EPA18 / DHA12 refined fish oil

If the dose of Omega-3 required for health purposes is high, the dietitian will recommend formulations with higher concentrations of Omega-3 so as to take too many capsules. For example, the dose of Omega-3 needed to improve autoimmune inflammation is high, about 3000 mg daily, if you choose 1000 mg fish oil per grain, the concentration of Omega-3 is 30%, you need to take 10 grains!! But if you choose 50%, you only need to take six pills. If 80% is selected, only 4 capsules are needed. In addition, the purpose of health care is mainly for the brain optic nerve, the formula focuses on DHA. Dietitians will recommend choosing the formula with high DHA content.

According to the U.S. Food Drug Administration (FDA), omega-3 fatty acids, whether consumed by food supplemented, are recommended to be no more than 3 grams per day.

While the natural form of fish oil is TG (triglyceride), the deep-sea fish oil with high concentration of OMEGA3 needs to be converted into EE (ethyl ester) during the process of concentration. Part of the high-priced concentrated fish oil converts the concentrated OMEGA3 back to TG (this step is expensive, since most of the concentrated fish oil with high cost performance is EE). In the experimental comparison, the absorption rate of TG was 60% EE was only 20% when fish oil low fat diet were taken simultaneously. When taken with a high-fat diet (44 grams of fat), TG is absorbed 90 percent of the time, while EE is absorbed only 60 percent. At the same time, it has been reported recently that the concentrated fish oil converts back to the TG form, the molecular formula is different the natural TG, the absorption rate is even less than EE.