Effectiveness of various fish oils on Cholesterol

When research showed Omega 3's/fish oil helped reduce Triglicerides (triglycerides) and raised HDL (good cholesterol), my doctor prescribed Lovaza and indeed, my Tri's dropped, my HDL levels elevated.  However, Lovaza, a highly refined oil is very expensive.  Wanting to cut drug costs, but also wanting to stay away from farmed salmon oils, I did some research, and found a Costco product used fish oil from herring, anchovies, and mackeral, always wild fish.  I was a commercial fisherman, know fish, and farmed fish such as you buy from Chile and other fish farms aren't a healthy product.  The Costco product sells for a fraction of the cost of Lovaza.  I replaced the Costco product for Lovaza, and my cholesterol results improved even more.  My Triglicerides (triglycerides) are now very low, my HDL cholesterol is about 60, my LDL was 72, which is where it is supposed to be for someone who has had heart attacks and bypass surgery.  
Just a thought to save folks a bunch of money.  Your results may be different, but I think if we buy oil from wild fish, we will get great results at a much better price and ingest a safe product.

[erijon]

Great point, I always get my fish oil at a local health food store and I try to buy either Salmon or deep ocean Cod. The goal is to get a total of 600 mg of EPA and DHA combined. A good Salmon omega 3  gives me a little over 750 mg on 3600 mg or fish oil per day.


Thanks for sharing!

Jon

[gymdandee]

I suggest you subscribe to Consumerlab google it they check vitamins and supplements
that the FDA doesn't Costco was GOOD then it failed for not dissolving properly I haven't checked it recently! I take Krill oil Just look that what ever you take it has total Phospholipids 420, total MG per serving 300, at least 160 mg EPA and 90 mg DHA and 1 1/2 mg of Astaxanthin. you could have to take 2 pills to get the total mentioned above even if the bottle says to take 1 per day.

[gymdandee]

The American Heart Association recommends a maximum daily cholesterol intake of 300 mg per day. If you already have high cholesterol, you need to stay below 200 mg. When you think of a high-cholesterol food, the first thing that comes to mind might be eggs. If you have an egg for breakfast you are already up to 213 mg of cholesterol.
A McDonald’s Big Mac has 85 mg of cholesterol and a Wendy's Classic Double With Everything has a whopping 175 mg of cholesterol. You might want to hold the fries and the shake, or order a plain burger instead.
mac-and-cheese ingredients  whole milk, butter, and cheese  are loaded with saturated fats and cholesterol. substituting 1 percent milk and evaporated milk for butter and whole milk, and using low-fat cheese, you can decrease your calories with less than half the fat and cholesterol
Ice cream,a single cup of ice cream has more fat than a hamburger and more cholesterol than 10 glazed doughnuts! try a cup of fresh fruit for dessert instead. Fruit is low in calories and high in the fiber, vitamins, and nutrients.
A 4-ounce rib-eye steak takes up a big chunk of your recommended daily allowance for saturated fat and cholesterol. With nothing else on your plate, you will be eating 20 percent of your allowable saturated fat and 22 percent of your cholesterol, which doesn't leave much room for the rest of the day. If you’re not ready to say goodbye to beef, consider leaner cuts of meat  such as tenderloin, flank, round, rump, or tip steak  for lower cholesterol.
Lobster, is not a good choice if you have heart disease or high cholesterol. Three ounces of lobster has 61 mg of cholesterol  and that’s before you dip it in melted butter.  stay away from the butter and remember that broiled is much better than fried. You also need to keep in mind the amount you eat, as a double portion will also double the cholesterol.
chicken how you cook it can make a big difference. one chicken leg with the skin still on it has more fat and cholesterol than a cup of ice cream or a hamburger. Keeping the skin on poultry or frying it can turn it into a high-cholesterol food. Also, remember that dark poultry meat has more fat than white meat. When making chicken choices, go for skinless and skip the dark meat.
Liver is loaded with iron but it is also high in cholesterol. Cholesterol is made and stored in the liver, and the most concentrated levels of cholesterol in animal meats are found in organ meats like the liver.  Three ounces of cooked beef liver will give you 331 mg of cholesterol.
Trans fats can turn a healthy food into a high-cholesterol food. These fats result from adding hydrogen to vegetable oils, which are then used in many commercial baked goods or fried foods such as cookies, cakes, French fries, onion rings, and crackers. Whether it's fried