To answer this question, I have tried many different stores and online places. I finally found one that is excellent (they make all the products themselves) and offers a lot of good sale deals. They have been in business for a long time.It is Puritan’s Pride which you can find at http://www.puritan.com/?AFID=38&SAFID=GOOGLE&SCID=2935&GCID=S16792x001-Branded_-_General&Keyword=puritan.
I don’t normally subject myself to unabashed brand-whoring, particularly in the snake oil laden world of nutritional supplements, but Biotest makes some really fantastic stuff. Their “Flameout” product is a concentrated fish oil capsule with about triple the DHA/EPA of most omaga-3 supplement.
FWIW, I’ve taken fish oil for years and rarely, if ever, do I get “fish burps”, even on 15+ capsules a day. Maybe you guys are gulping down huge mouthfuls of air on an empty stomach when you take your pills?
So, what exactly are you doing that you need 15 fish oil capsules a day?
This is getting lost in the fishy discussion, but - Where the hell did you read Vitamin E is going to do anything for your skin? You’d be better off pricking the capsule open with a pin and rubbing the oil on you. (and isn’t Vitamin E either useless or dangerous to take a lot of, anyway? I have no cites, but I know I’ve heard talk about it on medical shows.)
I second the use of Puritan’s Pride. I researched them when trying to find supplements for our shelter animals that were the best alternative to name brands.
The best example I can give is Cosequin (glucosamine/chondroitin) the name brand is very expensive, the company does make medical claims for this product, and so are subject to FDA regulations and quality control. So the maker of Cosequin kind of has a corner on the market, and charges accordingly.
Remember that if a supplement company labels their product with the little phrase that says they are making no medical claims, they are not subject to quality control tests or FDA regulation. This can result in more or less active ingredient than it says on the label, and even no ingredient listed on the label.
Since I wanted to find the best source of an alternative, I checked around some websites that are proprietary to veterinarians (so, no cite, sorry) and found that independent testing showed Puritan’s Pride to have consistently good quality testing, in all the independent laboratory tests, Puritan’s was always as-labeled.
They are the manufacturer, so you’re buying directly from the maker with no middleman, which is why they’re so cheap. I have been purchasing from them for several years, I buy my own supplements from them (and no fish-burps so far!) and I recommend them to everyone I can.
I highly recommend, and your pocketbook will be very happy!
Puritan’s Pride makes me think of turkey.
Maybe I’ll get turkey burps.
For a change of pace.
I’ve been getting all my supplements from Puritan’s Pride since the '70s. Their deliveries are very prompt, and sometimes they have a “Buy one, get two free” sale. That’s when I stock up.
I take four fish oil capsules a day, and very rarely get the burps. And they’re not so bad when I do.
Balancing out the horrific Omega 6:Omega 3 ratio that most western diets yield, and taking advantage of it’s fantastic anti-inflammatory effects (which may be more individual, as I’m personally very prone to inflammation.) Fish oil is, without a question, one of the most noticeable supplements I take.
DHA and EPA are the compounds of interest here, and most supermarket-level capsules contain a pathetic amount of both. It’s just fat, and 15 grams is a micelle in the bucket compared to the volumes of greasy slop we scarf down on a regular basis.