Review: The Very Finest Fish Oil (Lemon Flavor), from Carlson Laboratories
Since fish oil is “the most important supplement ever,” I bit the bullet and started taking Triple Strength Fish Oil pills from GNC. Eight pills per day. After about a year of that, I got sick of taking eight pills every day and decided to give the liquid fish oil a try. I’m still shooting for 9.5 grams of EPA/DHA per day based on Robb Wolf’s suggested dosage of 1/2g per 10 lbs of bodyweight (19 * .5 = 9.5). With some help from my calculator and Google conversions, I figured out that 7.3 teaspoons a day will get me the prescribed amount of the good stuff (there’s 1.3g of EPA + DHA in every teaspoon). As it turns out, a shot glass of oil goes down a hell of a lot quicker than eight horse pills.
The only reason I originally went for the pills is because I thought that fish oil would taste terrible. Even though it’s listed as “lemon flavored,” I was skeptical that this stuff would end up tasting like mackerel juice and either make me gag or give me awful sardine burps. Although the oiliness of it is a bit off-putting, the taste is pure lemon and sunshine and I haven’t had any problems so far.
These bottles hold 16.9 oz and cost about $22 on the Vitamin Shoppe’s web site (the cheapest place I’ve found). Since I’m taking 1.2 oz/day, a bottle ends up lasting me about 2 weeks, which means that I’m paying about $45 for a one month supply. Compares pretty well to the $40 per month I was spending on the GNC pills (and I was short-changing myself on the dose a bit there). Highly recommended.
