molecular makeup and isn't nearly as "bioavailable" as the ethyl ester form. But it's still good for you.
There is a manufacturer that has combined the best of both worlds, combining a concentrated fish oil in it's ethyl ester form with an unconcentrated fish oil in it's natural triglyceride form.
And the studies have been interesting, showing up to 2 1/2 times more effectiveness than traditional Omega 3 supplements using concentrated fish oil alone.
So it's fair to say that most Omega 3 capsules have fish oil concentrate in them. One has both the concentrated form combined with the unconcentrated form to result in a potent mix of Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
If you'd like to find out more about which Omega 3 supplements combine the 2 different forms of fish oil visit my website where I discuss this in more detail.
Want to know more about Fish Oil Benefits? Or more about Super Concentrated Fish Oil? Visit Peter's Website Healthy Omega 3 Fish Oil.