You guys are great! I’m a 70-year-old retired nurse in Ontario after having worked full time for 45 years (till 5 years ago) mostly in critical care, first with adults and the last 23 years in NICU. During all of that, I was married to a commercial pilot (away a lot) and we had 5 children. A sense of humour along with a lot of love, perseverance and patience got us through some tough years with the schedules we both had (and all those kids-no year-long mat leaves back then! lol). I love your wonderful sense of humour and respect your videos. I always recognized that you did/do your research and I thank you for doing that for us! You strike a great balance between delivering accurate medical information and common sense. Keep the videos coming!
I appreciate you for providing this information. I have spent countless hours doing my own research on nutrition and I finally just got fed up with all the conflicting advice. You guys are Doctors with no agenda other than finding the most reliable information we have right now. I used to take Omega-3's and other supplements but now I just try to eat a balanced diet and stay away from processed food. I only take supplements if my Dr. tells me to. I am 71 and in good health. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks for this. As a stroke survivor, I want to do everything I can to never have another, so I take a lot of fish oil supplements, and I love my salmon. And as it happens, I went to my optometrist today and she said my eye health is excellent and to keep doing what I’m doing. Also, I seldom have to take Tylenol for my arthritis, which is another plus.
As a kid, our mum gave us 1 tablespoon of cod liver oil every morning during Fall & Winter. I now take Krill oil capsules, vitamin D and Magnesium glycinate to help with mood, anxiety, arthritis and Fibro symptoms.
I remember when my dad came home with a MINT flavored cod liver oil by mistake, and being the thrifty guy he was, tried to make us take it by trying it himself first - and immediately vomited! 🤮 😂 That was the end of ALL the cod liver oil in our house!
Cod liver oil helps keeps my eczema manageable (helps my skin retain moisture), and has helped minimize my IBS symptoms! It may or may not be related to the health/integrity of cell membranes, as mentioned by the doctors at the beginning of the video 🤷
@@TalkingWithDocs Hi docs what about taking DHA studies are showing that they increst LDL i take 2g of ALA and i think this amount can make EPA and DHA enough
Thanks Docs for a great video. You mentioned fish and I think mackeral, sardines and tuna are good sources of omega 3's. The concerning thing is the possible link with prostate cancer. As a heart patient I have been taking the chance and having fish, so far so good. Keep the videos coming, you both are a great resource of info with even some humor thrown in!
Another really informative video, thank you! I’m a long term vegan (30+yrs), I mostly eat WFPB, take flax seeds, chia seeds, nuts etc and I also take Omega3 - great company in the UK called Vegetology
I eat 3 to 4 T of flaxseedmeal every day to help keep my blood pressure down. That, along with 400 mg of magnesium taurate every day. My doctor is very happy with that.
I did also for a year... then read information on HOW much to take, the negative effects of taking too much, etc... Looking up information on ground flaxseed was a huge EYE OPENER!! 😬
@bealynn2258 Thank you, but my doctor and I have read all the reputable info on flaxseedmeal, and for me, it works. People have to work with their doctor to see what is right for them.
Flaxseed milk tastes good in my tea and probably in your coffee too. Unsweetened Good Carma brand. Can use for smoothies. 1 cup serving size. Has fiber, protein, iron vitamin b12 and 1200mg plant-based Omega 3 fatty acids. Now when I drink milk it doesn't tastes the same anymore. Its shelf stable so it keeps in your pantry for months. Has 0 saturated fat, and 160 sodium. Just 3.79 a quart at stop and shop. Cheaper than supplements.
Another informative video. Thank you both so much for continuing to do these videos. Are you talking about taking fish oil or is the supplement you are talking about different?
While there is no standard test to diagnose Omega-3 deficiency, what would be your trigger, as physicians, for ordering a blood panel that includes measuring EPA and DHA?
Great video. I wanted to share something here I just found out about flax seeds. I love ground roasted flax seeds and have been having them on my oatmeal every morning but I just randomly found out that a particular brand (the one I happened to be eating!) has an unhealthy level of cadmium in it. : ( I'm not saying don't eat flax seeds but maybe do some research on which are the safest, cleanest kind to buy. And if you figure it out, please let me know. Fish does seem really healthy. I don't think I'd use a supplement but just eat a healthy balanced diet. I love these videos. Oh yes, Dr. Weening should totally go to night school for nutrition. That would be amazing. this channel is a great place to share knowledge and get good, legit info. Thanks.
Hey docs I take Krill Oil 350 mg’s I am 68 yrs old take other supplements as well. Especially vitamin D. Thanks for this video was very helpful and informative! ❤❤
don;t forget to take magnesium when you take vitamin D because vitamin D needs magneisum to get activated if you don't you will deplete your magnesium levels
100% - It keeps my eczema manageable (helps my skin retain moisture), and has helped minimize my IBS symptoms! It may or may not be related to the health/integrity of cell membranes, as mentioned by the doctors at the beginning of the video 🤷
I am 48 and fully plant based and have started taking vegan omegas (3/6/EPA/DHA) in my multivitamin (Complement). I’m noticing an improvement in hair loss, dry eyes, brain fog, and joint pain.
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
Great review, appreciate your honesty and alerting the public to the vested interests of who is paying for the studies regarding efficacy. My big concern about supplements is that they are unregulated. We don't really know what is in the tablet and how it compares to the other companies making the same product. It's hard for me to get on board when these supplements are both expensive and unregulated. Would love to see a video where you sampled several brands and had them tested .
If u lower your sugar intake and carbohydrates Doctor your triglycerides will plummet cus triglycerides is a by product of sugar. You need a ratio of 2 to 1 omega 3 to 6 to have low inflammation. Simple 👍 love watching your videos doctors keep up the good work 👍
I find your video the best in explaining the intracity of the taking or not taking Omega 3 supplement. Well done, and please keep going with more videos on health supplement issues and their clincial impact.
You guys are awesome and I love all your information! I have dry eye and was recommended by my eye doctor to take hydro eye which is an Omega 3 supplement I also eat ground flaxseed and chia seeds daily, My dry eye is so much better.
7:52 If you are referring to the VITAL trial, there are significant issues there. They didn’t measure Omega-3 index, the dose was too small (1g), and the duration was too short. Atherosclerosis develops over decades, expecting a short course of Omega-3 to change that direction is not reasonable. Unfortunately the decades long prospective double blind RCT will never be done (too expensive and too long)
I try to eat salmon once a week and put walnuts on my low fat cottage cheese for breakfast. I don't think I get as much Omega-3 fatty acids in my diet so take a fish oil and flaxseed oil capsule daily. Note that my surgeon who performed TKR on both knees advised I stop taking these supplements 2 weeks prior to and 4 weeks after surgeries due to the potential for bleeding. Thanks for all you do for us Docs!
Yep, omega-3 is important to counteract the over abundance of onega-6 in the SAD (standard american diet) AND for those of us who are vegan. I include freshly ground flax, chia and hemp daily. Great info as usual, thanks!! ❤
Counteracting omega6 in the diet may not be possible, since so much of it finds its way into our food. Problem is, both of these PUFAs compete for the same specific resources to be utilized. Reducing omega6s is a better way to promote availability of omega3s for their benefits.
I watched a video about the combination of Vitamin B and omega 3. It was 1 1/2 hour long and presented by the dean of pharmacology at a UK university. It was a study done over 13 years looking at ways of reducing cognitive decline with food. Fish like salmon was good with vitamin B and omega 3. Essentially it was the combination that mattered. I think it was presented by the University of California.
I was eating some peanuts in my work place the other day and offered my co worker some. She said she didn't want any. I said they are a good source for protein. She is a bit thin and frail. She said I drink Ensure. Personally I would rather get my protein from food. Good that supplements are available for folks who feel otherwise. Thanks for the video and telling us about what the research says.
You mentioned Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) which you mention at 1:08 is written in the caption below this as Alpha-Lipoic Acid, I am confused as to if these are the same thing.
It is not. Was going to write something on here as well. Hope they would change it or make a note. They are talking about linolenic acid and not lipoic.
Oh thank you so much, this is a great topic and something I wondered about and told that only purified omega 3's work, to hear you guys say that with people with certain conditions this could help a little bit. I believe its not the one big thing the makes the big differences, its the combination of all the little things that makes the difference, thank you. Great job Docs cheers Karl Squire
taken Omega 3's for 20 yrs since i tore an Achilles tendon and researched that it helped in the maintenance of supple tendons.. a bonus was my ragweed allergy became quite mild as Omega's support immune system function...
My eye doctor recommended I start taking an omega 3 liquid supplement to improve my eye health. It tastes a bit fishy but it’s only a teaspoon a day (1250 mg) and has a lemony flavour added.
Than you guys, we are a great full, how ever please go throw all the supplements we are taking dally, Ann thank you to keep using simple English expressions ❤
I have familial hypercholesteroleamia. I use flax meal and chia seeds almost every day. Used to take EPA & DHA (algea capsules). Will get back to that ASAP (It's expensive here in Australia). I avoid fish oil as I'm a vegan - check out how oil is extracted from fish! Yikes! Grind everything up, (guts, eyeballs, fins, etc.) use a solvent to wash oil out of the gloop - no thanks.
I'm waiting for a hip replacement and my orthopedic surgeon recommended that I take a 1000 mg of omega-3 to decrease the pain from inflammation. What are your thoughts?
Doctors don't like to step on the toes of other doctors, especially when they aren't treating you and hence don't know all the specifics of the individual case
I have been looking into EPA and DHA for the last 5 years and based on what I have learned I would not take concentrated EPA and DHA. Stop eating fast food and highly processed foods and eat mostly plants.
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
I have a J pouch, I don’t have a colon. I take 200 mg Omega-3 fatty acids every day, when I forget I can tell immediately. My J pouch causes me to have non-stop diarrhea. My butt gets very sore, unless I take Omega-3. It also helps keeps my eyes from getting dry. ❤
In 2008 I started getting some hip pain in my left hip. It soon began in my right hip. I asked my GP about it and he said "let me know when it gets bad enough and we will schedule your hip replacement surgery." The pain gradually got worse til in 2013 it was bad enough that I quit a hike and came home early. I figured it would get debilitating so I wanted to have one more good volcano season first. So I started taking new supplements that would help my strength and stamina. In early 2014 I noticed that my hip pain was gone. I had a great season hiking 260 miles, 75,000 feet & some great volcanos. After volcano season I stopped all my new supplements. My hip pain came back. I started resuming them one at a time to see which cured my hip pain. It was EPA/DHA. I took EPA/DHA for a year. No hip pain. I stopped EPA/DHA. The pain came back. I resumed EPA/DHA. It is now 2024. I am 74 years old and still have no hip pain. I am taking pills that have 500mg of EPA and 250mg of DHA, 4 per day. I have tried several brands. They all work.
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
Thank you docs. I worry about the plastics' problem with fish, and would avoid the farmed fish. I wonder if oil supplements are pure, as there is an issue of unsatisfactory fillers being in tablet supplements, etc. Just wondered. 'Zoe' is quite a good channel for nutritional advice, and would consider the kit for a personal profile.
I take Vascepa Omega 3 EPA 4GR daily. I alternate with Lovaza which has both EPA and DHA. Both are Pharmaceutical cleared of all impurities. Does it work? I don’t really know.
5:03 It may be semantic, but American’s tend to have a lower Omega-3 index. Maybe not “deficient” but certainly not optimal. Framingham data suggests that having a low Omega-3 index is as bad as smoking in terms of overall mortality.
You can also check the omega6/omega3 ratio in erythrocytes to see if you have enough of omega3 and most likely too much omega6 (canola, sunflower, cotton seed oils...)
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
So this is a very real but not until you are taking very high doses like 2-4g per day. Stick wirh 250-500mg per day and there is no documented increase risk of AF
@TalkingWithDocs Although I'm awaiting to see an EP at the end of the month for high burden PACs, and atrial bigeminy with intermittent abberancy, my GP wants me to take just over 1.15g combined omega 3 fatty acids per day due to hypertriglyceridemia. Do you believe this is safe? I'm just short of 30, quit smoking, but do drink quite a bit. The JAMA article I found that started all of this seems to examine dosages of 2-4g/d
The big issue - and the reason I stopped taking Omega-3 is that a large proportion (70%) of omega 3 supplements are spoiled. Apparently, it is difficult to keep fish oil freash and a lot of the base material is shipped from China in less than perfect conditions. So how do you guarantee to get fresh and therefore efficacious omega3?
That's a good point. I began taking fish oil just before the covid lockdown. Since I bought my fish oil supplement on Amazon my phone browser suggested an article related to the problem with fish oil and the fact that it was all contaminated and/or rancid from spoilage. And in fact, the batch I got on Amazon was rancid when I received it. This is a multi billion dollar industry with little oversight or regulation. They are transporting millions of gallons of fish oils around the world in who knows what kind of tanks on boats, rails and trucks. That oil has to be pumped from container to container. I don't know how fish oil is processed but I imagine it is a major risk for contamination with industrial plastics, heavy metals and chemicals. It's the processing and transport of products like this that is making them bad for us. You can't even eat apple sauce anymore because low life manufacturers buy cheap cinnamon from poor countries to add to their apple sauce. Cinnamon that is contaminated with lead and cadmium because it's cheaper and heavier than cinnamon. It adds weight and they get a bigger payout. While causing health problems in those who eat apple sauce. You can't trust anything these days. Make your own fish oil or best don't take it. It's probably not fish oil anyway. You'd never know if it wasn't. 🤷
I can't even remember where I left my umbrella with the dry clean only label on it but I do remember the day my wife had to go to jail for one day to pick up a pair of suspenders that got caught holding up a pair of pants.
My neighbor had a boat and went tuna fishing in hopes of catching a big dollar tuna but only caught small ones. In denial of mercury he ate tuna day after day and got mercury poisoning. His wife warned him. I eat a can of it 2-3x a month max.
Very interesting video and nicely presented. The preponderance of evidence supports getting the ALA from a natural source, ground flaxseed or algae (whole food, plant-based); the whole thing and not just the oil, as it also provides the significant fibre benefit. The human body will then generate the EPA and DHA that you need. Manufactured supplements are not necessarily trustworthy in their contents nor their amounts. Furthermore, the omega-3 fatty acids do not necessarily maintain their chemical structure as well as in their whole-food form. In the supplements, they are unstable, tend to degrade, and potentially "hydrogenate" over time, thus potentially negating the clinical benefits that were being sought. The unregulated supplements are NOT medications that need to meet strict FDA/HPB criteria. Again, an excellent presentation and always learning something!
Like the longer versions of 'sessions', thanks. I add hemp seeds to green smoothies every morning, and sprinkle chia or flax seeds on my toasts during breakfast, and my pasta and woks (or similar dishes). Easy ways to put a couple of table spoons of these seeds daily in your diet. Make sure that flax seeds are broken / grinded so can be digested and absorbed... not sure chia needs the same treatment by the way, but if you take them on wet foods or chia-oat pudding, they will be soften...
Thanks for looking into this. I am 81 years young and I want to live the best healthy I can for whatever time is left.
You guys are great! I’m a 70-year-old retired nurse in Ontario after having worked full time for 45 years (till 5 years ago) mostly in critical care, first with adults and the last 23 years in NICU. During all of that, I was married to a commercial pilot (away a lot) and we had 5 children. A sense of humour along with a lot of love, perseverance and patience got us through some tough years with the schedules we both had (and all those kids-no year-long mat leaves back then! lol). I love your wonderful sense of humour and respect your videos. I always recognized that you did/do your research and I thank you for doing that for us! You strike a great balance between delivering accurate medical information and common sense. Keep the videos coming!
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Good to know. I’m 81 years old and I have taken it for about a year now.
I appreciate you for providing this information. I have spent countless hours doing my own research on nutrition and I finally just got fed up with all the conflicting advice. You guys are Doctors with no agenda other than finding the most reliable information we have right now. I used to take Omega-3's and other supplements but now I just try to eat a balanced diet and stay away from processed food. I only take supplements if my Dr. tells me to. I am 71 and in good health. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks for this. As a stroke survivor, I want to do everything I can to never have another, so I take a lot of fish oil supplements, and I love my salmon. And as it happens, I went to my optometrist today and she said my eye health is excellent and to keep doing what I’m doing.
Also, I seldom have to take Tylenol for my arthritis, which is another plus.
you can try magnesium chloride oil on the skin for your arthritic pains
May I ask what omega 3 supplement you take
@ I’m not too picky. I take fish oil, and I eat flaxseed grain every day. It definitely helps with my arthritis too.
You guys play well together. Enjoyable to watch. Informative
I love you two and how you present and summarize clearly.
I sprinkle Ground Flaxseed on my sandwiches and in my other food. I hide a little bit in my grandkids food. Good stuff
Thats ALA which is a poor conversion to omega 3
Thank you for the updated information. I took fish oil for years and then stopped. I’m going to start again because of my cholesterol profile.
Thanks, Docs, for helping to explain what omega-3 fats are, their origin and function
Always add ground flax to my morning berry/green smoothie. Great way to get it in. Love you Docs.
As a kid, our mum gave us 1 tablespoon of cod liver oil every morning during Fall & Winter. I now take Krill oil capsules, vitamin D and Magnesium glycinate to help with mood, anxiety, arthritis and Fibro symptoms.
Same here , growing up my mother gave us cod liver oil and that terrible nasty tasting
Perigoric, the cure it all .
I remember when my dad came home with a MINT flavored cod liver oil by mistake, and being the thrifty guy he was, tried to make us take it by trying it himself first - and immediately vomited! 🤮 😂 That was the end of ALL the cod liver oil in our house!
Cod liver oil helps keeps my eczema manageable (helps my skin retain moisture), and has helped minimize my IBS symptoms!
It may or may not be related to the health/integrity of cell membranes, as mentioned by the doctors at the beginning of the video 🤷
Ever since using omega 3 no more dry eyes,better night vision, and low light vision too! Have to limit my sugar and carbs too. 👍
I have really dry eyes due to a medicine I'm taking. How long did you take the omega 3 before seeing improvement with dry eyes?
@@elmbsm Only a few days and if you don’t get relief try taking it twice a day every 12 hours. Best of luck to you. 👍
@nightingaleofsorrow9349 thank you, I'm going to try it!
May i know which brand of omega 3 youre using ?
Thankyou for looking into this, i am 147 years young veteran. I served in afghanistan back in the 90s. You keep me healthy and young.
Thank you for your service. Wow 147. That’s pretty old 🤣. We assume 47. Doing our best to keep you informed
@@TalkingWithDocs Hi docs what about taking DHA studies are showing that they increst LDL i take 2g of ALA and i think this amount can make EPA and DHA enough
Your age got me excited🎉❤ I am super enthused. What's the secret?
Lol impossible
@@TalkingWithDocs No, he's a long serving Vet. 🤘
So much rubbish from quacks on TH-cam but your presentation is fab! Informative and engaging! Don’t stop please
Thanks Docs for a great video. You mentioned fish and I think mackeral, sardines and tuna are good sources of omega 3's. The concerning thing is the possible link with prostate cancer. As a heart patient I have been taking the chance and having fish, so far so good. Keep the videos coming, you both are a great resource of info with even some humor thrown in!
Another really informative video, thank you! I’m a long term vegan (30+yrs), I mostly eat WFPB, take flax seeds, chia seeds, nuts etc and I also take Omega3 - great company in the UK called Vegetology
Thanks so much for your tume and info. I often wondered if I should be taking an Omega 3 supplement. I will be talking to my Dr about this next visit.
Extremely informative guys, one of your best.
Glad you think so!
Thank you doctors, very informative. Interesting. It's good to learn something everyday.
Our pleasure!
I eat 3 to 4 T of flaxseedmeal every day to help keep my blood pressure down. That, along with 400 mg of magnesium taurate every day. My doctor is very happy with that.
I did also for a year... then read information on HOW much to take, the negative effects of taking too much, etc... Looking up information on ground flaxseed was a huge EYE OPENER!! 😬
@bealynn2258 Thank you, but my doctor and I have read all the reputable info on flaxseedmeal, and for me, it works. People have to work with their doctor to see what is right for them.
Flaxseed milk tastes good in my tea and probably in your coffee too. Unsweetened Good Carma brand. Can use for smoothies. 1 cup serving size. Has fiber, protein, iron vitamin b12 and 1200mg plant-based Omega 3 fatty acids. Now when I drink milk it doesn't tastes the same anymore. Its shelf stable so it keeps in your pantry for months. Has 0 saturated fat, and 160 sodium. Just 3.79 a quart at stop and shop. Cheaper than supplements.
Love you guys never worry about those who are negative keep them vids coming
Thanks. There is some negativity but that's our world. We are just trying to keep people informed
Another informative video. Thank you both so much for continuing to do these videos. Are you talking about taking fish oil or is the supplement you are talking about different?
1:10 Ignore what was written on the screen. In the context of Omega-3s ALA stands for Alpha Linolenic Acid (not Lipoic which is something different).
While there is no standard test to diagnose Omega-3 deficiency, what would be your trigger, as physicians, for ordering a blood panel that includes measuring EPA and DHA?
Good question!
They order if you have high triglycerides.. above 400
Tack!
Thanks so much. Very kind of you !
Great video. I wanted to share something here I just found out about flax seeds. I love ground roasted flax seeds and have been having them on my oatmeal every morning but I just randomly found out that a particular brand (the one I happened to be eating!) has an unhealthy level of cadmium in it. : ( I'm not saying don't eat flax seeds but maybe do some research on which are the safest, cleanest kind to buy. And if you figure it out, please let me know. Fish does seem really healthy. I don't think I'd use a supplement but just eat a healthy balanced diet. I love these videos. Oh yes, Dr. Weening should totally go to night school for nutrition. That would be amazing. this channel is a great place to share knowledge and get good, legit info. Thanks.
Hey docs I take Krill Oil 350 mg’s I am 68 yrs old take other supplements as well. Especially vitamin D. Thanks for this video was very helpful and informative! ❤❤
don;t forget to take magnesium when you take vitamin D because vitamin D needs magneisum to get activated if you don't you will deplete your magnesium levels
Thank you for your channel and for sharing the information. It's really helpful.
I’m glad you did this
It helps me keep my psoriasis at a manageable level - reduces the flaking and raised presentation 👍
100% - It keeps my eczema manageable (helps my skin retain moisture), and has helped minimize my IBS symptoms!
It may or may not be related to the health/integrity of cell membranes, as mentioned by the doctors at the beginning of the video 🤷
I am 48 and fully plant based and have started taking vegan omegas (3/6/EPA/DHA) in my multivitamin (Complement). I’m noticing an improvement in hair loss, dry eyes, brain fog, and joint pain.
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
Great review, appreciate your honesty and alerting the public to the vested interests of who is paying for the studies regarding efficacy. My big concern about supplements is that they are unregulated. We don't really know what is in the tablet and how it compares to the other companies making the same product. It's hard for me to get on board when these supplements are both expensive and unregulated. Would love to see a video where you sampled several brands and had them tested .
Thanks Tim. That is an awesome idea. We would need to find a local lab to help us.
If u lower your sugar intake and carbohydrates Doctor your triglycerides will plummet cus triglycerides is a by product of sugar. You need a ratio of 2 to 1 omega 3 to 6 to have low inflammation. Simple 👍 love watching your videos doctors keep up the good work 👍
Good stuff and important to take.
My doc prescribed 4000 mg per day several years ago! So many good things, never had any problems with it. Thanks for this video!
Maximum dose right there
I find your video the best in explaining the intracity of the taking or not taking Omega 3 supplement. Well done, and please keep going with more videos on health supplement issues and their clincial impact.
You guys are awesome and I love all your information! I have dry eye and was recommended by my eye doctor to take hydro eye which is an Omega 3 supplement I also eat ground flaxseed and chia seeds daily, My dry eye is so much better.
Good info as always.
7:52 If you are referring to the VITAL trial, there are significant issues there. They didn’t measure Omega-3 index, the dose was too small (1g), and the duration was too short. Atherosclerosis develops over decades, expecting a short course of Omega-3 to change that direction is not reasonable. Unfortunately the decades long prospective double blind RCT will never be done (too expensive and too long)
I try to eat salmon once a week and put walnuts on my low fat cottage cheese for breakfast. I don't think I get as much Omega-3 fatty acids in my diet so take a fish oil and flaxseed oil capsule daily. Note that my surgeon who performed TKR on both knees advised I stop taking these supplements 2 weeks prior to and 4 weeks after surgeries due to the potential for bleeding. Thanks for all you do for us Docs!
Yep, omega-3 is important to counteract the over abundance of onega-6 in the SAD (standard american diet) AND for those of us who are vegan. I include freshly ground flax, chia and hemp daily. Great info as usual, thanks!! ❤
Counteracting omega6 in the diet may not be possible, since so much of it finds its way into our food. Problem is, both of these PUFAs compete for the same specific resources to be utilized. Reducing omega6s is a better way to promote availability of omega3s for their benefits.
I watched a video about the combination of Vitamin B and omega 3. It was 1 1/2 hour long and presented by the dean of pharmacology at a UK university. It was a study done over 13 years looking at ways of reducing cognitive decline with food. Fish like salmon was good with vitamin B and omega 3. Essentially it was the combination that mattered. I think it was presented by the University of California.
Excellent. Thank u docs. Blessings 🙌
Great information Docs. I have CKD and was told to have more Omega in my system.
how does Omega help with CKD?
I was eating some peanuts in my work place the other day and offered my co worker some. She said she didn't want any. I said they are a good source for protein. She is a bit thin and frail. She said I drink Ensure. Personally I would rather get my protein from food. Good that supplements are available for folks who feel otherwise. Thanks for the video and telling us about what the research says.
Omega 3 help repair Nerve Damage in the brain caused by concussions
It is very important
You mentioned Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) which you mention at 1:08 is written in the caption below this as Alpha-Lipoic Acid, I am confused as to if these are the same thing.
It is not. Was going to write something on here as well. Hope they would change it or make a note. They are talking about linolenic acid and not lipoic.
Oh thank you so much, this is a great topic and something I wondered about and told that only purified omega 3's work, to hear you guys say that with people with certain conditions this could help a little bit. I believe its not the one big thing the makes the big differences, its the combination of all the little things that makes the difference, thank you. Great job Docs cheers Karl Squire
thanks Docs
Thank you!
i needed this video today!!
Awesome info video thanks
Thank you doctors. If I would start eating flax seed. If I put in my morning oatmeal. Cooking it would it effect the impact??
Fantastic information, I will be modifying my diet for sure now.
Wonderful! It is the best way to deal with chronic disease
Thank you for the info.
I started taking it too a few weeks ago to help inflammation
U two are the best!!!
You guys are great, and I recommend you to friends.
Great video !
I add milled flax, chia and walnuts to my daily smoothie
Perfect
taken Omega 3's for 20 yrs since i tore an Achilles tendon and researched that it helped in the maintenance of supple tendons.. a bonus was my ragweed allergy became quite mild as Omega's support immune system function...
9:45 Be sure to remeasure, most people need at least 2 gm to get your Omega-3 index in an optimal level.
My eye doctor recommended I start taking an omega 3 liquid supplement to improve my eye health. It tastes a bit fishy but it’s only a teaspoon a day (1250 mg) and has a lemony flavour added.
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Omega-3 from algae (cleanest source) can be purchased on Amazon.
Only use Omega 3 from a prescription.
Than you guys, we are a great full, how ever please go throw all the supplements we are taking dally,
Ann thank you to keep using simple English expressions ❤
8:04 Omega-3s are used to produce “resolvins” to help resolve inflammation.
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I have familial hypercholesteroleamia. I use flax meal and chia seeds almost every day. Used to take EPA & DHA (algea capsules). Will get back to that ASAP (It's expensive here in Australia). I avoid fish oil as I'm a vegan - check out how oil is extracted from fish! Yikes! Grind everything up, (guts, eyeballs, fins, etc.) use a solvent to wash oil out of the gloop - no thanks.
I'm waiting for a hip replacement and my orthopedic surgeon recommended that I take a 1000 mg of omega-3 to decrease the pain from inflammation. What are your thoughts?
Doctors don't like to step on the toes of other doctors, especially when they aren't treating you and hence don't know all the specifics of the individual case
I enjoy watching an listening to this video. I have learn a lot from this
I have one question is omega 3 helps with hair loss too????
I have been looking into EPA and DHA for the last 5 years and based on what I have learned I would not take concentrated EPA and DHA. Stop eating fast food and highly processed foods and eat mostly plants.
What about taking flaxseed oil to get your omega 3's?
10:55 Marine Omega-3s (DHA and EPA) are associated with most of the health benefits, not the plant based ALA.
Hi sir, it's good to giving us information, which omega 3 is the best for inflammation.thank you so much.
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
Note the recent association of Omega 3 supplementation and in the increased incidence of Afib.
It's better to eat oily fish or take flaxseed oil. Neither of those are associated with afib. I stopped taking fish oil supplements years ago.
I have a J pouch, I don’t have a colon. I take 200 mg Omega-3 fatty acids every day, when I forget I can tell immediately. My J pouch causes me to have non-stop diarrhea. My butt gets very sore, unless I take Omega-3. It also helps keeps my eyes from getting dry. ❤
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Thank you too!
In 2008 I started getting some hip pain in my left hip. It soon began in my right hip. I asked my GP about it and he said "let me know when it gets bad enough and we will schedule your hip replacement surgery." The pain gradually got worse til in 2013 it was bad enough that I quit a hike and came home early. I figured it would get debilitating so I wanted to have one more good volcano season first. So I started taking new supplements that would help my strength and stamina. In early 2014 I noticed that my hip pain was gone. I had a great season hiking 260 miles, 75,000 feet & some great volcanos. After volcano season I stopped all my new supplements. My hip pain came back. I started resuming them one at a time to see which cured my hip pain. It was EPA/DHA. I took EPA/DHA for a year. No hip pain. I stopped EPA/DHA. The pain came back. I resumed EPA/DHA. It is now 2024. I am 74 years old and still have no hip pain. I am taking pills that have 500mg of EPA and 250mg of DHA, 4 per day. I have tried several brands. They all work.
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
@@Jantoené No but that's a good idea. I will do that in my next round of tests. Thanks.
@@Yapoah perfect. You can only manage what you can measure. 😁💪
Thank you docs. I worry about the plastics' problem with fish, and would avoid the farmed fish. I wonder if oil supplements are pure, as there is an issue of unsatisfactory fillers being in tablet supplements, etc. Just wondered.
'Zoe' is quite a good channel for nutritional advice, and would consider the kit for a personal profile.
I take Vascepa Omega 3 EPA 4GR daily. I alternate with Lovaza which has both EPA and DHA. Both are Pharmaceutical cleared of all impurities. Does it work? I don’t really know.
you would make a great dietician!!!
5:03 It may be semantic, but American’s tend to have a lower Omega-3 index. Maybe not “deficient” but certainly not optimal. Framingham data suggests that having a low Omega-3 index is as bad as smoking in terms of overall mortality.
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You can also check the omega6/omega3 ratio in erythrocytes to see if you have enough of omega3 and most likely too much omega6 (canola, sunflower, cotton seed oils...)
Hey, I noticed you are mindful about Omega-3 supplementation-so awesome! Have you ever thought about testing your Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio? Even if you're already taking an Omega-3 supplement, it can be really insightful to see how your levels stack up. If you're interested, I'd love to share more details with you.
And what of the atrial fibrillation risk?
So this is a very real but not until you are taking very high doses like 2-4g per day. Stick wirh 250-500mg per day and there is no documented increase risk of AF
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Although I'm awaiting to see an EP at the end of the month for high burden PACs, and atrial bigeminy with intermittent abberancy, my GP wants me to take just over 1.15g combined omega 3 fatty acids per day due to hypertriglyceridemia.
Do you believe this is safe? I'm just short of 30, quit smoking, but do drink quite a bit.
The JAMA article I found that started all of this seems to examine dosages of 2-4g/d
The big issue - and the reason I stopped taking Omega-3 is that a large proportion (70%) of omega 3 supplements are spoiled. Apparently, it is difficult to keep fish oil freash and a lot of the base material is shipped from China in less than perfect conditions. So how do you guarantee to get fresh and therefore efficacious omega3?
That's a good point. I began taking fish oil just before the covid lockdown.
Since I bought my fish oil supplement on Amazon my phone browser suggested an article related to the problem with fish oil and the fact that it was all contaminated and/or rancid from spoilage. And in fact, the batch I got on Amazon was rancid when I received it.
This is a multi billion dollar industry with little oversight or regulation. They are transporting millions of gallons of fish oils around the world in who knows what kind of tanks on boats, rails and trucks. That oil has to be pumped from container to container. I don't know how fish oil is processed but I imagine it is a major risk for contamination with industrial plastics, heavy metals and chemicals.
It's the processing and transport of products like this that is making them bad for us.
You can't even eat apple sauce anymore because low life manufacturers buy cheap cinnamon from poor countries to add to their apple sauce. Cinnamon that is contaminated with lead and cadmium because it's cheaper and heavier than cinnamon. It adds weight and they get a bigger payout.
While causing health problems in those who eat apple sauce.
You can't trust anything these days. Make your own fish oil or best don't take it.
It's probably not fish oil anyway. You'd never know if it wasn't. 🤷
Just eat oily fish like sardines and salmon. The body absorbs fatty acids 3 times better from fish than it does from fish oil supplements.
@@solomongrundy1467 well that was my point really. I eat salmon several times a week.
I really think it’s helped my hand arthritis. My knees - not so much
Gracias
I like the way the younger dr teases the older dr. but only with good intentions.
I there anything at all that will help restore memory i have been using omega 3 for years cannot recall how many.
I can't even remember where I left my umbrella with the dry clean only label on it but I do remember the day my wife had to go to jail for one day to pick up a pair of suspenders that got caught holding up a pair of pants.
My neighbor had a boat and went tuna fishing in hopes of catching a big dollar tuna but only caught small ones. In denial of mercury he ate tuna day after day and got mercury poisoning. His wife warned him. I eat a can of it 2-3x a month max.
It is unfortunately a very real issue.
Sardines and salmon are much better because of the low mercury levels. They also have more fatty acids in them.
Should people on DOACs such as Eliquis avoid taking fish oil supplements? I’m finding conflicting information regarding this.
When you think how are bodies work is increíble.THANK YOU for this information
When Dr. Zalzal muttered that "birds must just be exploding with this stuff" I actually laughed out loud 🤣
Very interesting video and nicely presented. The preponderance of evidence supports getting the ALA from a natural source, ground flaxseed or algae (whole food, plant-based); the whole thing and not just the oil, as it also provides the significant fibre benefit. The human body will then generate the EPA and DHA that you need. Manufactured supplements are not necessarily trustworthy in their contents nor their amounts. Furthermore, the omega-3 fatty acids do not necessarily maintain their chemical structure as well as in their whole-food form. In the supplements, they are unstable, tend to degrade, and potentially "hydrogenate" over time, thus potentially negating the clinical benefits that were being sought. The unregulated supplements are NOT medications that need to meet strict FDA/HPB criteria. Again, an excellent presentation and always learning something!
My cardiologist recommends Omega 3 supplements (fish oil) for my triglyceride level.
Like the longer versions of 'sessions', thanks. I add hemp seeds to green smoothies every morning, and sprinkle chia or flax seeds on my toasts during breakfast, and my pasta and woks (or similar dishes). Easy ways to put a couple of table spoons of these seeds daily in your diet. Make sure that flax seeds are broken / grinded so can be digested and absorbed... not sure chia needs the same treatment by the way, but if you take them on wet foods or chia-oat pudding, they will be soften...
Allergic to nuts and shellfish here. Flax seems yuck but need to try it....