It looks okay to me. If you want that much EFA (over a 1000mg of EPA/DHA a day, that is your choice).

Barlean's is a company that makes quality products, so there is little to worry about there.

Don't expect much ALA in this product, and if you are concerned with the RATIO of the ALA to LA, taking too much of this will alter that. You can compensate by not eating foods high in LA (omega-6.) You can increase ALA by eating Smart Balance peanut butter, or using flax oil to make your own salad dressings.
Switch to real butter instead of spreads. Things like that.

There are products with higher DHA to EPA ratios like this one:
http://www.iherb.com/Super-DHA-Gems-...Gels/7070?at=0

This is the one I gave my son that improved his ADHD so much.
Previous initial gains were using the standard regular fish oils out there. He jumped forward in high school using this Carlson's DHA.

We use the the SAMs club fish oil-- triple strength. (new)
one cap delivers EPA 647mg
DHA 253mg

that's pretty expensive stuff, that carlson stuff.

what about sam's club? do i need to be a costco member to get that? I've tried gnc triple strength but their caps were way to fishy for me.(never had trouble with their lower strength version.) i don't have any sam's club stores around me. so looks like either i'd hafta go with the carlson for 35$ ugh. or go back to my good ol regular GNC, and take 4 a day like i used to, 180/120 epa dha.

its just i want something with a higher dha, like maybe around 200 so if i take 3-4 capsules a day, that would be around 600-800 DHA. a lot of books i read recommend at least 600 DHA

The $35 is for 180 caps. My son only took one a day. That would be a 6mo supply for us. If you took 2 a day it would last you
3 months. (that is $12/month). I think that is very reasonable.

You have to be a member of SAMs club to buy non RX items.
I find those capsules fairly large...so that may be in issue for some.

i guess you're right, i didn't see the quantity there. looks like I'll hafta wait a little while, as the money in my account is getting kinda low.

so i tried the carlson's fish oil, and i hafta say it pretty much stinks a little bit. i get fish oil burps and its made with beef gelatin.

the only thing good about it is the amount of DHA in it.

Take it with food...that helps.

We had no reflux with fish oil, once we were using it regularly.

The above is what I have been using. I have been on 2 a day since we first talked about my supplements. Though I was on their older version before that on and off.

Is one cap of EPA 647mg and DHA 253mg a good combo?

I'm still having issues when I take this in conjunction with the 400mg x3 daily of Acethl L Carnitine. I'm trying to spread it out on top of the mag that taking. It's a challenge.

That should be fine...take it with food for best absorption.
Your combo is a double strength version...so two of them are equal to 4 regular old fashioned fish oil. The trend today is toward concentrated products. There is even a triple strength one now to compete with RX Lovaza.

After reading the details of that fish oil, it is NOT A GOOD FISH OIL. It is moleculary distilled. You do not want that it is oxidized fish oil you are ingesting.
Also a good choice would be wild salmon fish oil not farm raised fish oil.

I really like wholemega by new chapter since it is from wild alaskan salmon and they do not go through heavy processing like most fish oils do.

http://www.iherb.com/Wholemega-Omega...els/18181?at=0 but they do have their own website... newchapter.com

Here is a link with a list of companies and whether they provide a safe product:

http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=16...FQ4MDQodZRQQ3A