| Yikes! Mercury! You mean to tell me there might be | | | | waters. |
| mercury in my fish oil? Yeah, and PCBs too. If that's | | | | Then there's the selecting of fish and processing of |
| the case, what's a healthy consumer to do? | | | | fish oils. How can you be sure a company that sells |
| Wake up and pay attention is the first thing. Yes! | | | | fish oils aren't using the garbage fish, diseased fish or |
| Heavy metals, toxins and poisons in fish are a real | | | | fish graded for cat food and fertilizer? |
| concern, but only if you don't know the source of | | | | This brings us to my second recommendation. Only |
| your fish, the manufacturer's practices, their scientific | | | | buy fish oils from companies that use health |
| quality control and the commitment of the company | | | | screened fish, graded for human consumption and |
| behind the product (making a healthy difference vs. | | | | listed on the label. This last point is important because |
| making a healthy profit). | | | | otherwise you'd have no way of knowing what fish |
| You need to know that not all fish are created equal. | | | | are being used. |
| Besides having varying amounts of important | | | | And finally, how can you be certain their processing |
| nutritional oils, they live in different places, have | | | | doesn't include pressing the fish organs, which are |
| different feeding habits and react differently to | | | | high in Vitamin A, D, heavy metals and toxins? |
| captivity (as in "farm raised"). | | | | My third and final recommendation is to buy fish oils |
| Some fish live and feed in cold waters and are much | | | | from a company that only presses the oils from the |
| richer in omega 3 fatty acids. Some fish are bottom | | | | flesh - not the organs. This is the only way you can |
| feeders and have higher levels of toxins and heavy | | | | be sure there are no heavy metals and toxins and no |
| metals than open water feeders. Some fish feed | | | | hidden Vitamin A and D. Not that there's anything |
| predominantly in estuaries where industrial pollution | | | | wrong with A and D, but it's important to know how |
| flows down rivers. While still other fish are raised in | | | | much you're getting, because too much can be |
| collective tanks, ponds and pools with little to no | | | | harmful for certain people. |
| efficient fresh water circulation, increasing the | | | | Follow these tips and you won't go wrong. You may |
| likelihood of contamination with things like PCBs. | | | | have to ask the company who supplies your omega |
| So, my first recommenation is that you want to | | | | 3 fish oils if they follow these practices too. If you |
| choose a company that uses specific fish (salmon, | | | | get unfavorable or evasive answers then you need |
| for example) that live and are caught in cold, open | | | | to get online and do more research. |