What effects can one expect from a month of high dose omega 3 fish oil supplementation? What are the potential side effects? Let’s find out!
The Mega Dose Fish Oil Experiment: Week 3 Notes
“We do not want riches, but we want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches, we want peace and love.” Red Cloud Note: if you haven’t already, you’re going to need to read this post to… [More…]
Bloodwork Revisited — My Omega 3 Retest
So a year ago (as documented in this post) I had my Omega 3 levels tested as part of a pre- ID Nutrition work up. I decided to target Omega 3s because you usually don’t see much discussion on testing/tracking these in the same way that you find tracking of, for example, vitamin D. I also wanted to highlight what I think is the gold standard of Omega 3 testing, the Holman Omega 3 Test.
Concurrent Assessment and Blood Testing
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” – Albert Camus I’ve written in a prior post my thoughts on where supplementation fits in to my “four pillars” approach to health, fitness and wellbeing. I’ve also discussed the pros, cons and limitations of both properly designed assessments and blood panels and, citing my own Omega-3 level… [More…]
Supplementation and testing; Results of my Holman Omega-3 Test
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein A few weeks ago (as documented in this post) I pricked a finger, dabbed some blood on a blotter card and, feeling rather smug that I’d “upper percentile” the hell out of the results, sent the sample off to… [More…]
Testing, Hacks, and Supplementation
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” – Cicero This picture has absolutely nothing to do with the following post; it just makes me smile. My hometown BBQ joint: Railroad Bar-B-Que, in Kyle, Texas Longtime TTP readers will recognize my “four pillars” approach to… [More…]