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Most people concerned with nutrition or even weightlifting take like 2-8 of these a day, I'm not sure why half of the replies in this thread involve some kind of fear of fish oil..
Yea, id be more worried about taking stuff like tylenol, because its supposed to be the number one cause of acute liver failure in the untited states, thats pretty horrible.
I think ill stick to taking aspirin, since its from white willow bark.
and i wouldnt worry too much about fish oil its just fat. a big mac from mcdonalds will do more damage thats for sure.
An Update:
brief history
feb 20th: started taking 8-10 fish oil pills
feb 25th: started taking 10-15
march 5th: started taking 20 fish oil pills also stopped tretinoin at night, went back to only bp at night.
march 13th: my brother and my cousin told me i looked like i had lost weight, so i decided to increase my carb intake via pasta/wheat
then i started to break out.
march 20th: break out fading.
My face looked its best from feb 20th- march 15th so what ive learned is that, i still need to use tretinoin at night and just so you know it wasnt working very well before fish oil, wheat may have a bad effect on my skin and ive always kept the wheat to a minimum, but I made a definite obvious increase this time and ive actually linked it to a break out, so i think i got to cut it out completly. But most of all what ive learned is that fish oil still rocks hardcore and its the main reason my skin has done so well over the last few weeks, and its now a mainstay of my regimen. Whether it will have any long term effects on this disease is yet to be determined but it definitly improves the disease in the short term and thats very encouraging.
As for now i can easily say fish oil is a very powerful tool for the acne tool box.
Hopefully in two more months i can say it has cured me(wishful thinking).
Ive tried to give the most accurate account for my results without over hyping it, i hope you appreciate this gesture and give fish oil a shot by adding it to your regimen. Perhaps the next month of your acne adventure will be as great as mine has been(minus my setbacks).
learn from my mistakes and successes please. Its easier then trial and error.
An Update:brief history
feb 20th: started taking 8-10 fish oil pills
feb 25th: started taking 10-15
march 5th: started taking 20 fish oil pills also stopped tretinoin at night, went back to only bp at night.
march 13th: my brother and my cousin told me i looked like i had lost weight, so i decided to increase my carb intake via pasta/wheat
then i started to break out.
march 20th: break out fading.
My face looked its best from feb 20th- march 15th so what ive learned is that, i still need to use tretinoin at night and just so you know it wasnt working very well before fish oil, wheat may have a bad effect on my skin and ive always kept the wheat to a minimum, but I made a definite obvious increase this time and ive actually linked it to a break out, so i think i got to cut it out completly. But most of all what ive learned is that fish oil still rocks hardcore and its the main reason my skin has done so well over the last few weeks, and its now a mainstay of my regimen. Whether it will have any long term effects on this disease is yet to be determined but it definitly improves the disease in the short term and thats very encouraging.
As for now i can easily say fish oil is a very powerful tool for the acne tool box.
Hopefully in two more months i can say it has cured me(wishful thinking).
Ive tried to give the most accurate account for my results without over hyping it, i hope you appreciate this gesture and give fish oil a shot by adding it to your regimen. Perhaps the next month of your acne adventure will be as great as mine has been(minus my setbacks).
learn from my mistakes and successes please. Its easier then trial and error.
Great post, very level headed and accurate. I'm sorry to hear about the break out, but I am also happy to hear about your progressions. Tell me a detailed listing of the times and meals at which you take your fish oil with?
Day 1: 2400MG of EFA.I will update again at Day 8.
8 pills? How are they broken up?
Be sure to keep alert for any side effects, because I felt them at that level. If so, reduce or stop for a day or so. Good luck!
More importantly what's your current status in terms of acne and oil? Good luck...
Day 1: 2400MG of EFA.I will update again at Day 8.
8 pills? How are they broken up?
Be sure to keep alert for any side effects, because I felt them at that level. If so, reduce or stop for a day or so. Good luck!
what side effects did you have? i've been taking 4-5 a day, and for the last few days upped it 1-3 per day. when i pick at actives or pop, they dont stop bleeding as fast. they bleed for much longer than normal until they clot and stop or whatever they do to stop bleeding. i know fish oil makes your blood thinner, but is this a bad sign or anything, or nothing to worry about?
Day 1: 2400MG of EFA.I will update again at Day 8.
8 pills? How are they broken up?
Be sure to keep alert for any side effects, because I felt them at that level. If so, reduce or stop for a day or so. Good luck!
what side effects did you have? i've been taking 4-5 a day, and for the last few days upped it 1-3 per day. when i pick at actives or pop, they dont stop bleeding as fast. they bleed for much longer than normal until they clot and stop or whatever they do to stop bleeding. i know fish oil makes your blood thinner, but is this a bad sign or anything, or nothing to worry about?
It will be an issue if.. for instance you tend to feel dizzy. Keep an eye on your blood pressure. I found that taking more than 4 at a time caused it. and I was taking 10 per day.
Also, note that results take a good month to get started. I mean real solid results. But you'll see small changes a couple of weeks in. One of the biggest change so far is the moisture content of the skin. I found that omega 3's enhance texture because it really quenches skin with moisture. Hence better nails, skin, and hair.
People say two months in is the pinnacle of results, so only time will tell, but week by week it gets better and better.
As all good and true things, (like adding exercise, or anything taken in the body) it takes a good month to start utilizing it well.
I wish our bodies were faster lol. But once you're on the end of 6 weeks, it will be nice looking back and seeing your progression.
Hey xxndnromeoxx, whats your opinion on Evening Primrose Oil or borage oil?
EFA's in general help to do the same thing (from what I keep reading), so since there already is an imbalance of omega 3 to 6, I would rather use fish oil since it will not only help with the skin issue (moisture, sebum quantity/quality, and all the other benefits), but it will help with other aspects of life which are even more important, that gla's alone cannot correct.
You may take them if you wish, but I personally won't be needing them anytime soon, as my issues that I was looking to solve seem really close to completion.
I hope that helps, of course it won't hurt to take both, but to me... it makes trying to balance it too hectic, having to try to take even more omega 3 supplements to counter the omega 6 from borage and prim rose to keep that balance.
The good news is if you take borage oil, you generally only need a lot less to get your daily GLA's, but with evening prim rose oil... you need a lot more to get the same amount of gla's... but at that rate you will have a lot of bad omega 6.
But again, opinions do differ from different people, I just personally found (from what people here have posted and what I searched up) that EFA's, in relation to the skin, both will achieve the same goal, so might as well go with the omega 3 route and kill 50 birds with one stone, so to speak without having to take both (since it can get pricey and I just want to keep it as simple and flexible as possible).
I just started this fish oil regimine in order to help quash any post-tane oil....I am really hoping it's all it cracked up to be 🙂
I hope it helps, but do remember exactly what it does. It won't lessen oil quantity (I found it hasn't totally), maybe a bit, but it will regulate it so that it doesn't affect your skin as much, and do it's job. Also, enhance the moisture level of your skin... perhaps this is why it may produce less sebum since the moisture level in your skin is already there?
Not too sure, but just remember exactly what it does.
Hey xxndnromeoxx, whats your opinion on Evening Primrose Oil or borage oil?EFA's in general help to do the same thing (from what I keep reading), so since there already is an imbalance of omega 3 to 6, I would rather use fish oil since it will not only help with the skin issue (moisture, sebum quantity/quality, and all the other benefits), but it will help with other aspects of life which are even more important, that gla's alone cannot correct.
You may take them if you wish, but I personally won't be needing them anytime soon, as my issues that I was looking to solve seem really close to completion.
I hope that helps, of course it won't hurt to take both, but to me... it makes trying to balance it too hectic, having to try to take even more omega 3 supplements to counter the omega 6 from borage and prim rose to keep that balance.
The good news is if you take borage oil, you generally only need a lot less to get your daily GLA's, but with evening prim rose oil... you need a lot more to get the same amount of gla's... but at that rate you will have a lot of bad omega 6.
But again, opinions do differ from different people, I just personally found (from what people here have posted and what I searched up) that EFA's, in relation to the skin, both will achieve the same goal, so might as well go with the omega 3 route and kill 50 birds with one stone, so to speak without having to take both (since it can get pricey and I just want to keep it as simple and flexible as possible).
Yeah, i was thinking the same thing but i was interested in how you felt. thanks for the quick and in-depth reply!!
I've been taking the fish oil for 5 days now. No results yet but i understand that its a process- I'll keep ya'll updated on any news.
Yeah, i was thinking the same thing but i was interested in how you felt. thanks for the quick and in-depth reply!!I've been taking the fish oil for 5 days now. No results yet but i understand that its a process- I'll keep ya'll updated on any news.
Thank you 🙂 I am glad you are rational about this, as some people expect quick results, from a serious bodily change. Good luck, feel free to ask any question. How much are you taking btw? And how is it split up?
sounds silly but could cramping be a side effect of too much fishoil( i take 8 a day)my left thumb has been cramping up the last week and today my right palm was too
ps its not what you think
It's possible but I would say unlikely. Everyone responds to things differently but one of the great aspects of fish oil is its ability to help lubricate joints and supress arthritic inflammation, so I would think it would have an opposite effect to what you are experiencing.
sounds silly but could cramping be a side effect of too much fishoil( i take 8 a day)my left thumb has been cramping up the last week and today my right palm was too
ps its not what you think
hehe @ the p.s.
It shouldn't be related... but tell me this:
what's your height/weight... and also list your diet. We can see if you really need that much. I'm a little guy (relatively in weight) but tall in height, so I don't eat that much a day, so getting in 6 pills a day easily gets me to 1:1.. most people need to be under 3:1... hence the suggestion on the bottle of saying you only need 3 a day (even with a crappy diet)... so basically you may be getting more than you need. But it also may be vital since if you have a loading time in the beginning, getting your body balanced may occur faster.
But yeah, list our your diet, and what not. And if you wish to, decrease the intake for a few days or stop if you feel uncomfortable. Just remember, the first step is to feel good internally, then continue. You'll have to experiment for a while and be sure that you aren't feeling side effects.. and to what point that happens. So you know your limit. And then you can stay at that limit. So try 6 if you wish, or maybe even 5 for a few days... see how that is then slowly add one more in every other day etc.
I hope that helps. But it may not be related to it.
sounds silly but could cramping be a side effect of too much fishoil( i take 8 a day)my left thumb has been cramping up the last week and today my right palm was too
ps its not what you think
hehe @ the p.s.
It shouldn't be related... but tell me this:
what's your height/weight... and also list your diet. We can see if you really need that much. I'm a little guy (relatively in weight) but tall in height, so I don't eat that much a day, so getting in 6 pills a day easily gets me to 1:1.. most people need to be under 3:1... hence the suggestion on the bottle of saying you only need 3 a day (even with a crappy diet)... so basically you may be getting more than you need. But it also may be vital since if you have a loading time in the beginning, getting your body balanced may occur faster.
But yeah, list our your diet, and what not. And if you wish to, decrease the intake for a few days or stop if you feel uncomfortable. Just remember, the first step is to feel good internally, then continue. You'll have to experiment for a while and be sure that you aren't feeling side effects.. and to what point that happens. So you know your limit. And then you can stay at that limit. So try 6 if you wish, or maybe even 5 for a few days... see how that is then slowly add one more in every other day etc.
I hope that helps. But it may not be related to it.
5'11 and 75kg.Like you i dont eat much. My diet isnt terrible but i dont eat enough fruits an veggies. I think i will take it down a notch and go with 5 or 6 a day for the time being
