*Burp* Goes my Vitamin

I hate fish burps. It's a new phenomena with me and I don't like it one bit. In an effort to take tiny itty bitty baby steps toward making myself better and healthier and without much cholesterol, I've taken to popping fish oil supplements on a daily basis. They're all the rage you know. Diane Sawyer takes them as does Robin Roberts. (But we see how healthy they made her I suppose. But that's another entry. Maybe.) The first month I was taking the NatureMade, a brand I picked up from Walgreens and they seem to work pretty well, although I wouldn't exactly know if they're working well or not. By 'well' I mean they weren't causing the frequent bathroom trips or foul emissions I was afraid they may cause before beginning the regimen.

Anyway, I finally ran-out and picked up a new bottle a few days ago, this time going cheap and getting a slightly smaller bottle of another brand. I read in Men's Health how you're supposed to take them with a certain dosage of something called DHA and EPA and want a combined dosage of the two of 500mg per day. The article says to ignore the suggested dosage on the bottle and to try and find one with Vitamin E, also known as tocopherol to offset the oxidation of quickly eroding Omega-3s. Now, don't I sound like I know what I'm talking about?

The article also mentions "fish burps" and while my first, slightly more expensive supplements didn't cause this little side effect of healthy pill popping, the news ones seem to be made for it, and it’s gross. A lesson learned for me that everything good comes at a price no matter how small.

Posted by JD on August 7, 2007 10:15 AM