Posted by janejane on March 26, 2010, at 8:34:15
In reply to Re: Supplements for energy/motivation » janejane, posted by morganator on March 25, 2010, at 17:45:14
> I'm surprised you can eat fish and not have the same bad response you do to taking fish oil supplements.
I thought this was a good question so I looked up some different types of fish and it turns out that many are actually quite low in EPA (darn). For example, the last fish I ate was tilapia. 100 grams has only 0.005g of EPA. Even looking at something like tuna (not a favorite, but probably the most popular fish I can think of), a whole can has only 0.078g. It's mainly the cold water fish like salmon and anchovies that have high EPA, and I don't eat much of those. I do like trout which has 0.220 per 3 oz. but that turns out to be more than 1 fillet, which would be a lot for me (I don't have a big appetite). The next time I have it I will pay attention to my mood, though. Sometimes I have fluctuations for no apparent reason and if I felt a bit anxious after having it, I guess I'd now know why.
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