Fish oil question

[sacrificeanything]

Quick question,

I eat 4 servings a day of tilapia (sp?), and am also taking my fish oil supp.

The question is whether the supp is necessary...

thanks in advance for the response.

[cerealkiller326]

I am sure tilapia has more omega-6 than omega-3 oil...4-oz. fillet of fatty fish (herring, lake trout, mackerel, salmon, sardines and tuna) contains about 225 mg of omega-3 fatty acids. Most fish oil supp contains quadruple of that, I am sure it all depends what you bought. Mine is 1300mg per pill, I take 2 per day.

[n00bs]

Yes depends on the EPA dha ratio..

[Damienm05]

I am sure tilapia has more omega-6 than omega-3 oil...4-oz. fillet of fatty fish (herring, lake trout, mackerel, salmon, sardines and tuna) contains about 225 mg of omega-3 fatty acids. Most fish oil supp contains quadruple of that, I am sure it all depends what you bought. Mine is 1300mg per pill, I take 2 per day.

Good post. The Tilapia we eat in this country (US at least) are corn-fed and it's reported that there is a negligible omega-3 content - it's all omega-6 apparently. Orange roughie and wild caught fish are much better substitutes though less readily available and more expensive. Supplement with fish oil.

[maxwkw]

Wild caught tilapia is very very hard to come by in the states. I would definitely still take the fish oil.

[gbrice75]

Stick with supping the fish oil, or take it a step further and swap 1 or 2 of those meals for salmon or another oily fish.