مچھلی کا تیل · EPA, DHA, fish oil
Reasonable human evidence
One of the better-supported add-ons — but the ratio matters, and most bottles get it wrong.
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Two fats found in oily fish, EPA and DHA, built into cell membranes and involved in how inflammation is regulated.
Among the most-studied supplements here, with an unusually specific finding: formulas that are mostly EPA repeatedly outperform those that are mostly DHA, which probably explains why trials of ordinary fish oil come out mixed. Effects are clearest as an addition to treatment and in more severe depression. Anxiety evidence is thinner but not empty.
Trials showing benefit generally used at least 1 g of EPA daily from products where EPA outweighs DHA. Read the back of the bottle: many "1000 mg fish oil" capsules contain only a few hundred mg of EPA and DHA between them.
Recorded because a person who has decided to try something will find a number somewhere, and a forum's number is worse than a trial's. It is not a recommendation, and the right amount for you depends on things only a doctor who knows your history can weigh.
Thins the blood a little at higher doses - tell your doctor if you take warfarin or aspirin, or before surgery. Fishy burps are less likely with food or if kept in the fridge. Not for fish allergy; algae-based EPA and DHA exist for vegetarians.
Widely sold and not expensive. Eating oily fish two or three times a week does the same job more cheaply, and rahu, trout and mackerel are easier to find than a good capsule in most cities.
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