found the following information about the importance of taking vitamin E when you take fish oil, and thought I'd add it to the thread.
Supplementing with fish oils has been found to be entirely safe even for periods as long as 7
years and no significant adverse effects have been reported in hundreds of clinical trials using as
much as 18 grams/day of fish oils. Fish oil supplementation does, however, lower blood
concentrations of vitamin E so it is a good idea to take extra vitamin E when adding fish oils to
your diet. A clinical trial carried out by the US Department of Agriculture found that taking 200
mg/day of synthetic vitamin E (equivalent to about 100 IU of natural alpha-tocopherol) is sufficient
to completely counteract this effect of fish oil supplementation. [74, 75, 77, 78]
Anna _ London
PS thought I'd added this to the previous thread but seem to have created a brand new post! I'll get the hang of all this wizz bang technology one day!!!
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