Posted by KaraS on July 16, 2005, at 16:56:50
In reply to Re: Fish Oil Survey -- please respond » KaraS, posted by Sarah T. on July 15, 2005, at 23:27:33
> Hi Kara,
> Over the past couple of years, there have been so many posts from people who've noticed that fish oil causes acne. I'm surprised by this because fish oil is reputed to be so good for skin. I have not noticed an increase in acne, but my skin and other ailments (such as joint pain) are not improved at all on fish oil.
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> The only supplement that has caused a noticeable improvement for me is Magnesium. I take 400 mg of Magnesium at night before bed. This is in addition to the Magnesium that is in the multi-vitamin I take.
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> Thanks for mentioning the fish oils with the high EPA to low DHA ratio. If I decide to continue taking fish oil, I will look for such a brand. Are there any, in particular, that you recommend?
Hi Sarah,
I think it is very strange that we don't read anything in the literature about fish oil and acne. I thought it was just a fluke or an allergic reaction or something with me but after I posted about it and several others said that they had the same response to the fish oil, then I knew that somehow it had the potential to aggravate acne.Tealady has posted here about a B vitamin possibly offsetting this acnegenic effect. I think it was B5 but I'm not positive. I have not had the necessity to test it as I haven't had the acne problem with fish oil lately (either because of hormonal issues, not taking a high enough fish oil dosage or maybe even because of the brand I've been taking). I do plan on trying a higher dosage of fish oil in the future so this problem may come up again, in which case I'll try the B vitamin.
I'm can't tell you first-hand what brands of high EPA/low DHA fish oil to try. Maybe others can help you out more on that. The brands that have a high EPA fish oil product that I have read good things about on this board so far (that I remember) are Twinlab, Omegabrite and Source Naturals. I think there's another liquid one also that I can't think of now. This doesn't necessarily relate to all products by those companies so you'd have to look at their stats to make sure they were high EPA/low DHA.
Kara
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