http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-fish%20oil004000000000000000000.html
-- this link will lead to a page where you can click on several fish
oils to see their composition.
This one leads to salmon oil composition.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-001-02s00hk.html

All oils are a mixture of fatty acids -- even the so called solid fats
have mono and polys of different lengths in them as well as saturated.
In fact some fats such as chicken fat and lard have a very large amount
of oleic fatty acids the monounsaturated almost touted as a wonder drug
in olive oil. Mar Enig (noted for her work on trans fats) wrote a very
information book on fats called Know Your Fats -- The compolete primer
for understanding the nutrition of fats, oils and cholesterol.

Liz



[log in to unmask] wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 21:52, Elizabeth Miller <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-001-02s00hg.html
>>
>>It's not a mystery. This site gives you the breakdown of fish oil --
>>like all fats fish oil is a mixture of many fatty acids
>>of different lengths and different degrees of saturation.
>>Some commercial fish oils
>>are mixed with more or less amounts of EPA and DHA.
>>
>>Liz
>>
>>[log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>
> <snip>
>
>>>And you'll notice that most capsules are 1,000mg,
>>>with 180mg EPA and 120mg
>>>DHA.  If you try to find out what is in
>>>the remaining 70%, you'll come up
>>>against obfuscation and embarrassed silence.
>>>
>>>Keith
>
>
> Thanks for the link; I think I'm getting close.  The breakdown here is for
> 1 cup (1 cup!-Yurrghkkk!) of cod liver oil.  I was looking for commercial
> fish oil, sold on the basis of its omega-3 content.  I guess you're
> telling me fish oil (like that we buy from the pharmacy in capsules) is
> broadly similar.
>
> Keith

--
Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas.
Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape!
http://shopnow.netscape.com/