I am interested to get a fish oil supplement. Originally I want to buy Carlson's based on the good reviews, but unfortunately it do not even available in Malaysia. So those who have take fish oil, what's your brand? I have a look at Blackmore, Seven Seas and Abbott, all EPA/DHA is too low. (Carlsons contains 800mg EPA/600mg DHA per 5ml)

Yes, Carlson's is another premium brand. They get their fish oil from Norway. Actually, their EPA/DHA content is around 35% from the numbers you gave - 1400mg/4000mg (note 5ml is about 4000mg).

Most fish oil sold in Malaysia is around 30% EPA/DHA. I do bring in fish oil in my bulk (click my signature for the link) that has 52.5% EPA/DHA. But these are in softgel form.

Anyway, if you do want Carlson's I can bring it in also. PM me if interested. But Carlson's isn't cheap.

BTW, for myself I use the Jarrow softgels. My kids take the Carlson's in oil form (because they can't swallow the softgels yet).

This post has been edited by jchong: Nov 26 2008, 10:11 PM

i m taking blackmore's but is quite expensive, and i plan to switch to seven seas in liquid form.

GNC has pretty good choices i guess
currently im taking salmon oil from GNC

GNC? the only thing tat i will spend money on tat plc is my shaker. ELSE no no for GNC.

Try Usana Biomega





If interested , do view my thread... not so expensive also. Plus i got a lot of info there.
btw, it contains 1000mg.

This post has been edited by shinjo: Nov 27 2008, 11:57 AM

whats your reason saying so bro?
is it price?

Yes, is the price.

imagine those supplement u can get for 190 they sell it for 299. the 109 bucks all goes to their advertising fee and retail fee.

I actually did saw your thread when I search the forum but I prefer to buy in local pharmacies (Watsons, etc)

do pharmachist offer the needed info to you professionally and follow up wit ur progress or concern?

U try google in those store and buy the necessary products and see how much it worth.. Then compare with the price that we could give..

i'm taking this: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/opt/salmonoilsoftgels.html

No problems. I'm just offering an alternative in case you can't find what you want locally.

Total Health Concepts and Hovid are good choice.

Btw do you find any brand which close to Carlson's in term of PHA/DHA locally?

Sorry, I haven't surveyed the fish oil locally so I don't know if any of them is close to Carlson.

Oh, that's okay
Thanks for replying anyway

I'm taking GNC Salmon Oil as well. Taken from wild salmons, it says... should be better than farmed salmons where they feed on pellets instead of wild algaes. I'd buy GNC only if they had discounts... and this month Salmon Oil is at 30% off (RM99.90 - 30% = RM69.93 for 180 caps = RM0.39 each), cheaper than some other ones sold at Watson's. It has 180mg EPA, 120mg DHA, and since men need about 610mg each day for optimum benefit, I take 2, one at breakfast and one at lunch. I also considered Pristin (396mg EPA, 264mg DHA) but it's expensive, at RM159 for 150 caps (RM1.06 each). Pristin was giving out free samples at Watson's last couple of weeks... but the sample was 7 capsules only

Make sure your choice of fish oil label has the words "molecularly distilled". This is the process of taking out the dangerous PCBs and mercury found in fish so the supplement is safe for human consumption. In a way, this is safer than eating real fish... but not sure about the absorption percentage of supplements.

Rather than going by cost per cap you should go by cost per mg of EPA/DHA (combined).

In this case the GNC has 180 caps x 300mg = 54,000mg. Price = RM69.93. Cost per mg = 0.1295 sen.
For the Pristin: 150 caps x 660mg = 99,000mg. Price = RM159. Cost per mg = 0.1606 sen.

So although the Pristin is more expensive, the difference is not as big as if you compared using cost per caps. Anyway, you sure each caps of Pristin has 396mg EPA, 264mg DHA?

I agree that molecularly distilled fish oil is a must to ensure no contaminants.

I bought Pristin 30 caps few days back. It cost me almost RM50/-. It uses some sort of distillation proces called OMATECH which produces 660mg (396EPA/264DHA) per 1200mg fishgel.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Nov 29 2008, 09:16 PM

i usually just buy scott brand..