Fish oil capsules - How you can ensure that you get only the highest possible quality

Are you looking for the best quality fish oil capsules to buy?

If you are like me, then your head must be spinning evcery time that you go to your local pharmacy's shelf to find fish oil supplements. A whole colorful range of different brands and makes claim for your attention.

However, as with all things, abundance is deceiving. Thrust me, there is a lot of junk out there! What you should really embark on doing if you are serious about your health, is to become better educated on what constitutes high quality fish oil capsules.

What I will give you below, is a list of three criteria that I personally use, in order to judge whether one specific brand fulfills the quality standards.

Use these selection criteria

The first thing you should be wary about is the fish that the fish oil capsules were made from. You see, what makes a supplement better quality than the next, is its composition of DHA and EPA, the two most important omega 3 essential fatty acids.

The more the percentage concentration of these two substances, especially DHA, the higher the quality.

Another thing that again has a very crucial impact on the end quality of the fish oil capsules is the distance that the fish are transported before they are processed. You see, most of the manufacturers of inferior quality products process the fish a long distance from the point they are caught. The reason is simple: Less cost!

This practice, however, degrades the quality in a significant way. You all know how fish smell when they go rancid.

The same applies for the fish oil. When it's not taken from fresh fish, then the supplement is said to be highly oxidized and will cause all sorts of side effects. "Repeating" and fishy aftertaste are some of the milder ones.

The last but not least of the things to consider is the area where the fish were caught. The sad reality is that many of the fishing areas are contaminated with pollution. Heavy metals like mercury, cadmium and lead and other man made harmful organic compounds might leach into the fish and in turn exist in the fish oil.

In order not to run any risk of getting these toxins into your body, you should always look for products that have been molecularly distilled.

Molecular distillation is an advanced technology, which is used by top-notch manufacturers to remove toxins from fish oil at the time of extraction.

My recommendation

Believe me; I have used all kinds of omega 3 fish oil capsules in the past.

For the last year, my family and I have been very happy to use a product, which passes the test of the criteria above with flying colors.

Its origin is a fish called hoki. It is very rich in the omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA and EPA and swims in the cold, deep waters of the southeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of New Zealand. This area is considered to be one of the cleanest in the world.

To further ensure its purity, the manufacturer uses molecular distillation.

My last advice to you is this: Don't make compromises in the quality of the fish oil capsules you use because of price alone. After all, the health of yourself and your family should not be something to tamper with.

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