Fish Oil Dosage: How Much Fish Oil Do You Need?

How to Get the Right Fish Oil Dosage

If your bottle of fish oil says 1,000 mg on the front, don’t relax just yet! That’s the weight of the capsule, NOT the Omega-3 in it.

FISH OIL DOSAGE TIP: 1,000 mg of Omega-3 and 1,000 mg of Fish Oil are not the same!

Typically 1000 mg of regular fish oil has just 300 mg of Omega-3. 300 mg is JUST ENOUGH to cover up Omega-3 deficiency symptoms. To get the real benefits of the research, you will need 3 to 6 regular fish oil pills.

Or you can try a pharmaceutical grade fish oil pill, like OmegaVia, that has 1000 mg Omega-3 in each pill. That way, you just need one pill a day. Two OmegaVia pills equals six regular fish oil pills.

To Avoid Disease: minimum 500 mg of Omega-3 per day.

For Great Health: minimum 1,000 mg Omega-3 per day.

Omega-3 deficiency-related disease conditions: 2,000 mg or more Omega-3 per day.

Health Condition	Recommended Omega-3 Dosage (mg/day)
Heart Disease	1000 mg Omega-3 per day
High Triglycerides	2000 to 4000 mg Omega-3 per day
Arthritic Joints	2000 mg Omega-3 per day
Depression	1000 mg Omega-3 per day
Rheumatoid Arthritis	2000 mg Omega-3 per day
Skin Disorders	1000 mg Omega-3 per day
Asthma	2000 mg Omega-3 per day
Diabetes	2000 mg Omega-3 per day
Blood Pressure	2000 mg Omega-3 per day

Easy dosage:
1 OmegaVia pill = 1000 mg Omega-3
2 OmegaVia pills = 2000 mg Omega-3

fish oil dosage chart

American Heart Association’s Fish Oil Dosage Recommendation

1,000 mg of Omega-3 if you have heart disease.
2,000 to 4,000 mg per day if you want to lower triglycerides.

Source: American Heart Association

American Psychiatric Association’s Fish Oil Dosage Recommendation

All adults should eat fish at least twice week
Patients with mood disorders and impulse control should consume 1,000 mg/day of Omega-3
Supplements are suggested for patients with mood disorders (up to 9,000 mg per day.)
Talk to your doctor if you take more than 3,000 mg/day.
EPA Omega-3 was more effective than DHA Omega-3

Source: Food & Behaviour Research – American Psychiatric Association Omega-3 Fatty Acids Subcommittee

National Eye Institute Fish Oil Dosage Recommendation

1000 mg Omega-3 per day

Source: National Eye Institute
Source: US National Institute of Health: ClinicalTrials.gov

As more medical and government bodies issue official Omega-3 recommendations, I will post it here.

Harvard Medical School doctor, Andrew Stoll, MD, said this about Omega-3:

“Every so often, scientists really do discover a substance of transformative power, one with the ability to cure the previously incurable and improve the quality of life for the rest of us. Omega-3 fatty acids — a component of simple fish oil, once so prevalent in our diet but now largely absent — could be such a substance.”

So keep taking your Omega-3 pills. Even a little goes a long way.

Fish oil dosage Author: Vin Kutty About the Author: Vin Kutty is OmegaVia’s Scientific Advisor and Chief Blogger. He is a nutritionist, author, and Omega-3 expert with over 20 years of experience. When coffee’d up and fully inspired, he shares Omega-3 info-nuggets on Facebook and Twitter. Email him.